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10 October 2019

Region’s health leaders pledge to tackle antimicrobial resistance and strengthen tobacco control

Regional action to protect children from harmful impact of food marketing and promote healthy ageing

Health ministers endorse WHO five-year plan to make the Western Pacific the healthiest, safest region

Regional health leaders gather to discuss priority issues, agree World Health Organization actions

Kiribati eliminates lymphatic filariasis

Parliamentarians: Climate crisis one of the most critical threats to health in the Asia-Pacific region

Risk of Ebola in the Western Pacific remains low

Dengue increase likely during rainy season: WHO warns

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Joint statement by the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and WHO concerning the outbreak of Ebola disease caused by the Bundibugyo virus

Departmental update

WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel amended

WHO urges governments to protect young people from addiction to tobacco and nicotine products