in Sub-Saharan and Asia. Both regions did not achieve the MDG target of reducing under-5 mortality by two thirds by 2015 …

Anthropometric indicators, in particular the height for a particular age, are found to be lowest in South Asia compared …, this discrepancy between the undernutrition rates between South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa should be expected to decrease …

contemporary salience of Asia in world affairs, we concentrate on the trinity of disease, human health, and regional economic … growth and development in different regions within Asia. Following this introductory chapter, there are nine chapters and … questions about disease, human health, and regional economic growth and development within Asia …

gross domestic product (GDP) of 12 countries in Asia and the Pacific over the last three decades. In six of those countries …

We summarize the unprecedented adverse health and economic impacts as well as policy responses in the Asia and Pacific … 80 million people had been infected, with developing Asia accounting for 17% of cases. As the pandemic progressed, the … in 2021, with the corresponding losses for developing Asia amounting to 6.0%–9.5% of regional GDP and 3.6%–6.3% of …