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Noncommunicable diseases: Western Pacific countries' plan
Wednesday, 6 March 2013, 7:18 pm | World Health Organisation
MANILA, 6 March 2013 – Representatives of 18 countries will gather today through Friday at the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for the Western Pacific to consider a draft action plan for the prevention and control of noncommunicable ... More >>
Report on Fukushima Nuclear Accident Details Health Risks
Monday, 4 March 2013, 4:48 pm | World Health Organisation
A comprehensive assessment by international experts on the health risks associated with the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (NPP) disaster in Japan has concluded that, for the general population inside and outside of Japan, the predicted risks ... More >>
Dispelling myths on World Cancer Day 2013
Saturday, 2 February 2013, 2:52 pm | World Health Organisation
MANILA, 1 February 2013—Myths and misconceptions hinder efforts to prevent and reduce the increasing number of cancer cases in the Western Pacific Region, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. More >>
Removing Barriers To Health Care For People With Disability
Wednesday, 12 December 2012, 1:30 pm | World Health Organisation
WHO Works To Remove Barriers To Health Care For People With Disabilities MANILA, 10 December 2012 – On this Human Rights Day, and in recognition of the International Day of Disabled Persons (3 December), the World Health Organization Regional Office ... More >>
WHO Western Pacific Region’s polio-free status confirmed
Monday, 3 December 2012, 11:10 am | World Health Organisation
An independent oversight body meeting here has confirmed the World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Region's polio-free status following China's successful control of the outbreak last year in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. More >>
WHO hails political leaders' support for malaria plan
Tuesday, 27 November 2012, 12:50 pm | World Health Organisation
The World Health Organization (WHO) today hailed a commitment by leaders at the 7th East Asia Summit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to throw their support behind the drive against malaria in the Region. More >>
WHO Calls For Expanded Nutrition Interventions
Wednesday, 3 October 2012, 3:03 pm | World Health Organisation
WHO News Release WHO Calls For Expanded Nutrition Interventions To Avert Child Deaths HANOI, 25 September 2012 —With solid evidence pointing to proper nutrition as essential for survival, health and development, the World Health Organization raised malnutrition ... More >>
WHO's Work in the Western Pacific Region Under Review
Wednesday, 3 October 2012, 2:33 pm | World Health Organisation
WHO News Release WHO's Work in the Western Pacific Region Under Review HANOI, 24 September 2012 —The World Health Organization (WHO) in the Western Pacific Region has decisively advanced its public health and reform agenda even as it has tackled ... More >>
WHO Calls For Targets on Noncommunicable Diseases
Thursday, 27 September 2012, 8:33 am | World Health Organisation
WHO News Release WHO Calls For Setting Targets And Indicators To Intensify Efforts Against Noncommunicable Diseases HANOI, 26 September 2012 —The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for the Western Pacific today reviewed the progress so far ... More >>
WHO Urges Countries To Meet Health-Related MDGs
Thursday, 27 September 2012, 8:30 am | World Health Organisation
WHO News Release WHO Urges Countries To Meet Health-Related MDGs HANOI, 26 September 2012 —"With the deadline for attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) only three years away, wide disparities between and within countries need ... More >>
World Hepatitis Day in the Western Pacific Region
Friday, 27 July 2012, 5:16 pm | World Health Organisation
The World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Region marks World Hepatitis Day (28 July) by celebrating the remarkable successes in fighting hepatitis B while pledging to expand efforts to control the other hepatitis viruses. More >>
Update On Investigation Of The Unknown Disease In Cambodia
Tuesday, 10 July 2012, 11:37 am | World Health Organisation
Dear friends in media, Please find attached an update of the unknown disease in Cambodia. We will continue to update you as we get more information. WHO / Public Information Office http://img.scoop.co.nz/media/pdfs/1207/Press_release_english11.pdf More >>
Health Ministry Investigates Cambodia Unknown Disease Report
Thursday, 5 July 2012, 12:07 pm | World Health Organisation
Health Ministry Investigates Unknown Disease Reported in Cambodia (A join press release between the Ministry of Health, Kingdom of Cambodia, & the World Health Organization) More >>
WHO hits back at the tobacco industry
Wednesday, 30 May 2012, 2:09 pm | World Health Organisation
The World Health Organization (WHO) marks World No Tobacco Day (31 May) with a call to resist the tobacco industry's increasingly aggressive attempts to undermine laws that protect people from the harms of tobacco. More >>
Sustain Gains. Save Lives. Invest in Malaria
Monday, 23 April 2012, 6:26 pm | World Health Organisation
MANILA, 23 April 2012 – The World Health Organization (WHO) urges countries in the Western Pacific to scale up proven, cost-effective tools to fight malaria — or risk losing ground against this preventable, treatable disease that has claimed ... More >>
Sustain Gains. Save Lives. Invest in Malaria
Monday, 23 April 2012, 6:26 pm | World Health Organisation
MANILA, 23 April 2012 – The World Health Organization (WHO) urges countries in the Western Pacific to scale up proven, cost-effective tools to fight malaria — or risk losing ground against this preventable, treatable disease that has claimed ... More >>
High prevalence of betel, tobacco chewing in Western Pacific
Saturday, 24 March 2012, 2:32 pm | World Health Organisation
MANILA, 23 March 2012 – A new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals a shockingly high prevalence of areca nut (also called betel) and tobacco chewing in the Western Pacific Region and urges governments and other stakeholders to make ... More >>
Final Push Needed To Address Leprosy In Western Pacific
Wednesday, 15 February 2012, 2:58 pm | World Health Organisation
WHO's Western Pacific Regional Office today urged its Member States to make a final push to address leprosy in the Region. In 1991, WHO launched a global campaign to eliminate leprosy as a public health threat and set a leprosy elimination target ... More >>
Be aware; beat cancer
Saturday, 4 February 2012, 12:45 pm | World Health Organisation
MANILA, 3 February 2012 – On the eve of World Cancer Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) urged governments to strengthen national control programmes, including by raising awareness, amid an alarming rise of cancer cases. More >>
Low carbon transport systems better for planet and people
Monday, 12 December 2011, 9:36 am | World Health Organisation
Low carbon transport systems not only help create a healthy planet they can help improve the health of people according to a new World Health Organization report, involving a University of Auckland researcher as a lead author. More >>
