The report is largely based on the original contributions from the following 15 countries: Australia, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam. We are grateful to the contributors and government departments who collaborated on this report (see list in Annex A). Our gratitude to Ms. Shiho Ono, International Affairs Division, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan for her revisions.