HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT
Collaboration The key to nutrition awareness in APAC Countries in the APAC region are at different stages of economical, social and healthcare developments. Healthcare practitioners and hospitals have a leading role to play to drive nutritional awareness and to achieve healthcare outcomes. Collaboration between multiple stakeholders will be significant to drive this cause Kent L Bradley, MPH -Chief Health and Nutrition Officer, Herbalife Nutrition
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he Asia-Pacific (APAC) region is home to some of the world’s fastest growing economies and, ironically, more than half of the undernourished children on the planet too. In the wake of the pandemic, government priorities are very much centred on containing the outbreaks and economic support measures, while healthcare systems continue to operate under immense stress. It is not unexpected then that the current health crisis has side-lined less ‘urgent’, longer term agendas such as advancing public nutrition awareness and education and multi-sector collaboration to strengthen the overall health system. The countries in APAC are all at varied stages of development economically, socially and on healthcare preparedness too. A few countries are driving the agenda of achieving universal healthcare within the next decade. However, the task of achieving superior healthcare is not achievable without active involvement and contribution of key stake14
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