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Solomon Islands Measles Vaccination Campaign Starts Today
An intensive measles and rubella vaccination campaign gets under way in Solomon Islands today (October 14), with the aim of immunising 90,000 children in communities across the cou ...
Kiribati eliminates lymphatic filariasis
Kiribati has eliminated lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem. The Pacific island nation joins 11 other countries and areas in the World Health Organization (WHO) Western ...
Republic of the Marshall Islands puts health security at the top of its national agenda
The Republic of the Marshall Islands becomes the third Pacific Island country to conduct a Joint External Evaluation to assess their preparedness to respond to outbreaks and health ...
Health Advisory: Risk of measles importation to Pacific islands
Since 2017, there has been a global resurgence of measles cases. In proximity to Pacific Island countries and areas, outbreaks of measles have been reported in numerous locations.
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The long and bumpy road to better health care
It’s been a long, dusty drive to get to Aola in east central Guadalcanal, through river beds and over deep ruts and potholes. But still I am not prepared for the last steep climb u ...
Protecting women in Solomon Islands from cervical cancer
Laura Teika is a young woman with big dreams, but in the Solomon Islands, cervical cancer is a threat to the futures of women like her. WHO and partners are focusing on the prevent ...
Working together to protect health after Cyclone Gita
The World Health Organization (WHO) is working with governments and partners to protect people's health in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Gita, a Category 4 storm with winds of more ...
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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 ...
Ms Benedicte Galichet
Technical Officer, Communications & External Relations
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Risk Communications Officer
