Asia-Pacific Population Journal zooms on Pacific

Some seven years after its first special issue on the Pacific (see Vol. 15, No. 2), the Asia-Pacific Population Journal is back in the sun-drenched subregion. The December 2007 issue of APPJ, prepared in collaboration with UNFPA Country Technical Services Team (CST) in Suva, Fiji, includes five articles on various issues of concern for the Pacific; from the demographic impact of HIV/AIDS in Papua New Guinea, to the current status of sexual and reproductive health in the subregion, from the differential mortality among Pacific countries and areas, to a discussion on the pro-poor policies needed in the Pacific. Ahead of the 2010 round of population censuses, the issue of availability, accessibility and utilization of demographic data is also covered by the last article published in this issue.

Apart from articles kindly contributed by the above CST, this issue of APPJ also includes articles from the Secretariat of the Pacific Community; the University of Queensland Herston, Australia; and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Pacific Centre.

For a comprehensive picture of the population-related issues confronting this part of the world, don’t miss this particular issue of APPJ, which is available from <www.unescap.org/appj.asp>