Maternal and Child Health Situation in South East Asia

Leptospirosis situation in the WHO South-East Asia Region

Animal health communication in South-East Asia

Despite increasing recognition of the importance of communication in animal health, especially in recent zoonotic disease outbreaks, some studies have showed that there are gaps in its conceptualisation and practice (Alders and Bagnol 2007; Hickler 2007). This research project aims to define animal health communication and propose a model of its practice. The aim of agricultural extension is to...

Managing In- and Out-Migration of Health Workforce in Selected Countries in South East Asia Region

Background There is an increasing trend of international migration of health professionals from low- and middle- income countries to high-income countries as well as across middle-income countries. The WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel was created to better address health workforce development and the ethical conduct of international recruitment. T...

Health situation in the South-East Asia Region: challenges for the next decade.

a World Health Organization, Regional Office for South-East Asia, New Delhi, India. b Department of Sustainable Development and Healthy Environments, World Health Organization, Regional Office for South-East Asia, New Delhi, India. Correspondence to Jai P Narain (email: [email protected]) The South-East Asia (SEA) Region of the World Health Organization (WHO), home to 26% of the world popul...

Multiple Sclerosis Epidemiology in East Asia, South East Asia and South Asia: A Systematic Review.

BACKGROUND Multiple sclerosis (MS) is one of the most common chronic immune-mediated diseases of the human central nervous system and an important cause of non-traumatic neurologic disability among young population in several countries. Recent reports from East Asia, South East Asia and South Asia have proposed a low to moderate prevalence of MS in these countries. METHODS A literature review...