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A collaborative initiative promoting evidence-informed decision-making in health systems across the Asia Pacific region

Manila, Philippines
Joined November 2016
๐Ÿ“ข ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช ๐—ฃ๐—จ๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—–๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก: ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐˜†๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜€๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€? The newly publishedย ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜š๐˜บ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ, part of the Asia Pacific Observatory on Health Systems and Policiesโ€™ Health Systems in Transition (#HiT) series, provides an in-depth look at how the countryโ€™s health system is organized, financed and delivered as well as the reforms shaping its future. ๐Ÿ“– Read the Maldives #HiT: bit.ly/maldives-hit Maldives has made substantial gains in population health and financial protection, including universal coverage for Maldivian citizens through the Aasandha scheme. At the same time, its health system is adapting to a growing burden of noncommunicable diseases, population ageing, continued reliance on an expatriate health workforce and the challenges of delivering services across a widely dispersed archipelago. The HiT also highlights priorities for the years ahead, including revitalizing primary health care (#PHC), strengthening health workforce, expanding mental health services, improving migrant health and building climate resilience into health system planning. #HealthSystemReview #Maldives #HealthPolicy #HealthSystems #HealthResearch #HPSR #UHC
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๐ŸŒ๐—š๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด #APO Director Dr Nima Asgari (@N_Asgari) joined a panel on ๐™‚๐™ก๐™ค๐™—๐™–๐™ก ๐™ƒ๐™š๐™–๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™ ๐˜ผ๐™ง๐™˜๐™๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š ๐™๐™š๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ข ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™€๐™ซ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™‚๐™ก๐™ค๐™—๐™–๐™ก ๐™ƒ๐™š๐™–๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ in Beijing at the Peking University (@PKU1898) ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—บ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ, alongside experts from academia, civil society and global health institutions. ๐Ÿ’กDr Asgari emphasized the importance of ๐˜€๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† in making global health architecture (#GHA) reform work at country level. He also highlighted public financing reform as an important piece of the puzzle in strengthening domestic financing. In practice, he noted, sovereignty depends on countries having the fiscal space to fund their own priorities. A key reflection from the session was captured through the ๐—•๐—จ๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—— framework: ๐Ÿ”น๐—•old reform ๐Ÿ”น๐—จnified efforts ๐Ÿ”น๐—œnnovation for access ๐Ÿ”น๐—Ÿocal leadership ๐Ÿ”น๐——elivery For APO, these discussions reinforce the importance of connecting global health architecture reform with the realities of national health systems, grounding reform in evidence, country priorities and implementation. The session also builds on discussions around the 77th WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific (#RC77), where questions of country ownership, regional roles and the future of global health governance were also brought to the fore. #GlobalHealthArchitecture #GlobalHealth #HealthFinancing #HealthSystems #HealthPolicy
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๐Ÿค ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ โ€œ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฒโ€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป? The Asia Pacific Observatory on Health Systems and Policies (#APO) is supporting partners at the 19th National Health Assembly of Thailand (#NHA19) for the international side event, โ€œ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™Ž๐™š๐™˜๐™ง๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™Ž๐™–๐™ช๐™˜๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™Ž๐™ค๐™˜๐™ž๐™–๐™ก ๐™‹๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ: ๐™๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™‡๐™ค๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™Ž๐™ช๐™˜๐™˜๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™‚๐™ก๐™ค๐™—๐™–๐™ก ๐™„๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ.โ€ The session brings together policymakers, researchers and health system leaders to explore how social participation can move beyond consultation and become a meaningful part of health policy and decision-making. The discussion comes as NHA 19 puts participatory public policy at the centre of its theme, โ€œA Thriving and Empowered Society: Positive and Empathetic Public Policy for Health,โ€ with an emphasis on translating participation into policies that respond to peopleโ€™s lived experiences and generate tangible improvements in well-being. ๐Ÿ“… ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿด ๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ (๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†) ๐Ÿ•‘ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ:๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌโ€“๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ | ๐—š๐— ๐—ง+๐Ÿด ๐Ÿ“บ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ง๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—ฒ (youtube.com/live/WTnCcgLVBAA) or by scanning the QR code. #Thailand #HealthPolicy #HealthSystems #HealthResearch
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๐Ÿ“– ๐—จ๐—ฝ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต ๐˜€๐˜†๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„ The Asia Pacific Observatory on Health Systems and Policies (#APO)ย met with authors, editors and partners working on the forthcoming Peopleโ€™s Republic of China Health System in Transition (#HiT) review to take stock of progress and agree on next steps. The updated #China HiT brings together leading experts from Peking University (@PKU1898), the China National Health Commission and Peking Union Medical College / Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences to document the structure, reforms and future directions of Chinaโ€™s health system. ๐˜ผ๐™‹๐™Šโ€™๐™จ ๐™ƒ๐™š๐™–๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™Ž๐™ฎ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ข๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ง๐™š๐™ซ๐™ž๐™š๐™ฌ๐™จ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ซ๐™ž๐™™๐™š ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™š๐™๐™š๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐™–๐™จ๐™จ๐™š๐™จ๐™จ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™จ๐™ฎ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ข๐™จ ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™ค๐™ง๐™œ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฏ๐™š๐™™, ๐™›๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š๐™™ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™œ๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™š๐™™; ๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™จ๐™š๐™ง๐™ซ๐™ž๐™˜๐™š๐™จ ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™™๐™š๐™ก๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™™; ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ง๐™š๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ข๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ž๐™˜๐™ฎ ๐™™๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™จ๐™๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ข. The forthcoming China HiT will be the second edition of the Peopleโ€™s Republic of China health system review, updating the first edition published in 2015, providing an updated account of one of the regionโ€™s largest and most rapidly evolving health systems. #HealthPolicy #HealthSystems #HealthResearch #HPSR #EvidenceInPolicy #ChinaHiT #HealthSystemsInTransition
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๐ŸŒ ๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ข ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿณ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ช๐—›๐—ข ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ The Asia Pacific Observatory on Health Systems and Policies (@AP_Observatory) is at #RC77, sharing health systems and policy evidence from across Asia Pacific. #APO's exhibit features a selection of publications, including sample ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ from an ongoing body of work covering 23 Western Pacific countries, which is part of an upcoming comparative regional report. The #PHC country profiles provide a concise narrative of how PHC systems are organized and performing across key areas such as service delivery, financing and digital health. APO Director Dr Nima Asgari (@N_Asgari) also had the opportunity to walk @WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) and @WHOWPRO Regional Director Dr Saia Ma'u Piukala (@RD_WPRO) through the exhibit, highlighting how APOโ€™s work supports countries in better understanding their health systems and policies and learning from experiences across the region. #WHO #HealthSystems #HealthPolicy #HealthResearch #HPSR #PrimaryHealthCare
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๐ŸŒ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—š๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ? Ahead of the 77th session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific (#RC77), the World Health Organization Western Pacific Region (@WHOWPRO) convened a virtual side event to bring regional perspectives into the ongoing Joint Process on Global Health Architecture (#GHA) reform. The session was led by Dr Nima Asgari (@N_Asgari), Director of the @AP_Observatory. Across the discussion: ๐Ÿ’ก Speakers emphasized the importance of country ownership, stronger regional coordination, collective voice, solidarity and subsidiarity, while ensuring that the Western Pacificโ€™s diversity is reflected in the reform process. ๐Ÿ’ก The discussion also underscored the need to start with what countries need, then determine where regional and global action can add the greatest value. The perspectives shared during the session, together with the interactive prioritization exercise, will help inform discussions at #RC77 on the Regionโ€™s priorities for GHA reform, including the challenges the future architecture should address and how functions should be organized across country, regional and global levels. Read the reflections from Dr Nima Asgari, Dr Kidong Park, Dr Yong Feng, Dr Berlin Kafoa, Prof Gabriel Leung, Dr Juliana Paul, Prof Teo Yik Ying, Dr Luisa Cikamatana, Dr Satoshi Ezoe and Mr Lluis Vinyals Torres. #GlobalHealth #GlobalHealthArchitecture #WesternPacific #WPRO #HealthSystems #GlobalHealthGovernance
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๐Ÿ‘Thank you to everyone who joined todayโ€™s #RC77 virtual side event on Global Health Architecture (#GHA) reform. We are grateful to our moderators, speakers and panelists for bringing perspectives from across the Region, and to participants for contributing through the interactive prioritization exercise. The perspectives shared today will help inform the Regionโ€™s continuing engagement in the Global Health Architecture reform process. Thank you to the regional team Dr Kidong Park, Mr Lluis Vinyals Torres, Dr Nima Asgari, Dr Yue Li and colleagues across World Health Organization Western Pacific Region (@WHOWPRO) for making today's important discussion possible. Thank you to our moderators, speakers and panelists: Dr Yong Feng, Dr Juliana Paul, Dr Satoshi Ezoe, Dr Berlin Kafoa, Prof Gabriel Leung, Dr Luisa Cikamatana and Prof Yik Ying Teo for sharing their insights and helping deepen the regional discussion ahead of #RC77 from 19-22 October. #GlobalHealth #GlobalHealthArchitecture #WesternPacific #WPRO #APO
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Live now! Join us. This virtual side event ahead of the WHO Western Pacific Regional Committee is critical - Global Health Architecture Reform. How can the global health architecture evolve to meet a rapidly changing world? Join us as we explore this crucial process and what it could mean for the future of global health cooperation. #RC77
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๐Ÿ’ก ๐—”๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ, ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต? At @TheEconomist ๐—™๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต ๐—”๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ, the Asia Pacific Observatory on Health Systems and Policies (@AP_Observatory) joined the panel ๐˜ฝ๐™š๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ก๐™จ: ๐™ง๐™š๐™™๐™š๐™จ๐™ž๐™œ๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™จ๐™ฎ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ข๐™จ. Dr Nima Asgari highlighted that "families would continue to play an important role in many Asian settings, but the direction should be towards a mixed model, where families are supported by stronger community-based services, formal long-term care, an appropriately trained workforce, social protection and sustainable financing." He also reflected that, from a healthy ageing perspective, older people should be seen not only as recipients of care, but as people with agency, voice and continued participation in families and communities. The panel featured Glen Liau ๅป–ๅญๅผบ (National University Health System, Singapore), Hoda Abou-Jamra (TVM Capital Healthcare), Somsak Akksilp (ASEAN Centre for Active Ageing and Innovation (ACAI)), and was moderated by Dina Alborno (@econ_enterprise). #FutureofHealthAsia #HealthPolicy #HealthSystems #HealthResearch #HealthyAgeing #HPSR #AsiaPacific
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