Voluntary medical male circumcision shown to be highly cost-effective, highlighting the need to intensify scale up and sustainability

Do No Harm: Joint Statement against the medicalization of Female Genital Mutilation in Asia-Pacific - A Call to Action

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

WHO statement on autism-related issues

The WHO in the Western Pacific launches an improved Excess Mortality Calculator to strengthen surveillance

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

Global Leaders Unite to Accelerate Cervical Cancer Elimination Efforts

Resurgence of preventable diseases threatens children in East Asia and the Pacific

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

WHO calls for investment in health-care infection and prevention control

Drowning deaths decline in the Western Pacific, but urgent action is still needed

WHO calls for action to fight growing HIV epidemic

Philippines and the Pacific strengthen health workforce for health security

At COP29, WHO calls for climate-health actions and funding for Asia Pacific

Regional health leaders agree to improve financing to achieve universal health coverage, prioritize digital health

Ten additional countries in the Western Pacific Region pledge to invest in WHO

Viet Nam eliminates trachoma as a public health problem