When local officials visited Pa Vang’s rural Hmong community in search of volunteers to train as traditional birth attendants, she was nominated by her fellow villagers to attend. Since then, she has supported hundreds of women in accessing care as they give birth.
The People of the Western Pacific project aims to bring a human perspective to the main public health priorities that have emerged for Member States across the Region. Outlined in the Region’s collective vision For the Future, these challenges are health security (including AMR), noncommunicable diseases and ageing, climate change and the environment, and reaching the unreached. The stories in this video series are reflective of the particular economic, social and demographic circumstances of diverse people living around the Western Pacific Region. Through interviews and photo essays, these stories provide a snapshot of the subjects’ lives, concerns, dreams and expectations for the future.
Welcome to the WHO Western Pacific region multimedia library.