Although as a region the Asia-Pacific has done well and is an early achiever in most of the MDGs, many countries have not done as well in health related indicators. In fact, some of the countries have regressed, for example in the reduction of HIV and malaria prevalence rate. In the case of...

On 25-26 October 2010, ESCAP organized a high-level consultation on the agenda of the G20 Seoul Summit, in response to the request to facilitate discussion of non-G20 perspectives, made by this year’s G20 chair, the Republic of Korea during ESCAP’s 66th Commission session in May 2010. At the...