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4 December 2025

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Getting ready for the next pandemic: Western Pacific countries and areas carry out a key regional simulation exercise

27 November 2025

Departmental update

Western Pacific countries endorse a regional coordination mechanism to enhance future emergency responses

26 November 2025

Departmental update

From gaps to action: learning from country experiences to build a resilient, trained, and connected emergency workforce

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5 December 2025

Bringing youth-friendly health services closer: How TrucKABATAAN enables young people in Eastern Visayas to stay healthy

4 December 2025

Malaysia launches landmark National Action Plan for Health Security (MyNAPHS 2025–2030)

3 December 2025

Village outreach brings life-saving vaccines closer to communities in Samoa

29 November 2025

Case story: hidden burden of congential rubella syndrome in Mongolia

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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

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Make Digital Spaces Safe for Girls.

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Addressing harmful gender norms and fostering safe environments are key to preventing gender-based violence.

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Violence Against Girls and Women Starts Early and Persists Throughout Life.

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