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  • Extreme weather events in developing countries and related injuries and mental health disorders - a systematic review

    Due to climate change, extreme weather events have an incremental impact on human health. Injuries and mental health disorders are a particular burden of disease, which is broad...

  • Data quality and timeliness of outbreak reporting system among countries in Greater Mekong subregion: Challenges for international data sharing

    Cross-border disease transmission is a key challenge for prevention and control of out- breaks. Variation in surveillance structure and national guidelines used in different cou...

  • Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking (% of population)

    Data for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking. Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking is the proportion of total population primarily using clean cooki...

  • Data and tools to integrate climate and environmental information into public health

    During the last 30 years, the development of geographical information systems and satellites for Earth observation has made important progress in the monitoring of the weather, ...

  • Progress toward universal health coverage in ASEAN

    The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is characterized by much diversity in terms of geography, society, economic development, and health outcomes. The health syste...

  • Climate-resilient water safety plans: managing health risks associated with climate variability and change

    Long-term planning for an adequate and safe supply of drinking-water should be set in the context of growing external uncertainties arising from changes in the climate and envir...

  • Progress on drinking water, sanitation and hygiene: 2017 update and SDG baselines

    WHO and UNICEF established the Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene in 1990, and published regular global updates throughout the Millennium Develo...

  • Scoping review on vector-borne diseases in urban areas: transmission dynamics, vectorial capacity and co-infection

    Transmission dynamics, vectorial capacity, and co-infections have substantial impacts on vector-borne diseases (VBDs) affecting urban and suburban populations. Reviewing key fac...

  • Global expansion and redistribution of Aedes- borne virus transmission risk with climate change

    The established scientific consensus indicates that climate change will severely exacerbate the risk and burden of Aedes-transmitted viruses, including dengue, chikungunya, Zika...

  • Western Pacific regional action plan for dengue prevention and control

    The global incidence of dengue has grown dramatically in recent decades. In the Western Paci c Region, the number of reported dengue cases has more than doubled from about 200 0...

  • Improved tools and strategies for the prevention and control of arboviral diseases: A research-to-policy forum

    Research has been conducted on interventions to control dengue transmission and respond to outbreaks. A summary of the available evidence will help inform disease control policy...

  • Making Vector-Borne Disease Surveillance Work: New Opportunities From the SDG Perspectives

    Surveillance of vector-borne diseases (VBDs) exemplifies a One Health approach, which entails coordinated, collaborative, multidisciplinary, and cross-sectoral approaches to add...

  • Asia and the Pacific Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2018 – Accelerating progress towards the SDGs.

    Progress in reducing undernourishment has slowed tremendously. FAO’s estimates show that the number of hungry people has barely changed during the past two years, making it incr...

  • 2019 Global Hunger Index: The Challenge of Hunger and Climate Change

    The 2019 Global Hunger Index (GHI) shows that while the world has made gradual progress in reducing hunger on a global scale since 2000, this progress has been uneven. Hunger pe...

  • Prevalence of stunting, height for age (% of children under 5)

    This dataset provides data on the prevalence of stunting in children under 5. Stunting is defined as low height for age.

  • Prevalence of wasting, weight for height (% of children under 5)

    This dataset provides data on the prevalence of wasting in children under 5. Wasting is defined as low weight for height.

  • What Mekong Delta Communities Can Teach Us About Access to Safe Water

    This article discusses the water situation in Vietnam's Mekong Delta. It discusses water quality, water sources, current research, educational gaps and how communities respond t...

  • Land tenure data in Thailand

    This article reviews land tenure Systems and land tenure data in Thailand in order to illustrate the importance of such information for policy-making. The article also discusses...

  • Special Economic Zones in the Mekong Region

    This excel sheet is a data profile of all SEZs in Lower Mekong Countries created by Open Development Mekong. Data includes location, size, types of industries, country of invest...

  • Financial protection analysis in eight countries in the WHO South-East Asia Region

    The study was made to document the financial protection status of eight countries of the South-East Asian region and to investigate the main components of out-of-pocket expendi...