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28 September 2026

Departmental update

IMICAMS: Strengthening Health Information and Knowledge Sharing in the Western Pacific Region

27 August 2026

Media release

Many hands, one goal: Papua New Guinea conducts its first Joint External Evaluation to strengthen health security

27 August 2026

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Asia-Pacific regional influenza network sharpens focus on avian influenza preparedness

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4 September 2026

From Priorities to Practice: Palau and WHO Strengthen Health Programme Delivery

4 September 2026

Singapore research network appointed WHO collaborating centre to strengthen clinical trials capacity across the region

4 September 2026

Singapore’s National Centre for Food Science expands its role as WHO Collaborating Centre

3 September 2026

Practicing Today for Tomorrow’s Emergencies: FSM Puts Emergency Preparedness to the Test

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9 February 2026

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

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

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5 April 2026

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

20 March 2026

No health without oral health: This is a regional priority

9 March 2026

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

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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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3 September 2026

School Health Week: Bringing health closer to students

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27 August 2026

What message would you like every community to hear about vaccination and why?

Screenshot of WHO Regional Director Dr Saia Ma'u Piukala from an immunization video

17 August 2026

Are vaccines only for kids?

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WHO ACE Urban and Island Systems for Healthy Environment webinar series – Clean air, healthy lives: From air quality guidelines to standards to healthy lives in the Western Pacific

7 September 2026 10:00 – 11:00 SGT

Preventing suicide in the Western Pacific

10 September 2026 14:00 – 15:30 SGT

Health workforce mobility: Navigating migration, retention and sustainability

16 September 2026 10:30 – 12:00 SGT

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