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8 July 2019 | Joint media release
New Zealand supports polio outbreak response in Papua New Guinea
New Zealand is contributing 2 million New Zealand dollars to the World Health Organization to help fight the polio outbreak in Papua New Guinea. The work will help detect cases a ...
Vaccination vital to protect Pacific communities against measles
In response to recent outbreaks of measles in the Pacific, and as the holiday season nears, UNICEF and the World Health Organisation (WHO) are urging the public to ensure they are ...
SOLMAT Ready for Action
Cyclones, floods, tsunamis, earthquakes, or disease outbreaks: if disaster strikes, Solomon Islands Emergency Medical Teams (SOLMAT) will be ready to respond, providing lifesaving ...
Solomon Islands Measles Campaign Under Way
An intensive measles and rubella vaccination campaign was launched in Solomon Islands on October 14, with the aim of immunising 90,000 children in communities across the country. ...
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Region’s leaders discuss need to protect health in relation to climate change and the environment
The seventieth session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific concluded today after discussions on climate change and environmental health.
Region’s health leaders pledge to tackle antimicrobial resistance and strengthen tobacco control
Health leaders at the seventieth session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for the Western Pacific today endorsed action plans to fight antimicrobial resist ...
Regional action to protect children from harmful impact of food marketing and promote healthy ageing
Health ministers from across the World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Region today endorsed an action plan to protect children from the harmful impact of food marketing ...
Health ministers endorse WHO five-year plan to make the Western Pacific the healthiest, safest region
Health ministers and senior officials representing the 37 countries and areas of the World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Region today agreed on priorities for WHO’s wor ...
Outbreaks and Emergencies in the Western Pacific
