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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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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

7 November 2025

Viet Nam: Hospitals adopt air quality initiatives for safer health care and healthier communities

29 October 2025

Mongolia hosts first functional exercise for national health emergency workforce readiness and response

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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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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

29 May 2025

Protect children: Unmask the appeal and get rid of e-cigarettes

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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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Strong starts for hopeful futures

15 November 2025

World Antimicrobial Awareness Week

World AMR Awareness Week 2025

17 – 24 November 2025

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

25 – 27 November 2025

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