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24 March 2025

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WHO in the Western Pacific urges decisive action to end TB

3 March 2025

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WHO calls for investment in health-care infection and prevention control

13 December 2024

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Drowning deaths decline in the Western Pacific, but urgent action is still needed

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20 March 2025

Five ways health-care workers can support women’s mental health during pregnancy

12 March 2025

Enhancing public health together: Mission to Perak, Malaysia

11 March 2025

1 in 5 Cambodian adults are at risk of stroke as noncommunicable disease risks increase

5 March 2025

Marshall Islands applies WHO’s Strategic Toolkit for Assessing Risk (STAR) for the first time in the North Pacific

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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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15 July 2024

Mobilizing support for immunization: Why is it still so hard to save lives?

19 July 2022

UHC—The critical platform towards a healthier and safer future in 2030 and beyond

9 June 2022

Hope for immediate collaboration and action to tackle climate change in the Pacific islands

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26 February 2025

Opening remarks at the Roundtable on Accelerating SDG 3 at the 12th Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Develoment

5 February 2025

Remarks on universal health coverage at the 156th session of the WHO Executive Board

3 December 2024

Opening Remarks at the World Conference on Traditional Medicine 2024

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Ten ways health has improved over the past 75 years in the Region

Spotlight | May 2023

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27 March 2025

Detecting and responding to disease outbreaks

24 March 2025

World TB Day 2025: Message by Dr Huong Thi Giang Tran of the WHO Western Pacific Region

Western Pacific data on drug resistant TB with only one in three people accessing treatment

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Drug-resistant TB remains a public health crisis

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World Health Day 2025

7 April 2025

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World TB Day 2025: Message by Dr Huong Thi Giang Tran of the WHO Western Pacific Region

Drug-resistant TB remains a public health crisis

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