Skip to main content
  • World Health Organization Global
  • Regions
    World Health Organization WHO Regional websites
    • Africa Africa
    • Americas Americas
    • South-East Asia South-East Asia
    • Europe Europe
    • Eastern Mediterranean Eastern Mediterranean
    • Western Pacific Western Pacific
  • Countries
    World Health Organization Countries, territories and areas in the WHO Western Pacific Region:
    • American Samoa (USA) American Samoa (USA)
    • Australia Australia
    • Brunei Darussalam Brunei Darussalam
    • Cambodia Cambodia
    • China China
    • Cook Islands Cook Islands
    • Fiji Fiji
    • French Polynesia (France) French Polynesia (France)
    • Guam (USA) Guam (USA)
    • Hong Kong SAR (China) Hong Kong SAR (China)
    • Indonesia Indonesia
    • Japan Japan
    • Kiribati Kiribati
    • Lao People's Democratic Republic Lao People's Democratic Republic
    • Macao SAR (China) Macao SAR (China)
    • Malaysia Malaysia
    • Marshall Islands Marshall Islands
    • Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia, Federated States of
    • Mongolia Mongolia
    • Nauru Nauru
    • New Caledonia (France) New Caledonia (France)
    • New Zealand New Zealand
    • Niue Niue
    • Northern Mariana Islands (USA) Northern Mariana Islands (USA)
    • Palau Palau
    • Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea
    • Philippines Philippines
    • Pitcairn Islands (UK) Pitcairn Islands (UK)
    • Republic of Korea Republic of Korea
    • Samoa Samoa
    • Singapore Singapore
    • Solomon Islands Solomon Islands
    • Tokelau Tokelau
    • Tonga Tonga
    • Tuvalu Tuvalu
    • Vanuatu Vanuatu
    • Viet Nam Viet Nam
    • Wallis and Futuna (France) Wallis and Futuna (France)
When autocomplete results are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select.
World Health Organization
Western Pacific
Home
      • Home
      • Health topics
      • All health topics »
      • A
      • B
      • C
      • D
      • E
      • F
      • G
      • H
      • I
      • J
      • K
      • L
      • M
      • N
      • O
      • P
      • Q
      • R
      • S
      • T
      • U
      • V
      • W
      • X
      • Y
      • Z
      • Popular health topics
        • Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
        • Reproductive health
        • Air pollution
        • Obesity
        • Mental health
        • Vaccines
      • Resources
        • Data
        • Publications
        • Library
        • Multimedia
      • Report of the Regional Director
      For the future - publication thumbnail
      • Our work
      • Our work
        • Programmes
        • Activities
        • Initiatives
        • Groups
      • Regional Priorities
        • Health security and AMR
        • NCDs and ageing
        • Climate change
        • Reaching the unreached
        • Focusing on the Pacific
      • Resources
        • Data
        • Publications
        • Library
      • Communication for Health
      WHO / Yoshi Shimizu
      A WHO field staff talks to a woman fetching water from a water catchment tank in Kiribati.
      © Credits
      • Newsroom
      • All news
        • News releases
        • Feature stories
        • Photo stories
        • Commentaries
        • Speeches
        • Events
        • Photo library
        • Multimedia
        • Press contact
        • Spotlights
      • Headlines
      • People of the Western Pacific
      6 people-02
      • Emergencies
      • Outbreaks and emergencies
        • Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
        • Dengue outbreak
        • Mpox outbreak
        • Previous emergencies
      • Surveillance
        • Seasonal influenza
        • Avian influenza
        • Dengue
        • Pacific islands
      • Response
        • Emergency medical teams
        • The Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN)
      • Preparedness
      • Data
      • Health Data Platform >>
      • About us
      • Overview
        • How we work
        • Where we work
        • Our programmes
        • Country support
        • Pacific technical support
      • Governance
        • Regional Director
        • Regional Committee
      • Partnerships
        • Donors
        • Collaborating Centers
        • Partners
        • Regional health initiatives
      • Contact us
      • Careers
      • RCM 2024
      RCM meeting room
      • Home/
      • About us/
      • How we work/
      • Division of Pacific Technical Support/
      • South Pacific news/
      • Detail
      4 October 2013
      News release

      Tobacco free for a healthy Pacific

      5 April 2016
      News release

      Cyclone Winston leaves lasting aftermath

      6 September 2017
      News release

      Fiji takes ‘small steps for big effects’ with the launch of its national Measles-Rubella Supplementary Immunization Activity

      20 July 2017
      News release

      New WHO report: Effective tobacco controls protect more than 60% of world’s population

