Health at a Glance: Asia/Pacific 2022
Measuring Progress Towards Universal Health Coverage
This seventh edition of Health at a Glance Asia/Pacific presents a set of key indicators of health status, the determinants of health, health-care resources and utilisation, health-care expenditure and financing, and quality of care across 27 Asia-Pacific countries and territories. It also provides a series of dashboards to compare performance across countries and territories, and a thematic analysis on the health impact of COVID-19. Drawing on a wide range of data sources, it builds on the format used in previous editions of Health at a Glance, and gives readers a better understanding of the factors that affect the health of populations and the performance of health systems in these countries and territories. Each of the indicators is presented in a user-friendly format, consisting of charts illustrating variations across countries and territories, and over time, brief descriptive analyses highlighting the major findings conveyed by the data, and a methodological box on the definition of the indicators and any limitations in data comparability. An annex provides additional information on the demographic and economic context in which health systems operate.
Access to health care
People should be able to access health services when they need to, irrespective of their gender, economic status, education, and place of residence. The United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development aims to leave no one behind, and it is said explicitly in SDG 10 “to reduce inequality within and among countries”. SDG 3 is a call to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages, which implies tackling inequalities in health. However, differences in access to health care for women aged 15‑49 either due to financial issues or distance to health facility are commonplace across countries in Asia-Pacific. Additionally, an extra layer of restrictions on access to health care for indigenous women in Asia-Pacific seems to exist as well, with indigenous women experiencing more health vulnerabilities when compared to non-Indigenous women, including continuous challenges and barriers to access quality and equitable health care services (Thummapol, Park and Barton, 2018[1]).
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