Division of Health Promotion, Disease Prevention and Control

We support Member States in promoting health, preventing and controlling communicable and noncommunicable diseases, and reducing health risks across the life course through evidence-based policies, health systems strengthening, community empowerment, and multisectoral action.

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Technical units

Health Promotion and Policy

Social Determinants and Healthy Settings

Nutrition and Food Safety

Noncommunicable Diseases

Mental Health and Substance Abuse

Accelerated Communicable Disease Control

Vaccine-Preventable Diseases and Immunization

Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health

Laboratory and Health Intelligence

Mekong Malaria Elimination Programme

Highlights

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News

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15 July 2026

Media release

Uneven progress, significant gaps: New immunization estimates must accelerate urgent action in the Western Pacific

23 June 2026

Departmental update

Countries shaping the next chapter of immunization in the Western Pacific

19 June 2026

Statement

Joint statement: United to End AIDS

29 May 2026

Media release

World No Tobacco Day 2026: Honouring Western Pacific champions protecting future generations from tobacco and nicotine addiction

Feature stories

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14 August 2026

Breaking free in Viet Nam: Former vapers share their path to health

13 August 2026

Building Mental Health Resilience Across the North Pacific

12 August 2026

Building trust before measles arrives: how GOARN is helping Vanuatu prepare for the next outbreak

10 August 2026

Saving Limbs, Changing Lives: Scaling up Health Worker Skills to Fight Diabetic Foot Disease in Solomon Islands

Our work

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Publications

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The health and social effects of nonmedical cannabis use: technical brief

Cannabis is globally the most commonly used psychoactive substance under international control. There is an increasing attention to health and social consequences...

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WHO position paper on typhoid vaccines, August 2026

In recent years, there have been important developments in the field of typhoid fever, including updated estimates of disease incidence and burden, new...

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Third meeting of the WHO Technical Advisory Group on candidate vaccine prioritization (TAG-CVP) for Bundibugyo virus disease outbreak response: meeting report, 31 July 2026

This meeting report summarizes the deliberations and recommendations of the third meeting of the WHO Technical Advisory Group on Candidate Vaccine Prioritization...

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Overview and Assessment of Communicable Disease Surveillance Systems and Strategic Information Sources in the South-East Asia Region: Nepal Country Report, 2023

This assessment was undertaken as part of a broader WHO South-East (SE) Asia regional initiative to strengthen communicable disease surveillance and strategic...

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