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Harnessing sports to raise awareness on HIV & STIs
Sport is increasingly being used as an effective tool to respond to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in Samoa.
Climate change and Asia’s deadly dengue fever outbreaks
It has been difficult to scroll through my newsfeed on social media for the past couple of months without feeling alarmed. In Bangladesh, the situation with dengue fever was dire, with people urgently…
Miss Galaxy Pageant blazes a trail for acceptance of trans women in Tonga
As a result of widespread social stigma, discrimination, violence and abuse, transgender people are often pushed to the margins of society and are unable to access the social services, including…
Creating Connections: South-South and Triangular Cooperation in Asia and the Pacific
The twelve stories in this publication showcase the depth and breadth of South-South and Triangular Cooperation, across Asia and the Pacific.
Improving pricing and procurement of health technologies to advance universal health coverage
Well-managed policies and approaches for the pricing and procurement of health technologies are vital for low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to ensure the availability and affordability of…
Canada to support lesbian, bisexual and trans women’s economic empowerment in the Philippines in partnership with UNDP/Being LGBTI in Asia and the Pacific
UNDP is proud to welcome Global Affairs Canada as a new partner to the Being LGBTI in Asia and the Pacific programme, with the signing of an agreement to support work on economic empowerment of…
LGBTI Activists Call for Social and Legal Reforms on Zero Discrimination Day
In order to end discrimination and achieve broad acceptance for LGBTI people across South Asia, coordinated and strategic advocacy efforts to advance both legal and social reforms are needed, said…
Leveraging South-South exchange for strong, resilient health systems
The Access and Delivery Partnership is expanding efforts to promote South-South exchange and learning to boost access and delivery of health technologies for tuberculosis, malaria and neglected…
‘Whole of society’ approach needed to tackle global epidemic of noncommunicable diseases
Urgent action is needed to reduce the estimated annual 41 million deaths from noncommunicable diseases across the globe.
UNDP and partners launch new initiative for unmet health needs
Recognizing the urgency of developing new lifesaving treatments for neglected tropical diseases, malaria and tuberculosis and getting them to people in need, the Government of Japan, the UNDP-led…
