It's been an absolutely unforgettable week in #Fiji, where we've just concluded the 76th session of the @WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific. The RC is our most important meeting of the year, where we convene Ministers of Health and other stakeholders from the 38

Globally, 5 billion people still lack access to safe, affordable surgical care, and 1.5 million lives could be saved each year through basic, cost-effective interventions. Health leaders at the seventy-sixth session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific #RCM76

For 30 years, the #HealthyIslands vision has been shaped by Pacific leaders. But what does it mean to them personally? Hear directly from ministers and delegates as they share what Healthy Islands means for their people. @minhealthci @MOHFiji @RD_WPRO

Thanks to vaccines, more than 20 million children have been spared the most serious impacts of polio. On Friday’s #WorldPolioDay, @WHO is calling for sustained commitment & action to #EndPolio.

A renewed effort to combat emergencies globally was launched at the 76th session of the @WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific #RCM76 in Nadi, #Fiji. Countries large and small – from China and Indonesia to island nations across the Pacific – joined forces to become the

🤝 Across the Pacific, solidarity is strong. 🎉 Pacific health ministers are not only celebrating 30 years of the #HealthyIslands vision but reaffirming that everyone benefits when leaders come together in a shared mission towards improving public health.

30 years ago, in 1995, the first-ever #Pacific Health Ministers Meeting - at Yanuca Island, #Fiji - gave birth to the Healthy Islands vision, a forward-looking blueprint charting #HealthForAll. 20 years later, in 2015, that vision was reaffirmed. And today - October 25, 2025

Over the past 30 years, the Pacific has: ✅ Reduced child mortality ✅ Expanded immunization ✅ Strengthened health systems to address noncommunicable diseases like heart diseases, diabetes, cancer, and chronic respiratory diseases ✅ Responded together to health emergencies

🌴 Today, the Pacific celebrates 30 years of the #HealthyIslands vision! Health ministers from across the Pacific are gathering in Fiji to reflect on progress and chart a course for #HealthyIslands2050. Learn more about #HealthyIslands: https://t.co/Y7WAeMjwk0

Delighted to welcome our Chinese colleagues to @UNCityCPH for the China–@WHO_Europe High-Level Health Policy Dialogue. Today’s discussions showed that #China and countries across the European Region face similar challenges – aging populations, rising expectations, constrained

Collaboration in health across regions - from the Western Pacific to Europe, from China - a @WHOWPRO Member State - to Spain. Thank you, @WHO_Europe, for the partnership in showcasing best practices in primary health care - a pillar of #HealthForAll, taking services to where

When I was a medical student in #Fiji a while back, I spent quite a bit of time at Nadi Hospital where I learnt so much. It was wonderful, therefore, to return there this week, in my role as @WHO Regional Director in the Western Pacific Region, to inaugurate a #tuberculosis and

This really puts things in perspective 👇 Doing everything possible to reach the unreached is the ultimate way to deliver on Equity. Every child is important. Every one deserves the opportunity to receive live saving vaccines. Inspiring work from Papua New Guinea. Huge respect

🇰🇭 #Cambodia says NO to e-cigarettes! This October, the Kingdom of Cambodia introduced stricter measures against electronic smoking products, including: 🚭 Ban on all electronic smoking devices, substances, and shisha, including the import, sale, advertising, use, possession,

80 years ago today - on October 24, 1945 - the United Nations officially came into existence. Born out of the ashes of war, its aim was to strengthen the bonds of peace. Today, amid a world in disarray, the purpose of the @UN is more vital, its mission more urgent, than

For 80 years, the @UN has worked to forge peace, tackle poverty & hunger, advance human rights & build a more sustainable world,. Now, more than ever, the world must recommit to solving problems no nation can solve alone. On this #UNDay, let’s stand together & act as one.

“For 80 years, we have worked to forge peace, tackle poverty & hunger, advance human rights & build a more sustainable world – together.” On Friday's #UNDay, @antonioguterres urges people to unite & fulfil the extraordinary promise of the United Nations. https://t.co/D4ULu24igk

🇲🇾🤝💙We value our strong partnership for advancing health for all #RCM76 From strengthening health systems, to tackling NCDs & improving oral health Malaysia’s leadership and collaboration with WHO are making a real difference in people’s lives. 👉 https://t.co/wiMhHsJTgf

Congratulations, #Fiji, for eliminating #trachoma — the first neglected tropical diseases to be eliminated in the country. Thanks to the dedication of the government, health workers and communities, future generations of Fijians have been given a precious gift in being set free

Read more about the amazing work being done on #polio in Papua New Guinea: https://t.co/lzOgcNZi2P