Stronger Primary Health Care Can Boost Growth and Create Jobs across East Asia and Pacific This page in:English Tiếng Việt 中文 ខ្មែរ

https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2026/01/21/stronger-primary-health-care-can-boost-growth-and-create-jobs-across-east-asia-and-pacific WASHINGTON, DC, January 21, 2026 — East Asia and Pacific (EAP) is at a crossroads, as a surge of chronic, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) threatens to overwhelm health systems and stall income growth. A new World Bank report A Healthy Future: Primary Health Care and the Chronic Disease Epidemic in EAP reveals that urgent reforms in primary health care (PHC) could help EAP meet this mounting challenge and secure a healthier, more prosperous future.