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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6 October 2026

News release

Countries race to provide oral health care for all in 100-Day Sprint across Asia

28 September 2026

News release

WHO recognizes healthy, innovative cities across the Western Pacific Region

22 September 2026

Departmental update

From verification to action: Keeping measles elimination within reach in the Western Pacific

15 July 2026

Media release

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

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10 October 2026

Mental health support grows beyond facility walls in Samoa

10 October 2026

Strengthening mental health resilience in the face of climate shocks across the Western Pacific

8 October 2026

Why is hypertension so hard to get under control?

22 September 2026

Quitting tobacco for good: Three former smokers in Viet Nam share their stories

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Publications

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The Philippines–WHO Country Cooperation Strategy 2025–2028 defines the strategic priorities guiding collaboration between the World Health...

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Funding a tuberculosis-free future: an investment case for screening and preventive treatment, second edition

This document presents the findings of a modelling study that examined in detail the costs and benefits of tuberculosis (TB) screening plus TB preventive...

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Progress in eliminating onchocerciasis in the WHO Region of the Americas: report from the XXXV Inter-American Conference on Onchocerciasis (IACO) 2025

Onchocerciasis is a parasitic disease caused by Onchocerca volvulus and transmitted by Simulium blackflies. Following WHO recommendations, the OEPA strategy,...

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Elimination of human onchocerciasis: progress report, 2025–2026

Onchocerciasis is caused by the filarial nematode Onchocerca volvulus and transmitted through the bites of blackflies (Simulium spp.). Adult worms live...

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Multimedia

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27 August 2026

What can parents do about vaccination?

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Technical units

Highlights

#AlcoholLeavesAMark: A Campaign to strengthen alcohol regulation in the Western Pacific Region

Communication for Health (C4H)

News

Feature stories

Our work

#AlcoholLeavesAMark

Publications

Philippines–WHO country cooperation strategy 2025–2028

Funding a tuberculosis-free future: an investment case for screening and preventive treatment, second...

Progress in eliminating onchocerciasis in the WHO Region of the Americas: report from the XXXV Inter-American...

Elimination of human onchocerciasis: progress report, 2025–2026

Multimedia

What message would you like every community to hear about vaccination and why?

Are vaccines only for kids?

Is measles still a thing?

What can parents do about vaccination?