WHO statement on notification of withdrawal of the United States
In its statement, the World Health Organization regrets the United States’ notification of withdrawal from WHO, noting the USA’s long history of contributions to global health achi ...
WHO and The Lancet spotlight social prescribing in new Western Pacific series
The WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific and The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific have launched a series on social prescribing, emphasizing community-based approache ...
Western Pacific Region achieves milestone: 19 countries complete comprehensive health information system assessments
The Health Information and Digital Health (HID) unit in the WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific has successfully supported 19 countries, covering 99% of the Region’s popula ...
Strengthening health workforce capacity to tackle NCDs in the Pacific: WHO and the Korea Foundation for International Healthcare sign a donor agreement on UHC Day
The Korea Foundation for International Healthcare (KOFIH) and the WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific signed a donor agreement to strengthen Fiji’s health workforce in mana ...
Building a safer food future: Papua New Guinea and WHO unite multisectoral stakeholders to enhance food safety and public health
Grab and go: enabling Vanuatu's national emergency medical team to master emergency response logistics
Strengthening the Philippines’ capacity to understand and improve its health information landscape for emergency response
Mayors advance healthy settings movement in Malaysia
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Preventive cholera vaccination resumes as global supply reaches critical milestone
WHO calls for mental health to be central to neglected tropical disease care
Four in ten cancer cases could be prevented globally
WHO launches 2026 appeal to help millions of people in health emergencies and crisis settings
