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14 November 2025

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25 Years Polio-Free: Western Pacific Countries Renew Commitment to Polio Eradication

7 November 2025

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WHO collaborating centres elevate partnerships to strengthen innovation and unity for health in the Western Pacific

29 October 2025

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Alcohol Leaves a Mark: WHO calls for collective action to expose alcohol harms and support stronger regulation

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19 November 2025

A nutritionist’s journey of lifelong learning and service in Samoa

18 November 2025

Weaving knowledge and innovation: How WHO collaborating centres are strengthening health across the Western Pacific

13 November 2025

WHO conducts first in-country training on use of new risk assessment tools in Brunei Darussalam

11 November 2025

Advancing Universal Health Coverage for Children Living with Type 1 Diabetes

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13 March 2025

Building a safer food future: Papua New Guinea and WHO unite multisectoral stakeholders to enhance food safety and public health

9 December 2024

The Solomon Islands fortifies food safety procedures in partnership with WHO

2 September 2024

WHO supports Kiribati to employ a One Health approach to advancing food safety

6 February 2024

Village leaders support a stronger health care network in Davao Region

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18 November 2025

The next pandemic is already here: Antimicrobial resistance is upending a century of achievements in global health

1 October 2025

Building a future-ready society so people can live long and age well

18 June 2025

From inequity to action: Eliminating cervical cancer in the Western Pacific

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11 November 2025

Opening speech at the thirty-first meeting of the Regional Commission for the Certification of Poliomyelitis Eradication in the Western Pacific

20 October 2025

Address at the seventy-sixth session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific

20 October 2025

Opening remarks at the launch of the WHO Asia-Pacific Centre for Environment and Health strategy

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Ten ways health has improved over the past 75 years in the Region

Spotlight | May 2023

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18 November 2025

World AMR Awareness Week: Message from WHO Regional Director Dr Saia Ma'u Piukala

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18 November 2025

Fifth Regional Forum of WHO Collaborating Centres in the Western Pacific

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AUS-125: Flinders University - WHO Collaborating Centre for Sexually Transmitted Infections Point-of-Care Testing

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Asia Pacific Health Security Action Framework (APHSAF) Stakeholders Meeting for the Western Pacific Region

25 – 27 November 2025

Webinar series on Social Health Insurance systems

28 November 2025 10:00 – 11:30 SGT

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