Achieving the Health Millennium Development Goals in Asia and the Pacific: Policies and Actions Within Health Systems and Beyond (Asia-Pacific MDG Study Series)

Annotation. The report tracks the progress made towards achieving the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Asia and the Pacific. It also analyses the barriers the region faces in making sustainable progress towards achieving the MDGs and the reasons for large-scale intra-country and inter-country disparities in their achievement. It also presents a number of strategies for removing such barriers, including a range of action and policy options at the national and regional levels Tracks the progress made towards achieving the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Asia and the Pacific. This report analyses the barriers the region faces in making sustainable progress towards achieving the MDGs and the reasons for large-scale, intra-country and inter-country disparities in their achievement.