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Asia-Pacific parliamentarians urge bolder action for universal health coverage, climate resilience and responsible AI

Departmental update

Strengthening the workforce to deliver essential public health functions in the Western Pacific

Departmental update

Strengthening health and sanitation statistics capacity across Asia and the Pacific

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Building Mental Health Resilience Across the North Pacific

Building trust before measles arrives: how GOARN is helping Vanuatu prepare for the next outbreak

Saving Limbs, Changing Lives: Scaling up Health Worker Skills to Fight Diabetic Foot Disease in Solomon Islands

Empowering the next generation of outbreak responders in the Western Pacific

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9 February 2026

What do young Cambodian mental health professionals think about the future of mental health care?

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

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How ‘One World, One Health’ can move beyond a slogan to become a shared reality

No health without oral health: This is a regional priority

From advocacy to action: accelerating the fight against AMR in Asia–Pacific

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16 February 2026

Keynote speech at the Pacific Academy of Sciences Inaugural Congress

11 November 2025

Opening speech at the thirty-first meeting of the Regional Commission for the Certification of Poliomyelitis Eradication in the Western Pacific

4 November 2025

Opening remarks at the Fifth Regional Forum of WHO Collaborating Centres in the Western Pacific

Spotlights

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Together for science, together for health: WHO collaborating centres across the Western Pacific advance health outcomes

Spotlight | 8 April 2026

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Dr Howard Sobel, WHO Representative in Solomon Islands

What message would you like every community to hear about vaccines?

Dr Anna Ong-Lim, a paediatrician in the Philippines

As a clinician, what gives you hope about immunization and what challenges do you see?

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A safe space for students: Sinan’s story

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