To inform policy decisions more effectively, national and regional institutions have the option of gathering region-specific evidence on the cost savings that result from effective interventions, and on the impact of better health on growth and productivity.
In Brussels, a site called Europe Today aggregates news from across the region, gathering snippets from a variety of European sources and translating them into English.
He concerns himself with church conditions in a region, gathering and channeling all relevant information to and from the Holy See.
The Digest focused on issues relevant to the African-American population of the region, gathering a circulation of about 5,000 people.
In the meantime, national news media descended on the region, gathering at the adage of a giant section of the county that has been cordoned off by law enforcement.
As mission commander, he and crewmate Charles Duke explored the moon's Descartes Highlands region, gathering 200 pounds (90 kg) of rock and soil samples and driving more than 16 miles (26 km) in the lunar rover to sites such as Spook Crater.
They sipped tea and coffee and discussed the region's gathering political violence.
The index suggests that economic activity is gathering pace in the region that is leading the global recovery.
I have learned that gathering information in the region often requires more discernment than in straight-talking Western societies.
They raided a hotel where leaders from around the region were gathering, sending the prime ministers of China, Japan and many other nations scrambling to leave the country.
The HSBC reading Thursday suggests that the "upswing in China — and by extension in the whole Asia-Pacific region — is gathering strength," Klaus Baader, an economist at the French bank Société Générale in Hong Kong, commented in a note.
