Several countries in Asia face significant health challenges ... Additionally, 44% of adults are overweight due to insufficient exercise and poor dietary habits, though only 25% express a desire ...

"This [pattern of decline] is mostly due to persistently low (and in some cases extreme low) fertility rates, especially in many countries in Europe, and East Asia ... and poor health of the ...

The initiative, backed by seven former African heads of state, is calling for a plan modelled after the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC ... nations in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Latin ...