About us

The Asia Pacific Observatory on Health Systems and Policies (the APO) is a collaborative partnership of interested governments, international agencies, foundations, and researchers that promotes evidence-informed health system policy regionally and in all countries in the Asia Pacific region.

The APO:

• Collaboratively identifies priority health system issues across the Asia Pacific region;
• Develops and synthesizes relevant research to support and inform countries’ evidence-based policy development; and
• Builds country and regional health systems research and evidence-informed policy capacity.

The APO’s main functions are to:

• Establish a body of knowledge and evidence on health systems in the Asia Pacific region, comparable across countries, through collection and analysis of information and research evidence on health care policies and reforms
• Engage in in-country dialogue with key stakeholders, including government, development partners, civil society and academia, to facilitate a shared assessment of each health system's strengths and weaknesses that builds consensus on needed policy directions and helps develop evidence informed health policies within countries
• Develop and strengthen national and regional capacity in research, analysis and knowledge translation

• Asian Development Bank
• Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia (DFAT)
• Hong Kong SAR
• Republic of the Philippines
• Singapore
• Thailand
  
• The Pacific Community
• World Bank
• World Health Organization – Western Pacific Region and South-East Asia Region Offices