Health statistics in the Western Pacific Region 2023: monitoring health for the SDGs

Overview

Health Statistics in the Western Pacific Region 2023: Monitoring health for the SDGs is the third biennial report providing an overview of the progress of the World Health Organization (‎WHO)‎ Western Pacific Region towards the health-related Sustainable Development Goal (‎SDG)‎ targets. This edition also serves as a baseline assessment for the implementation of the global WHO Fourteenth General Programme of Work 2025–2028 (‎GPW14)‎ within the Western Pacific Region and for the Regional Vision “Weaving Health for Families, Communities, and Societies of the Western Pacific Region: Working Together to Improve Health, Well-Being and Save Lives”. Hence, its structure is closely aligned with the GPW14 monitoring framework, presenting statistics on programmatic indicators for various health areas to promote, provide and protect health. This edition features reviews of more than 100 health-related indicators and comes at a crucial juncture when most countries in the Region are off-track in achieving the SDG targets and also delves into the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic across key health indicators.