Keeping countries at the centre: assessment of WHO’s performance of its roles and functions in the Pacific (2014)

These two external evaluations were commissioned by the WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific as part of a series of assessments to gather evidence on its initiatives in the context of the WHO reform since 2009, which included building on a culture of evaluation. The first evaluation analysed the delivery of WHO’s work in the Pacific, as the sub-region’s 21 island States and areas are scattered over the world’s largest ocean, thus requiring a unique response. The second evaluation was done in response to a specific recommendation in a 2012 review to "assess whether the Regional Office is really country-focused".