World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean 2013 The WHO Centre for Health Development located in Kobe, Japan WKC launched a project in 2012 to collect case studies that have involved intersectoral action and that aim to improve health and its underlying determinants. The Health Promoting Schools Initiative HPSI in Oman was selected by the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean as a good example of intersectoral action that can be replicated in other countries of the Region