News releases

World Health Organization Director-General Dr Tedros appoints Cook Islands’ Elizabeth Iro as WHO’s Chief Nursing Officer

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