APAC Coverage · 21 Countries Mapped
Where the data doesn't exist yet.
21
Countries mapped
16
Clinician interest
APAC
Regional frame
Coverage timeline · Country phasing
Current
2025 Q4
Vietnam · Phase 0 desk research
2026 Q2
Vietnam · fieldwork prep
2026 Q3
Vietnam fieldwork prep · Mongolia and Thailand desk researchNow
2027 Q1
JP, KR, TW · Phase 0 desk
2027 Q3
Phase 2 · Cross-country comparative paper
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Photography · DrChuaYang
Fishmonger, Can Tho market — Vietnam · 2023
● Vietnam · Lead Country
14M midlife women.
53 ethnic groups.
Fewer than 20 papers.
chịu đựngSilent endurance, documented as a cultural barrier to symptom disclosure.
Request the Vietnam Phase 0 Brief →
Network · Country Contacts
Who we are talking to.
Clinical and society contacts help identify evidence gaps, feasibility, and local pathways. Public listing is consent-led; RCI desk research begins once scope is clear.
Phase 0 coverage · How to read these scores
21 mapped · 16 with clinician interest
Twenty-one countries have been mapped in Phase 0 desk research — the full scope of research interest. In sixteen of them, a clinician has registered interest in country collaboration.
Vietnam's initial international-database RCI baseline was 6.5/25; local-language review is being incorporated.
Mongolia is at desk-research stage. No score has been published.
Thailand and Malaysia appear more research-visible than Vietnam, but still have representation questions.
Japan and South Korea are high-evidence comparator countries.
Scores shown are working baselines under clinician and local-source review — not final rankings, and not a judgement of care quality or clinical expertise in any country. How the index works →
Southeast Asia · 6 + Vietnam pilotPhase 1 + Phase 0 + Partners
DrChuaYang● Lead Country
Vietnam
14M midlife women · 53 ethnic groups · RCI 6.5/25
PathwayClinical liaison and prep route in progress
◐ Clinical base
Singapore
Singapore clinical base. Tri-ethnic urban cohort potential.
Clinical leadDr. Chua Yang · DFV co-founder
◐ Country contact
Malaysia
Tri-ethnic Malay/Chinese/Indian cohort — rich for ethnic stratification.
Clinical contactMalaysia society network
◐ Under research
Thailand
Thai Menopause Society with a 2023 MHT guideline — but evidence concentrates in Bangkok and tertiary care. The gap is equity: rural, southern Muslim, hill-tribe and migrant women.
Clinical routeThailand outreach in review
DrChuaYang◐ Country contact
Indonesia
275M population. Largest Muslim-majority cohort in Asia. PERMI network.
Clinical contactIndonesia society network
◐ Country contact
Philippines
Archipelagic field logistics. PSCO partnership exploratory.
Clinical contactPhilippines society network
◐ Country contact
Brunei
RIPAS Hospital. All research requires special permission.
Clinical contactResearch permission required
East Asia · 4 countriesPhase 0 desk · 2027 Q1
◐ Country contact
Japan
JMS partnership exploratory. Distinct symptom profile from Western cohorts.
Clinical contactJapan society network
◐ Country contact
South Korea
KSMM partnership exploratory. Strong epidemiological tradition.
Clinical contactSouth Korea society network
◐ Country contact
Taiwan
Strong NHI dataset infrastructure. TMS partnership exploratory.
Clinical contactTaiwan network
DrChuaYang◐ Under research
Mongolia
Nomadic and post-nomadic cohorts are uniquely under-studied. Phase 0 desk research; no score published.
Clinical routeFieldwork feasibility under review
South Asia · 2 countriesPhase 0 desk · 2026 Q4 + Scoping
DrChuaYang◐ Country contact
India
IMS-India active. Under-50 menopause prevalence noted in cohorts.
Clinical contactIndia regional pathway possible
◐ Country contact
Pakistan
All four collaboration boxes ticked. APMF 2024 Consensus contributor.
Clinical contactPakistan network
○ Scoping
Bangladesh · Sri Lanka
Desk research scheduled Q4 2026.
Clinical contactBangladesh identified · Sri Lanka pending
Oceania · 2 countriesIndigenous-focus cohorts
◐ Coordinator open
Australia
Focus: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Distinct from AWHS.
CoordinatorOpen
◐ Coordinator open
New Zealand
Focus: Māori and Pasifika midlife women. Historically excluded from cohort data.
CoordinatorOpen
Greater Mekong · 3 countriesField access country-conditional
DrChuaYang○ Scoping
Myanmar · Cambodia · Laos
Desk research scheduled. Field access country-conditional.
CoordinatorPending
摩梭
之声
之声
MosuoVoice · Sister initiative
China · Lugu Lake
Documenting matrilineal midlife.
摩梭之声 (MosuoVoice) documents midlife transitions in the Mosuo, one of the world's last matrilineal societies. DFV shares methodology, photography protocol, and translator training. Findings will publish jointly under the open-science agreement.
Ask about the Mosuo cohort →Clinical Network
Working together in your country.
If you are an OB-GYN, menopause specialist, or country society contact with institutional backing, we would like to hear from you. Country roles begin with a context review and can grow into named collaboration where that makes sense on both sides.