The Lancet Regional Health Western Pacific

The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific promotes the advancement of clinical practice and health policy in the Western Pacific region with the goal of improving health outcomes for all people regionally and globally. The journal is managed by local, experienced editors in Beijing, Shanghai, and Sydney, working in collaboration with our global editorial team.

We provide a platform for high-quality original research that advocates change in, or illuminates, clinical practice and health policy in the Western Pacific region. We invite submissions that are pertaining to regional health topics, including but not limited to infectious diseases, non-communicable diseases, child and adolescent health, maternal and reproductive health, ageing health, mental health, public health, and health policy.

We publish a range of content types including Articles, Review, Comment, and Correspondence. Learn more about the types of papers we publish.

The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific is part of The Lancet Regional Health Global Initiative to advocate for health-care quality and access in all regions of the world. Interdependence and collaboration are fundamental to solving the problems that we face as a society. The Lancet Regional Health is a suite of open access general medical journals publishing high-quality, evidence-based research focused on WHO’s six regions of the world. Our goal is to improve health outcomes by fostering the advancement of the research agenda, clinical practice, and health policy, through a regional lens.