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Health at a Glance: Asia/Pacific 2022

Measuring Progress Towards Universal Health Coverage

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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.

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The health impact of COVID‑19

COVID‑19 has had a huge impact across the Asia-Pacific region, testing the resilience of economies and health systems, and placing an immense pressure on health workers operating at the front line. This chapter analyses the direct impact of the pandemic on the health of the populations by looking at COVID‑19 cases and deaths as well as its indirect impact by assessing the disruption to essential health services due to COVID‑19. It also looks at country responses to the pandemic based on the pandemic situations and national capabilities and contexts. These analyses show that COVID‑19 has had an unequal impact in the region between high-, middle- and low-income countries, in particular by amplifying inequities and inequalities.

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