in the last issue of asia pacific journal of medical toxicology (apjmt), editor-in-chief, dr. reza afshari focused on an important contemporary issue of empowering toxicology in the asia pacific region (1). the topic drew our attention and we would like to share the situation of bangladesh in light of this editorial. dr. afshari correctly emphasized on forming national societies of medical toxi...

Pacific Region Gonococcal Surveillance Programme. 1994 Annual report. Comm Dis Intell 1995;19:495-499. 5. The World Health Organization Western Pacific Region Gonococcal Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme. Antimicrobial resistance in gonococci, Western Pacific Region, 1995. Comm Dis Intell 1996;20:425-428. 6. The World Health Organization Western Pacific Region Gonococcal Antimicrobial Survei...

â â â â â â â â â â â â  abstract: â  as a result of recent developments, global economic centre of gravity has slide to asia-pacific region. it is predicted that asia-pacific countries will take place at the first row in global trade and nearly a half of the total trade will intensify in this region at the year 2030. on the other hand, the region covers countries from different levels of devel...

1. Abstract 2. Introduction 3. The Pacific Islands Region 4. Domestic and International Telecommunications in the Pacific Region 5. Internet in the Pacific and the GII 6. "Public Service" Networks in the Pacific 7. Barriers to a Pacific Information Infrastructure 8. Pacific Information Infrastructure An Agenda for Policy Makers 9. Conclusions Endnotes Bibliography Figure 1 (57 k) Figure 2 (55 k...

1. Abstract 2. Introduction 3. The Pacific Islands Region 4. Domestic and International Telecommunications in the Pacific Region 5. Internet in the Pacific and the GII 6. "Public Service" Networks in the Pacific 7. Barriers to a Pacific Information Infrastructure 8. Pacific Information Infrastructure An Agenda for Policy Makers 9. Conclusions Endnotes Bibliography Figure 1 (57 k) Figure 2 (55 k...

Recent developments T HE YEAR 2001 WAS SHAPING UP AS A DIFficult year for East Asia and Pacific (EAP) even before the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States. The unexpectedly sharp cyclical downturn in the world economy during the year had centered on a recession in the global high-technology (high-tech) sector, resulting in a plunge in the exports of the many East Asian economies ...

http://jpis.org This August I had the opportunity to discuss scientific publication policy with my colleagues in the Asia Pacific region and World Health Organization (WHO) at the annual convention of the Asia Pacific Association of Medical Journal Editors (APAME) held in Bangkok, Thailand. APAME is an Asia Pacific-centered nongovernmental, nonpartisan and nonprofit organization under a mission...

The Asia-Pacific region generates over half of global economic activity (54.2%) and about 43.7% of global trade, and is the most dynamic region in the global economy. At the core of this is an increasingly dynamic, vibrant and entrepreneurial small-medium sized enterprise sector. Advances in information and communications technology, market liberalisation and moves towards closer regional econo...