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.

About us

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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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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

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

Feature stories

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22 September 2026

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

17 September 2026

Small checks, careful follow-up: how frontline nurses are making NCD care safer in Honiara

17 September 2026

Cook Islands promotes safe care for noncommunicable diseases

10 September 2026

Saving newborns lives: Luxembourg’s long-term maternal health investment and impact in Lao PDR

Our work

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Publications

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WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence: forty-eighth report

The forty-eighth meeting of the WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD) was convened from 20 to 22 October 2025 and was coordinated from WHO headquarters...

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Global leprosy (Hansen Disease) update, 2025: Strengtheninga person-centered approach is integral to elimination of leprosy

For this update, reporting was done for the calendar year 2025, although a few countries reported for a different 12-month period (e.g. India reported...

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Implementation guidance on the management of wasting and nutritional oedema (acute malnutrition) in infants and children aged under 5 years in inpatient and outpatient settings

This implementation guidance supports governments and implementing organizations in adapting and adopting recommendations and good practice statements...

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Report of the joint meeting of ACSoMP and GACVS June 2026

The Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS) was established in 1999, and the Advisory Committee on Safety of Medicinal Products (ACSoMP) was...

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Multimedia

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27 August 2026

What can parents do about vaccination?

Events

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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

WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence: forty-eighth report

Global leprosy (Hansen Disease) update, 2025: Strengtheninga person-centered approach is integral to...

Implementation guidance on the management of wasting and nutritional oedema (acute malnutrition) in infants...

Report of the joint meeting of ACSoMP and GACVS June 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?