Mental health plays a key role in efforts to achieve social inclusion and equity, universal health coverage, access to justice and human rights, and sustainable development. COVID-19 has inevitably brought discussions and awareness of mental health to the forefront....
The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrates and magnifies the gaps in country health systems, as well as the vulnerabilities to the disproportionate impact of health emergencies of certain populations and communities brought about by social inequities, gender inequalities, and...
APCASO, through the BACKUP Health Project, supported civil society (CS) and key population (KP) networks in four countries in Asia-Pacific, namely Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea; to engage more effectively in their respective Country Coordinating...
The COVID-19 pandemic has tilted the world into an unprecedented situation. With most countries paralysed, its impact has put key and vulnerable populations disproportionately affected not only in terms of accessing the necessary services on HIV, TB, and malaria; it...
This report prepared by APCASO uses survey and interview data to document successes and gaps of Global Fund programmes and related mechanisms in the Asia-Pacific in engaging civil society, affected communities and key populations. The report focuses on seven...
COVID-19 is a serious pandemic, unprecedented in our lifetime. The Interagency Task Team (IATT) on Young Key Populations (YKPs) in Asia and the Pacific, concerned about the welfare of young key populations and young people living with HIV and the possibility of severe...
