Publications

Tuberculosis (TB) in now the leading infectious killer in the world, having surpassed HIV, and is among the top 10 causes of death worldwide. In 2016, 1.7 million people worldwide died of TB, including 400 000 TB deaths among people living with HIV. The Sustainable Development Goals call for action to end the TB epidemic as a public health threat by 2030, but the pace of progress currently is too slow to achieve this milestone.

This document includes information on the relationship between GBV and HIV, the rationale behind GBV screening, the steps taken to integrate GBV programming across the Program in general and into HIV clinical services, lessons learned and recommendations, as well as resources and references for integration. Separate annexes contain additional materials and tools created by the Program. The diagram below summarizes the Program’s activities related to GBV.

The Strengthening HIV/AIDS Services for Key Populations in Papua New Guinea project generated an end of project series in three parts. The summary document presents results, success stories, recommendations and lessons learned. The second document shows the relationship between gender-based violence and HIV in the country and looks at the benefits of integrating clinical services. The third document is a set of annexes to the step-by-step process of integrating gender-based violence services with HIV services.

This regional lessons-learned report provides insight into what is involved in undertaking primary prevention of VAWG and what both drives its success and hinders its progress. These lessons aim to inform organizations and agencies involved in, or that plan to become involved in, primary prevention programming, to assist in their planning and budgeting and for donors to gain insight into the costs and complexities of primary prevention work.

"Turning Promises into Action: Gender Equality in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development", UN Women's new flagship report, provides a comprehensive and authoritative assessment of progress, gaps and challenges in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) from a gender perspective. The report monitors global and regional trends in achieving the SDGs for women and girls based on available data, and provides practical guidance for the implementation of gender-responsive policies and accountability processes.

Increasing advocacy and efforts to address childhood tuberculosis (TB) at global and country levels have brought the child and adolescent TB epidemic into the spotlight. Building on global strategies, the first Roadmap for childhood tuberculosis: towards zero deaths was developed by WHO and partners, under the guidance of the then Childhood TB Subgroup, and published in October 2013. The 2013 Roadmap laid out the strategic framework for the fight against childhood TB, aiming for zero TB deaths among children, highlighting ten key actions and the enhanced investment needed to address childhood TB.  This document compiles examples of best practices at global, regional and country levels since the launch of the first edition of the Roadmap. It describes 36 examples from 24 countries (including 10 TB, two multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) and four TB/ human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) high burden countries) from all the six WHO regions, two regional initiatives and 12 global initiatives. The examples are categorized according to the ten key actions from the 2013 Roadmap.

The 2018 United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting (HLM) on Tuberculosis and the current revision of the Roadmap for childhood tuberculosis together present an important moment to consolidate and advance advocacy, commitment, resource mobilization and joint efforts by all stakeholders to provide health care and address the burden of TB among children

The Global Health 50/50 Report provides a benchmark across the sector to catalyse shifts in organisational and management culture and practice, the adoption of gender-responsive policies, and ensuring adequate resources for programmes focusing on the gendered dynamics of global health. It seeks to provide evidence of where the gaps lie while shining a light on ways forward.

The publication "Measuring SDG progress in Asia and the Pacific: Is there enough data?" reviews the availability of data on all proposed global SDG indicators for Asia-Pacific countries and is prepared based on data from the SDG indicators Global Database. It attempts to identify data gaps for regional SDG progress monitoring and for priority setting in statistical capacity building by a range of relevant stakeholders. This edition of the Statistical Yearbook offers a wealth of information for national policy makers and development professionals. The data on which the Yearbook is based is also available on the ESCAP online statistical database with a set of tools to visualize trends and compare country situations. Also available are SDG country datasheets, a supplementary product of the 2017 edition of the Statistical Yearbook, offering an overview of each country in the region with regard to the SDGs. The datasheets present the latest data available for each indicator, together with regional figure as comparator.

The report examines critical developments on the death penalty for drug offences in law and practice worldwide, revealing one central and unsettling tension: the situation is at once improving and getting worse. On the one hand, alongside important legal and policy changes, executions for drugs in many High Application States have been steadily declining since 2015. At the same time, political support for the abolition of the death penalty for drug offences has been gathering global momentum. On the other hand, however, these recent signs of progress are being eclipsed by the dramatic surge in extrajudicial executions for drugs in the Philippines, and the ripple effects this is having in the region and beyond.