News releases

WHO launches smoke-free celebrity campaign targeting youth, emphasis on “coolness” and self-empowerment

WHO commends Shenzhen’s move to create 100% smoke-free environment

Bridging the divide between health and the web can improve lives for people worldwide

9th Global conference on health promotion: Only through improved health for people can the new Sustainable Development agenda succeed

The relevance and importance of promoting health in national SDG responses

9th Global conference on health promotion: Global leaders agree to promote health in order to achieve Sustainable Development Goals

Launching World Antibiotics Awareness Week 2016 in China

WHO commends Shanghai’s move to strengthen smoke-free law; urges strict enforcement as way forward

WHO, Government of China to hold 9th Global conference on health promotion in Shanghai in November

All train stations and airports in Shanghai to go 100% smoke-free

Fiji becomes the 26th country to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem

With Asia and the Pacific on the front lines of the climate crisis, WHO unveils an ambitious blueprint for action on climate and health

From the climate crisis to a resurgence of HIV, WHO Member States meet to map out health priorities for the Western Pacific Region

Addressing megatrends of population ageing and NCDs: WHO launches new partnership with Japan’s Kanagawa Prefecture

Rubella elimination verified in Japan, and measles and rubella elimination verified in Pacific island countries and areas

Up to 5% of climate emissions come from healthcare. A new coalition of Asia-Pacific countries, backed by WHO, plans to change that

Global Health Learning Centre 2025 Fellows celebrate graduation at WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific

GHLC 2025 kicks off with a dynamic start: Module A successfully completed

WHO in the Western Pacific calls for urgent action to save mothers and newborns

WHO in the Western Pacific urges decisive action to end TB