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20 June 2025

Building resilience through multisectoral approach: Vanuatu completes first Joint External Evaluation to strengthen health security

Vanuatu has today concluded its first-ever Joint External Evaluation (JEE), a process that assesses a nation’s capacity to prevent, detect, and rapidly respond to public health ris ...

13 June 2025

Joint News Release

How Tonga and WHO are joining forces to strengthen dengue outbreak response

Dengue cases have increased significantly across the Pacific islands in 2025, including in Tonga, where this mosquito-transmitted illness continues to spread. Since the outbreak wa ...

29 May 2025

Media release

Using the One Health approach to fight antimicrobial resistance in Solomon Islands

The health threats posed by antimicrobial resistance (AMR) require constant vigilance from government ministries and other sectors involved in human, animal, and plant health. The ...

16 May 2025

Joint News Release

Cook Islands’ first Joint External Evaluation takes a multisectoral, holistic approach to strengthen health security

The Cook Islands’ Te Marae Ora (Ministry of Health) has conducted the country’s first Joint External Evaluation (JEE) for health security in collaboration with the World Health Org ...