News releases

Region’s leaders discuss need to protect health in relation to climate change and the environment

Region’s health leaders pledge to tackle antimicrobial resistance and strengthen tobacco control

Regional action to protect children from harmful impact of food marketing and promote healthy ageing

Health ministers endorse WHO five-year plan to make the Western Pacific the healthiest, safest region

Regional health leaders gather to discuss priority issues, agree World Health Organization actions

Kiribati eliminates lymphatic filariasis

Parliamentarians: Climate crisis one of the most critical threats to health in the Asia-Pacific region

Risk of Ebola in the Western Pacific remains low

Dengue increase likely during rainy season: WHO warns

Honours for tobacco control in WHO Western Pacific Region

WHO calls for more investment in primary health care

Immunization gaps threaten gains on measles

WHO Western Pacific Region achieves milestone for reducing childhood hepatitis

New WHO Regional Director meets Pacific leaders, communities, highlights climate change, noncommunicable diseases, emergencies as priorities

Dr Takeshi Kasai appointed WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific

New WHO Asia-Pacific centre for environment and health to open in Seoul

WHO-recommended newborn care cuts life-threatening infections by two thirds

Singapore wipes out measles; Australia, Brunei Darussalam and Macao SAR (China) eliminate rubella

Regional Conference towards the Implementation of INSPIRE: Seven Strategies for Ending Violence against Children

Governments commit to improve rehab services and recognize Region’s progress on other health issues