SAARC and region-building: is South Asia a region?

Overview of the South-East Asia Region

Most of our 10 countries are members of the World Trade Organization (WTO), but some of them are still observers and there is one that is not yet involved in any capacity. The three main players that are members of the WTO and that are at the forefront of the issues of health and trade in the Region happen to be Indonesia, Thailand, and India. They have certain things in common in the health an...

Mental Health Issues in South Asia Region

An ideal mental health delivery system should provide high quality and affordable care for all citizens, while promoting medical research and technology. It is well known that social and economic factors affect a nation’s health status and delivery of services. The countries in South Asia region are developing nations with limited resources. Sometimes mental health is not a priority area in man...

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...

SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program Asia-Pacific region and South Africa.

The SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program was initiated in January 1997 and was designed to monitor the predominant pathogens and antimicrobial resistance for both nosocomial and community-acquired infections globally by using validated, reference-quality identification and susceptibility testing methods performed in a central laboratory. Consecutive bacterial or fungal isolates, deemed cli...

Statistics & Information of MDR and XDR TB in SAARC Region