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Strengthening Regional Cooperation, Coordination, and Response to Health Concerns in the ASEAN Region: Status, Challenges, and Ways Forward

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  • Jacob KUMARESAN

    (WHO Office at the United Nations, New York, USA)

  • Suvi HUIKURI

    (WHO Office at the United Nations, New York, USA)

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Health and well-being of the population are a precondition for any successful country or region. All regions have their specific health challenges that vary according to geographic, social, cultural, and economic conditions. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), as a well-established regional actor, has a great potential to influence the health condition of its population through various measures and at different levels. Individual states have the key role to play in protecting and promoting health especially as regional cooperation for health is becoming more important. This paper examines regional and sub-regional health concerns of Southeast Asia focusing on the 10 ASEAN Member States: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Viet Nam. It aims to give an overview of the Southeast Asian region’s existing cooperation in health with regional and global actors; describe the current status of health – maternal and child mortality, communicable diseases, non-communicable diseases, health systems, and health financing; and provide recommendations on strengthening regional cooperation, coordination, and responses to existing and emerging health challenges, and improving health systems to meet the future needs of the region.

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  • Jacob KUMARESAN & Suvi HUIKURI, 2015. "Strengthening Regional Cooperation, Coordination, and Response to Health Concerns in the ASEAN Region: Status, Challenges, and Ways Forward," Working Papers DP-2015-60, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA).
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    1. Oscar F. PICAZO, 2015. "Engendering Concerted National Efforts towards Improved Health Outcomes in the ASEAN: Status, Challenges, Targets, and Ways Forward," Working Papers DP-2015-83, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA).
    2. Vincent Rollet, 2017. "Influence of EU-ASEAN health interregionalism on regional health governance," Asia Europe Journal, Springer, vol. 15(3), pages 243-259, September.

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    : ASEAN; health status; regional cooperation for health; health services; universal health coverage; health challenges;
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