      16 May 2015
      News release

      Health services restored on Tanna Island

      22 November 2013
      Joint News Release

      Eighth Pacific Immunization Programme Strengthening Workshop

      8 March 2016
      News release

      WHO DPS International Women’s Day – 2016

      8 May 2015
      News release

      Spreading life-saving information across Vanuatu

      4 November 2013
      Feature story

      Island HEART for reducing inequities in Pacific island communities

      21 October 2012
      News release

      Innovative strategy addresses triple threat to the health of Pacific people

      29 May 2014
      News release

      Tobacco control protecting health in the Pacific

      8 April 2015
      News release

      Vanuatu: Protecting children from diarrhoea

      18 March 2015
      News release

      Vanuatu: Relief action in full swing

      10 April 2013
      News release

      World Health Day 2014 Fiji action in pictures

      1 November 2017
      News release

      WHO supports Fiji to strengthen its national emergency medical teams

      11 February 2013
      News release

      The need for a balancing act between trade agreements and health

      19 May 2014
      Statement

      Sixty-seventh World Health Assembly, Pacific address

      10 July 2014
      News release

      Healthy islands are tobacco free islands

      5 May 2014
      News release

      Mosquito ‘fogging’ will not harm you, reminds WHO and Solomon Islands Ministry of Health

      14 April 2014
      News release

      WHO warns of malnutrition in flood-affected areas in Solomon Islands

      • 1
      • 2
      • 3
      • 4
      • 5
      • 6
      • 7
      • 8
      • 9 (current)
      • 10
      • »
      4 October 2013
      News release

      Tobacco free for a healthy Pacific

      5 April 2016
      News release

      Cyclone Winston leaves lasting aftermath

      6 September 2017
      News release

      Fiji takes ‘small steps for big effects’ with the launch of its national Measles-Rubella Supplementary Immunization Activity

      20 July 2017
      News release

      New WHO report: Effective tobacco controls protect more than 60% of world’s population

      16 May 2015
      News release

      Health services restored on Tanna Island

      22 November 2013
      Joint News Release

      Eighth Pacific Immunization Programme Strengthening Workshop

      8 March 2016
      News release

      WHO DPS International Women’s Day – 2016

      8 May 2015
      News release

      Spreading life-saving information across Vanuatu

      4 November 2013
      Feature story

      Island HEART for reducing inequities in Pacific island communities

      21 October 2012
      News release

      Innovative strategy addresses triple threat to the health of Pacific people

      29 May 2014
      News release

      Tobacco control protecting health in the Pacific

      8 April 2015
      News release

      Vanuatu: Protecting children from diarrhoea

      18 March 2015
      News release

      Vanuatu: Relief action in full swing

      10 April 2013
      News release

      World Health Day 2014 Fiji action in pictures

      1 November 2017
      News release

      WHO supports Fiji to strengthen its national emergency medical teams

      11 February 2013
      News release

      The need for a balancing act between trade agreements and health

      19 May 2014
      Statement

      Sixty-seventh World Health Assembly, Pacific address

      10 July 2014
      News release

      Healthy islands are tobacco free islands

      5 May 2014
      News release

      Mosquito ‘fogging’ will not harm you, reminds WHO and Solomon Islands Ministry of Health

      14 April 2014
      News release

      WHO warns of malnutrition in flood-affected areas in Solomon Islands

      • 1
      • 2
      • 3
      • 4
      • 5
      • 6
      • 7
      • 8
      • 9 (current)
      • 10
      • »
      4 October 2013
      News release

      Tobacco free for a healthy Pacific

      5 April 2016
      News release

      Cyclone Winston leaves lasting aftermath

      6 September 2017
      News release

      Fiji takes ‘small steps for big effects’ with the launch of its national Measles-Rubella Supplementary Immunization Activity

      20 July 2017
      News release

      New WHO report: Effective tobacco controls protect more than 60% of world’s population

      16 May 2015
      News release

      Health services restored on Tanna Island

      22 November 2013
      Joint News Release

      Eighth Pacific Immunization Programme Strengthening Workshop

      8 March 2016
      News release

      WHO DPS International Women’s Day – 2016

      8 May 2015
      News release

      Spreading life-saving information across Vanuatu

      4 November 2013
      Feature story

      Island HEART for reducing inequities in Pacific island communities

      21 October 2012
      News release

      Innovative strategy addresses triple threat to the health of Pacific people

      29 May 2014
      News release

      Tobacco control protecting health in the Pacific

      8 April 2015
      News release

      Vanuatu: Protecting children from diarrhoea

      18 March 2015
      News release

      Vanuatu: Relief action in full swing

      10 April 2013
      News release

      World Health Day 2014 Fiji action in pictures

      1 November 2017
      News release

      WHO supports Fiji to strengthen its national emergency medical teams

      11 February 2013
      News release

      The need for a balancing act between trade agreements and health

      19 May 2014
      Statement

      Sixty-seventh World Health Assembly, Pacific address

      10 July 2014
      News release

      Healthy islands are tobacco free islands

      5 May 2014
      News release

      Mosquito ‘fogging’ will not harm you, reminds WHO and Solomon Islands Ministry of Health

      14 April 2014
      News release

      WHO warns of malnutrition in flood-affected areas in Solomon Islands

      • 1
      • 2
      • 3
      • 4
      • 5
      • 6
      • 7
      • 8
      • 9 (current)
      • 10
      • »
      • Quick links
        • Newsroom
        • Emergencies
        • Data
        • Campaigns
        • Publications
      • About us
        • Overview
        • Programmes
        • Country support
        • Governance
        • Partnerships
      • Help
        • Contact us
        • Press
        • Careers
        • Cyber security
        • Ethics
      Western Pacific
      Home
      Privacy Legal Notice
      © 2025
      WHO