Research at AHPP
The Asia Health Policy Program at the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center sponsors multidisciplinary research on health and medical care in the Asia-Pacific, with a specific focus on how comparative analysis can provide insight for understanding and improving health policy in the region.
AHPP Research Areas
AHPP Research Projects
- A Sense of Crisis as China Confronts Ailments of Affluence
As rates of behavior-related diseases rise, China’s medical community looks for ways to change attitudes and advance preventive care.
Comparative Policy Responses to Demographic Change in East Asia
Launched in January 2011, Comparative Policy Responses to Demographic Change in East Asia is a three-year research initiative at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center. It examines the rapid demographic changes that are profoundly shaping the political, economic, and social landscape of the Asia ...
Global Tobacco Prevention Research Initiative
The Global Tobacco Prevention Research Initiative strives to apply Stanford's strategic resources to help nations around the world better understand how to move into a smoke-free world, a world beyond tobacco.- New Steps for Tobacco Control In and Outside of China
In China during the last decade, citizens have rarely agitated against the ubiquity of cigarettes, at the same time that tobacco products have been responsible for killing more than a millionpeople a year and tobacco-control programs have been enjoying a marked growth in logistical support, discursive attention ...


