Health in Asia and the Pacific
Countries in Asia and the Pacific have reached unprecedented levels of prosperity, but millions of people are still mired in poverty and poor health, with no sign of their being able to breach the barrier to better medical care. Despite irrefutable evidence of this troubling gap between rich and poor, few governments and health specialists have access to the data they need to address the problem.

Asia-Pacific Operational Framework for Linking HIV/STI Services with Reproductive, Adolescent, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Services
This Framework is based on the hard work of both country participants and representatives of United Nations agencies who took part in the three regional meetings in Kuala Lumpur in November 2006 and in Guilin in May 2007 to discuss linkages. It provides guidance to countries for the strengthening of linkages between reproductive health (RH), adolescent reproductive health (ARH), maternal, neonatal and child health (MNCH), and the prevention and management of HIV and other STI. Particular emphasis is placed on linkages that will improve HIV/STI prevention and outcomes, and allow RH, ARH and MNCH services to benefit from the strengthening occurring in HIV/STI programmes. Lessons learnt and future directions appropriate to the Asian region are cited.

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