News releases

WHO Regional Director Visits Jiwaka to Support School-Based Vaccinations and Strengthen Health Partnerships

WHO Regional Director Visits Western Highlands to Support Polio Response

WHO Regional Director Calls for Unified Action on Polio and One Health at PNG Medical Symposium

Papua New Guinea Confirms First Human Case of Polio in Ongoing Outbreak

A milestone for mental health amid emergencies: WHO trains first responders in PNG

Papua New Guinea Advances Medicines Regulatory Reform with Technical Review Workshop

Papua New Guinea Launches National Polio Immunization Campaign to Protect Every Child

New Zealand Contributes NZ$2 million to WHO to Support PNG's Polio Outbreak Response

Provincial-Level Polio Vaccination Campaign Training Underway

PNG Launches Final Phase of Polio Response with Provincial Training

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

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

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