LONDON >> Health ministers in the Western Pacific nominated a surgeon from Tonga, Dr. Saia Ma’u Piukala, to lead the World Health Organization’s regional office at a meeting in Manila today.

MANILA, Philippines: Gaps in vaccination coverage and disease surveillance plunged the Western Pacific region into a measles crisis, with cases soaring by 255 percent from 2022 to 2023, the World ...

LONDON (AP) — Health ministers in the Western Pacific nominated a surgeon from Tonga, Dr. Saia Ma’u Piukala, to lead the World Health Organization’s regional office at a meeting in Manila on ...

MANILA - Western Pacific nations are unlikely to meet the United Nations target of reducing premature deaths from lifestyle-related diseases including cancer and diabetes, due to the slow decline ...

Bianca Gonzalez was invited by the World Health Organization Western Pacific to speak at this year’s World Health Day, where she underscored the importance of quality healthcare for mothers.

The WHO-Western Pacific Region held a candidates’ forum last month to help facilitate the decision-making process of the WHO member-states. It was the first time that the agency held such a forum.