Women's Health : Western Pacific Region

This publication arises out of the Workshop on Women's Health held in Beijing in October 1999.

It is a compilation of country reports, depicting the status of women's health in each of the 14 countries represented in the workshop, and the lectures delivered.

The book refers to women's health as a state of "complete mental, physical, spiritual and social well-being" for all female infants, girls and women regardless of age, socioeconomic class, race, ethnicity and geographic location.

Also discussed are several issues on women's health needs which include, but are not necessarily limited to, those conditions and disorders which are unique to women, occur more commonly in women, have different risk factors for women, or follow a different course in women relative to men.