Geographical Locations - Asia

• General Links
• List of Individual Countries
• Invitation to join us

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General Links

The (statistical) number of inhabitants per doctor is given per country in its respective section.

• The average number for Asia is about 3 000 inhabitants / doctor. (Min.: Georgia: 170 (= world minimum); Max.: Nepal: 16,830)

Asia is served by four WHO Regional Offices depending on which Regional Office was selected by the respective governments; for example, Russia and parts of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) decided to join WHO-EURO despite the fact that these countries belong geographically to Asia; or some of the Asian countries joined WHO - WPRO while others relate to WHO - SEARO; and Pakistan decided to be a member with WHO - EMRO, the Regional Office with a majority of Islamic countries.

• WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO) located in Cairo (Egypt), a list of EMRO Member States can be found here.
• WHO Regional Office for Europe (EURO)) located in Copenhagen (Denmark), a list of EURO Member States can be found here.
• WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia (SEARO) located in New Delhi (India), a list of SEARO Member States can be found here.
• WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific (WPRO) located in Manila (Philippines), a list of WPRO Member States can be found here.

We listed Taiwan* here as a geographical and socioeconomic entity; it is not widely recognized as an independent country. Taiwan does not belong to the UN-System and thus is not member of a WHO Regional Office.

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• ASEAN Haze Information Online - "in response to the fire and smoke episodes in Southeast Asia during the periods of 1982-1983, 1987, 1991, 1994, and 1997-1998, several national and international initiatives, especially in Indonesia, were instituted. Given the significance of the social, economic and environmental impacts of transboundary atmospheric pollution in the region, especially following the 1997 regional haze episode, the Haze Technical Task Force (HTTF) undertook concerted efforts to finalize a response strategy in the form of a Regional Haze Action Plan (RHAP). The RHAP was completed in December 1997, and was endorsed by the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Haze (AMMH) held in Singapore from 22 to 23 December 1997"

• ASEAN Disease Surveillance Network - site dedicated the provision of up to date information on infectious disease diagnostics and the rapid dissemination of information on disease outbreaks

• Asia Pacific Development Information ProgrammeThe Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme (APDIP) is an initiative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) that aims to promote the development and application of new Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for poverty alleviation and sustainable human development in the Asia-Pacific region. It does so through three core programme areas, namely: Policy Development and Dialogue, Access and Content Development and Knowledge Management.

• Asian Disaster Reduction Centre - Japanese news site on natural disasters in central and east Asia

• Asian Human Rights Commission

• Asian Pacific Women's Information Network Center - "established in Nov. 1996, aims at promoting the information-technologies for women and women-related communication technologies in South Korea, North Korea and the Asia-Pacific region in general. APWINC is in charge of the UNESCO Chair project on communication technology for women (1998.6.-2001.6.).APWINC is in the process of constructing comprehensive cyber-information service systems for Asia-Pacific region."

• Blood Services in Central Asian Health Systems: A Clear and Present Danger of Spreading HIV/AIDS and Other Infectious Diseases - “The [World Bank] report discusses inter-related parts of blood transfusions systems, and presents an overview of the parts that need to be strengthened in Central Asia. Numerous parts are in serious need of organizational restructuring, new investment and increased budgetary support for operation and maintenance… Evaluating communicable diseases rates in blood donors is essential for monitoring the safety of the blood supply and donor screening effectiveness. This assessment found that the current screening for blood borne pathogens of donated blood in Central Asia may be providing a false sense of security -- the risk of receiving an infected blood unit and acquiring a transfusion transmitted infection in the countries of the region is real. More ominous is the fact that some health facilities in Central Asia do not test blood donations at all. This means that the transmission risks indicated in this study may be conservative estimates, as they are based on a sample that excludes the blood that never reaches the existing screening system.”

• Central Asia NGO Network - "part of the "NGO Support Initiative for Central Asia," a project made possible through the support of USAID and managed by Counterpart International Inc. Counterpart Consortium has been working in Central Asia since late 1994. Current partners are the International Center for Not for Profit Law (ICNL), Aid to Artisans (ATA), and Counterpart International. Past partners are Goodwill International and Citizens Network for Foreign Affairs (CNFA). Our goal is to provide information about the NGO community in Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan) to people throughout the world as well as to the NGOs of Central Asia"

• EurasiaHealth Knowledge Network - (a project of the American International Health Alliance/AIHA) is an on-line clearinghouse featuring a library of multilingual health resources, databases, and interactive forums. This clearinghouse--designed to serve as a repository for clinical practice guidelines, medical textbooks, and other educational materials that are available in the languages of the New Independent States (NIS) and Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) -- provides users with access to information, tools, and training to enhance the knowledge of healthcare professionals in the region.

• Human Rights School - "This Human Rights Correspondence School is a project of the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC). AHRC hope to provide educational, reference material regarding human rights as well as education modules on human rights through this web-site"

• Index Medicus for the South-East Asia Region - Index Medicus for South-East Asia Region (IMSEAR) is a database of articles published in selected journals within the WHO South-East Asia Region. It is a collaborative effort of participating libraries in Health Literature, Library and Information Services (HELLIS) network in the region.

• International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development - "the first international organization to make a commitment to improve the living conditions of mountain communities in a sustainable way, helping them to live and not merely exist upon the highest wonders on earth. The Centre is multidisciplinary, area-focussed and mountain-based; it focusses mainly on the Hindu Kush-Himalayan Region (HKH). ICIMOD has much to offer, to the HKH as well as to other mountain regions facing similar problems. In the context of sharing its knowledge with all those who need it and can use it, we have attempted here to provide you with a fairly comprehensive searchable of information resources on ICIMOD and sustainable development issues in mountain areas, including catalogues, databases, and links to the global information network"

• South Asian Women's Network - health information from several countries

• WWW Virtual Library: Asian Studies

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List of Individual Countries

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A
Afghanistan
Armenia
Azerbaijan

B
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Brunei Darussalam

C
Cambodia
China ( including Hong Kong; see also -> Taiwan )

E
East Timor ( see -> Timor Leste )

G
Georgia

H
Hong Kong ( see -> China )

I
India
Indonesia

J
Japan

K
Kazakhstan
Korea, ( Democratic People's Republic of ~ / Northern ~ )
Korea, ( Republic of ~ / Southern ~ )
Kyrgyzstan

L
Laos

M
Malaysia
Maldives
Mongolia
Myanmar ( formerly known as Burma )

N
Nepal

P
Pakistan
Philippines

S
Singapore
Sri Lanka

T
Taiwan*
Tajikistan
Thailand
Tibet ( see -> China )

Timor Leste (East Timor)
Turkmenistan
U
Uzbekistan

V
Viet Nam

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Invitation

Coverage of all countries is a difficult task, and we need help. We have done our best to list relevant resources for each country, but we are aware that this is not enough to keep the Library updated.

Therefore, we would like to invite you to join us. If you feel you are the person to take care of a country, or countries or even regions, please let us know, and we will hand over the task of maintaining the respective section of the WWW Virtual Library: Public Health to you.

Please send an e-mail to us at: vph@unsw.edu.au and we are happy to discuss with you our cooperation.

Thanks for your kind consideration.

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