Renewed priorities, new frontiers: An ambitious, urgent agenda at the WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific
Health ministers and senior officials from across the Western Pacific are meeting at the seventy-seventh session of the World Health Organization Regional Committee for the Wester ...
Countries race to provide oral health care for all in 100-Day Sprint across Asia
Twenty countries and areas from the WHO Western Pacific and South-East Asia regions pledged to strengthen essential oral health services through a 100-Day Sprint initiative discuss ...
Asia-Pacific countries sharpen plans to fight antimicrobial resistance, but most remain unfunded
An article published today in the British Medical Journal Public Health shows Asia-Pacific countries developing better national action plans to fight antimicrobial resistance. Howe ...
WHO joins Pre-COP31 to advance climate action that delivers for people’s health
The World Health Organization (WHO) is participating in the Pacific Pre-COP31 in Fiji from 5–8 October to help elevate health as a key priority in climate action ahead of COP31 in ...
What do young Cambodian mental health professionals think about the future of mental health care?
Protecting lives through stronger alcohol control in the Western Pacific
Twenty years of frontline detectives: how a fellowship grew into a regional health emergency corps
Malaysia moves climate and health commitments towards action through ATACH
Seventy-seventh session of the Regional Committee
World AMR Awareness Week 2026
TrACSS 2026 in the Western Pacific: Translating Regional Findings into Practical AMR Priorities
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Call for Proposals for hosting the 20th International Conference of Drug Regulatory Authorities (ICDRA)
WHO report examines inequalities in noncommunicable diseases and their risk factors
One in four doctors nearing retirement age as WHO warns of global health workforce gap
Traditional medicine, resilience and well-being at World Health Summit 2026