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HIV/ AIDS
HIV/AIDS sector page
The HIV pandemic in the Asia-Pacific region displays unique characteristics and challenges. Visit the HIV/AIDS sector.
Disaster Management
Health issues
Find information on health issues in disaster and emergency situations. Visit the Disaster Management sector.
Health sector development assistance
The cascade mechanism for planning, implementation and reporting in healthcare
Health data, research and professional development
11 Health questions about the 11 Southeast Asia countries
Health systems
Decentralisation in Asian health sectors: friend or foe?
Health care and service delivery
Planning health care in developing countries
Public health promotion, education and capacity building
Community capacity building and health promotion in a globalised world
Women and children's health
Gaining ground: a tool for advancing reproductive rights law reform
Disabilities and injuries
Injury prevention and control
Major infectious diseases
Malaria on-line resource
Non-communicable diseases and health issues
Health and nutrition modules
Emerging infectious diseases
APEC Emerging Infections Network
Health
Welcome to the Australian Development Gateway Health section.
While life expectancy at birth in less developed countries has increased by 20 years since 1950 to 61 years due to preventive health measures and improved medical technology, increasing rates of cancer, kidney failure, eye diseases, diabetes, mental illness and chronic degenerative illnesses will require strong health care systems.
Global infant mortality has reduced by 50% in the last 50 years. Nevertheless, many health issues described in this section could have been prevented or better controlled if national health systems had been stronger and better prepared. Follow the links below for contemporary, practical knowledge and tools to assist health practitioners, including a wide range of economic, social, technological, political and environmental topics relating to international health development.
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Health Sector Development Assistance
Strategies and policies | Aid modalities | Project and program information | Grants and funding | Networks and initiatives | Health and gender
Health Data, Research & Professional Development
International information | Regional information | Country information | Professional development resources | Health research resources
Health Systems
Policy and planning | Institutional arrangements and issues | Economics and financing | Workforce and human resource issues | Health infrastructure | Health information systems
Health Care and Service Delivery
Equity and access | Primary health care | Secondary and tertiary health care | Quality and standards of care | Health equipment, supplies and medicines | Immunisations and vaccinations
Public Health Promotion, Education & Capacity Building
Determinants of public health | Health promotion and education | Public health-related capacity building | Information, Education & Communication materials
Women & Children's Health
Sexual and reproductive health | Family planning | Women's reproductive health rights | Pregnancy and childbirth | Infant and childhood health issues | Violence against women and children | Nutrition
Disabilities and Injuries
Injury Prevention and Control | Supporting People with Disabilities and Injuries | Organisations and Resources
Major Infectious Diseases
Planning and response | Tuberculosis | Malaria | Diarrhoeal diseases | Respiratory diseases | Other infectious diseases
Non-communicable Diseases & Health Issues
Mental health | Cancer | Diabetes and obesity | Tobacco-related health & prevention issues | Drug-related health & prevention issues | Nutrition and diet | Other non-communicable diseases and health issues
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Planning and response | Monitoring and alerts | Avian influenza | SARS