http://www.wpro.who.int/feeds/mediacentre/news/en/rss.xml Latest news and press releases from the WHO Western Pacific Region en Fri, 24 May 2013 18:51:34 GMT internet@who.int internet@who.int © Western Pacific Region - World Health Organization (WPRO), 2013. All rights reserved. http://www.wpro.who.int/about/copyright/en/ http://www.wpro.who.int/about/licensing/rss/en/ 60 WHO Webit (Bricolage 1.11.2) http://backend.userland.com/rss On the 2nd United Nations Global Road Safety Week (6 to 12 May), the World Health Organization in the Western Pacific Region calls for greater and more targeted action to protect the most vulnerable of all road users: pedestrians. Mon, 06 May 2013 07:00:00 GMT http://www.wpro.who.int//mediacentre/releases/2013/20130507/en/index.html On World Malaria Day, 25 April, the World Health Organization (WHO) in the Western Pacific urges Member States to remain steadfast in the fight against malaria to preserve the gains made and eliminate malaria as a public health threat. Sun, 21 Apr 2013 22:00:00 GMT http://www.wpro.who.int//mediacentre/releases/2013/20130424/en/index.html The World Health Organization (WHO) is to launch a vigorous response to the worrying emergence of resistance to the antimalarial drug artemisinin in the Greater Mekong Subregion of South-East Asia. Sun, 21 Apr 2013 11:07:00 GMT http://www.wpro.who.int//mediacentre/releases/2013/20130423/en/index.html In observance of the third World Immunization Week (24 to 30 April), the World Health Organization (WHO) urges its Member States in the Western Pacific Region to scale up routine immunization services to stop endemic measles transmission. Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:50:00 GMT http://www.wpro.who.int//mediacentre/releases/2013/20130418/en/index.html The World Health Organization (WHO) in the Western Pacific Region will observe World Health Day 2013 (7 April) on 8 April with a ceremony honouring Philippine President Benigno Aquino III for his leadership in public health. Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:00:00 GMT http://www.wpro.who.int//mediacentre/releases/2013/20130404/en/index.html The Ministry of Health (MoH) of the Kingdom of Cambodia wishes to advise members of the public that one more new human case of avian influenza has been confirmed positive for the H5N1 virus. Thu, 04 Apr 2013 01:00:00 GMT http://www.wpro.who.int//mediacentre/releases/2013/20130404b/en/index.html The World Health Organization (WHO) in the Western Pacific Region marks World TB Day (24 March) with a call for improved access to tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment for children and the elderly. Thu, 21 Mar 2013 14:40:00 GMT http://www.wpro.who.int//mediacentre/releases/2013/20130320/en/index.html Representatives from 15 Member States have launched a regional alliance for the development and strengthening of national regulatory authorities for vaccines in the Western Pacific. Wed, 20 Mar 2013 10:15:00 GMT http://www.wpro.who.int//mediacentre/releases/2013/20130320b/en/index.html More than 900 people are killed each day on roads in the Western Pacific Region, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates in its latest global report on road safety. Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:11:00 GMT http://www.wpro.who.int//mediacentre/releases/2013/20130314/en/index.html In the World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Region, one in three women has been beaten, coerced into sex or abused in some other way by an intimate partner. This year, International Women’s Day (8 March) addresses violence against women as a public health threat. Thu, 07 Mar 2013 06:30:00 GMT http://www.wpro.who.int//mediacentre/releases/2013/20130307/en/index.html