News releases

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

Papua New Guinea Advances Maternal Health with National Quality of Care Write-shop

PNG Launches Final Phase of Polio Response with Provincial Training

National High-Level Advocacy Health Promotion Workshop Kicks Off in Port Moresby

Strengthening Emergency Response: PNG’s Three-Day TOT Workshop for Polio Response

WHO Regional Director Concludes Landmark Visit to Papua New Guinea

Rising HIV infections put the Western Pacific on alert

Voices of a generation: a unique Photo Camp collaboration between ministries of health, National Geographic Society and WHO empowers youth to tell stories of climate change and health

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