MANILA -- Measles cases went up 255% from 2022 to 2023 in the World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Region, an increase caused by gaps in vaccination coverage and disease surveillance and...
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MANILA -- Measles cases went up 255% from 2022 to 2023 in the World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Region, an increase caused by gaps in vaccination coverage and disease surveillance and...
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Executive summary The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic caught the world unprepared, revealing society’s vulnerabilities, systemic fragility and lack of resilience. In 2020, the Data, Strategy...
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MANILA – Universal health coverage (UHC) means that all people have access to the quality health services they need, when and where they need them, without financial hardship. All countries have...
American Samoa + 34 more
Health ministers and senior officials from countries and areas across the World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Region today endorsed a regional action framework to strengthen health...
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Overview Covering the period from July 2022 to June 2023, this Report highlights how WHO in the Western Pacific Region has worked to turn the hard lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic into a mandate to...
Malaysia + 10 more
Overview The refugee and asylum-seeking populations in Malaysia face several psychosocialstressors, including the inability to secure safe and stable employment, fear of arrest and detention,...
Ukraine + 7 more
Overview In this edition of the Monthly Operational Update on Health Emergencies, highlights of country-level actions and WHO support to countries include: Sierra Leone conducts Universal Health and...
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Good mental health is integral to the well-being of everyone. Promoting and protecting mental health is also critical to a well-functioning society. The Regional Framework for the Future of Mental...
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Antimicrobial resistance expected to cause 5.2 million deaths in the Western Pacific by 2030 Prolonged hospitalizations and lost productivity will cost the Region US$ 148 billion Manila – An...
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Developed to embed community engagement approaches as a critical means of mitigating social impact during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond Executive summary The coronavirus disease (COVID-19)...
Ethiopia + 7 more
A well-trained workforce is essential for reaching universal health coverage. WHO supports training across the globe and across the professional spectrum. This week we visit Samoa, where emergency...
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Overview In this edition of the COVID-19 Monthly Operational Update, highlights of country-level actions and WHO support to countries include: COVID-19: Increasing vaccination coverage in Haiti...
Cambodia + 9 more
An MDA campaign against schistosomiasis was conducted in the Khong and Moulapamok districts of Champasack province in November and December 2021. Efforts to provide essential health services were...
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Overview In this edition of the COVID-19 Monthly Operational Update, highlights of country-level actions and WHO support to countries include: EMRO reflects on genomic sequencing and its future...
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Countries across the Western Pacific Region are continuing efforts to reach people in vulnerable, at-risk groups with vaccines to protect them against severe illness and death from coronavirus...
PNG + 9 more
Harness innovation to reduce the malaria disease burden and save lives WHO celebrates World Malaria Day each year on 25 April to underscore the collective energy and commitment of the global malaria...
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Today, 13,655 new cases of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 and 87 new deaths were announced by the Thailand Ministry of Public Health. 3,856 patients are classified with serious illness, of which 889...
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Overview In this edition of the COVID-19 Weekly Operational Update, highlights of country-level actions and WHO support to countries include: Scaling up COVID-19 vaccination in Africa Supporting...
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Key Figures WHO-led UN Crisis-Management Team coordinating 23 UN entities across nine areas of work More than 5 million people registered on OpenWHO and accessing online training courses across 33...
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The twenty-eighth meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) on the international spread of poliovirus was convened by the WHO Director-General on 4...