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Report of the Regional Director : the work of WHO in the Western Pacific Region, 1 July 2019 - 30 June...
Covering the period from July 2019 to June 2020, this Report highlights how WHO in the Western Pacific Region has been responding to the largest, most...
For the future : towards the healthiest and safest Region
The document sets out thematic priorities for WHO work in the Western Pacific Region for the next five years, as well as a series of ideas for collectively...
Working for better health in the Western Pacific
WHO in the Western Pacific Region is guided by an unwavering principle - keep countries at the centre of everything we do. Our support is people centred...
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Climate change and health in Small Island Developing States : a WHO special initiative, Pacific island...
In 2017, WHO launched a Special Initiative on Climate Change and Health in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) at the COP23 of the UNFCCC...
Pacific islands action plan on climate change and health
The WHO Special Initiative on Climate Change and Health in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) was launched in November 2017 by WHO in partnership...
A decade of progress towards better health - WHO in the Western Pacific Region 2009-2018
This report presents WHO Western Pacific Region's progress over the period of 2009-2018 towards better health for the more than 1.9 billion people of this...
Drinking-water, sanitation and hygiene in the Western Pacific Region : opportunities and challenges in...
The Sustainable Development Goals initiated in 2015 by the UN member states aim to achieve universal coverage with safely managed water, sanitation and...
Assessing maternal and newborn health hospital data in Cambodia
In 2015, Cambodia adopted its Five-year Action Plan for Newborn Care, 2016–2020 to address preventable causes of newborn death. The Plan aims to...
Progress on the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases in the Western Pacific Region : country...
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) – especially cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs) – are...
Leaving no one behind : WHO Mongolia
The Government of Mongolia fully supports the Leaving No One Behind principle, promoted by WHO as a means to introduce universal health coverage (UHC)...
Climate change and health in the Western Pacific Region : synthesis of evidence, profiles of selected...
The Western Pacific Region, which includes many low-lying Pacific island countries and areas, is especially vulnerable to climate change, and the impact...
Case-based payment systems for hospital funding in Asia : an investigation of current status and future...
A number of middle-income countries in the Asia Pacific region are introducing or considering the implementation of Diagnosis-Related Groups (DRGs) as...
Public hospital governance in Asia and the Pacific
Against this background, the Asia Pacific Observatory on Health Systems and Policies (APO) launched an initiative in 2013 to undertake an in-depth analysis...
Prioritizing a preventable epidemic : a primer for the media of noncommunicable diseases
In hospitals and homes across the globe, NCD is making an alarming presence. Today, the major NCD – cardiovascular disease (including heart disease...
Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs), including diseases caused by antimicrobial-resistant pathogens, can potentially cause regional and global outbreaks. The...
Regional Action Plans and Frameworks of Actions endorsed by Member States
Regional action plan for tobacco control in the Western Pacific (2020-2030) : working towards a healthy,...
Tobacco kills more than 3 million people a year in the Western Pacific Region. Tobacco's toll on the health of the population in the Region translates...
Regional action framework on protecting children from the harmful impact of food marketing in the Western...
Rapid economic growth, urbanization and globalization have changed the food system in the Region, making inexpensive processed foods more available and...
Regional action framework for control and elimination of neglected tropical diseases in the Western Pacific
The Regional Action Framework for Control and Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases in the Western Pacific was endorsed by the 69th session of the...
Regional action framework on improving hospital planning and management in the Western Pacific
Hospitals are essential part of service delivery and core to advancing universal health coverage and achieving the health targets in the sustainable development...
Better laws for better health : Western Pacific regional action agenda on strengthening legal frameworks...
Legal frameworks - instruments of law and the institutions responsible for putting them into effect - are essential to advance universal health coverage...
Regional action agenda on harnessing e-health for improved health service delivery in the Western Pacific
This action agenda takes stock of developments across the Region and in different groups of countries, and provides a systematic framework for deployment...
Western Pacific regional action agenda on regulatory strengthening, convergence and cooperation for medicines...
Strengthening regulatory systems for medicines and the health workforce - both at the national level and across national borders - can be implemented most...
Regional framework for action on transitioning to integrated financing of priority public health services...
The Regional Framework for Action on Transitioning to Integrated Financing of Priority Public Health Services in the Western Pacific provides guidance...