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News from Brunei Darussalam, Singapore and Malaysia

News from WHO Western Pacific

World Health Organization and Australia forge new strategic partnership

19 September 2017

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

18 September 2017

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

World No Tobacco Day 2017: Tobacco is a threat to development

DOH, WHO Launch Cooperation Strategies Toward a Healthy Philippines

Slow down to save lives

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Tunisia validated by WHO as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem

Departmental update

Turning commitments into care: Africa accelerates action on traditional medicine

Global health gains face threat of reversal

Departmental update

New WHO health inequality country profiles to track progress on achieving health equity