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Countries pledge to fund priority public health services; make medicines, the health workforce and food safer

Regional health leaders target elimination of: measles and rubella; HIV, hepatitis B and syphilis in babies

Health leaders gather in Australia for World Health Organization’s top regional decision-making body

World Health Organization and Australia forge new strategic partnership

Cambodia and the Lao People's Democratic Republic wipe out trachoma—leading infectious cause of blindness

The 68th session of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Regional Committee Meeting for the Western Pacific (RCM68)

Progress on Early Essential Newborn Care in the Western Pacific Region, but millions of newborn infants remain at risk

Congratulations, Tonga! Pacific island state eliminates lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem

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WHO tobacco trends report: 1 in 5 adults still addicted to tobacco

WHO publishes first-of-its-kind guidance to support government decision-making on public health and social measures

Global health agencies issue new recommendations to help end deaths from postpartum haemorrhage

WHO’s 6th Virtual cGMP Training Marathon concludes, reinforcing global manufacturing capacities