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WHO hosts dialogue on climate change and health
The World Health Organization (WHO) Asia-Pacific Centre for Environment and Health in the Western Pacific Region hosted a dialogue with residents of Seoul, including students of th ...
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 ...
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Addressing the needs of ageing populations
Next year will mark the beginning of the Decade of Healthy Ageing (2020-2030) – an opportunity to bring together governments, civil society, international agencies, professionals, ...
WHO strengthens collaboration for infection prevention and control in the Region
The Disease Control and Prevention Center (DCC) of the National Center for Global Health and Medicine in Japan has been a WHO Collaborating Centre for Prevention, Preparedness and ...
Eight emerging diseases and emergencies WHO responded to in the Western Pacific Region in 2018
The World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Region is not only home to nine of the 15 countries in the world most vulnerable to disasters, it is also a hotspot for outbreak ...
World experts and funders set priorities for COVID-19 research
Statement on the meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee for Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 12 February 2020
Pregnancy and breastfeeding during an Ebola virus outbreak
WHO and FIND formalize strategic collaboration to drive universal access to essential diagnostics
