About us

Who we are

The APO is a partnership of governments, development agencies and the research community. Its mission is to act as a knowledge broker between researchers and policy makers and to promote evidence-based health policy-making in the region.

How we work

The APO’s products and processes are guided and commissioned by the Steering Committee and the Secretariat, produced by the Research Hubs, and overseen by the Research Advisory Group.

About the Secretariat

The APO Secretariat is based within the WHO at its Western Pacific Region Office in Manila, Philippines and plays both an administrative and technical role. It is responsible for setting normative guidelines, monitoring and evaluation, coordination with partners and review of the APO’s HITs and other products.

APO steering committee members

• Hong Kong SAR (China) – Chair

• Republic of the Philippines
• Singapore
• Thailand
• AusAID
• Asian Development Bank
• World Bank
• World Health Organization – Western Pacific Region and South-East Asia Region Offices
• The three APO research hubs

APO Research Advisory Group (RAG)

• Karen Eggleston, Ph. D.
  Director, Asia-Pacific Health Policy Program
  Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Centre
  Stanford University, California, United States
  
• Indrani Gupta, Ph. D.
  Head of the Health Policy Research Unit
  Indian Institute of Economic Growth
  University Enclave, Delhi, India
  
• Judith Healy, Ph. D.
  Associate Professor, Regulatory Institutions Network
  College of Asia and the Pacific
  Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
  
• Alejandro Herrin, Ph. D.
  Chief of Party
  LuzonHealth Project
  Research Triangle Institute, Manila,Philippines