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With over half of assessed hazards deeply interconnected – like floods triggering disease outbreaks – WHO urged Member States to invest heavily in workforce preparedness and multisectoral action.
True regional resilience requires unified action. 🤝
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Highlights from the risk analysis:
⚡ Complex Threats: Climate hazards, outbreaks and geophysical events are overlapping.
⚠️ High Risks: Over 50% of countries ranked flooding, cyclones, dengue and respiratory pathogens with pandemic potential as high/very high risk.
🛡️ The
Celebrating, and reinforcing, a committed partnership in health - past, present and future!
We at @WHO - from Headquarters, the Western Pacific Regional Office and @WHOMalaysia - are deeply grateful to the Government of Malaysia, including the Ministry of Health @KKMPutrajaya
𝐊𝐔𝐍𝐉𝐔𝐍𝐆𝐀𝐍 𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐓 𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐇 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐔 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐔𝐁𝐔𝐇𝐀𝐍 𝐊𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐇𝐀𝐓𝐀𝐍 𝐒𝐄𝐃𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐀 (𝐖𝐇𝐎) 𝐊𝐄 𝐀𝐓𝐀𝐒 𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐈 𝐊𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐇𝐀𝐓𝐀𝐍
YB Datuk Seri Dr. Dzulkefly Ahmad, Menteri Kesihatan, telah menerima kunjungan hormat daripada
“It was a privilege to verify the Tokushukai Medical Assistance Team as a WHO-classified Emergency Medical Team Type 1 Mobile. The team demonstrated strong clinical care and sound logistics, with the self-sufficiency required of an internationally deployable EMT,” said Sean
Japan’s Tokushukai Medical Assistance Team (TMAT) makes history as the first NGO in #Japan – and the 65th WHO-classified Emergency Medical Team (EMT) globally! 👏
The classification was awarded following a two-day verification visit conducted at Yotsukaido Tokushukai Hospital,
We're at a defining moment in human history. That's not hyperbole, but our reality.
And it's the backdrop to this year's Global Health Security Conference @GHS_conf, currently underway in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
I spelt out the stakes in my keynote address before
When science comes together, communities are better protected.
Cambodia and the Lao People’s Democratic Republic are working hand in hand with @WHO Collaborating Centres, including the National Institute of Parasitic Diseases in China and the Swiss Tropical and Public Health
When science comes together, communities are better protected.
Cambodia and the Lao People’s Democratic Republic are working hand in hand with @WHO Collaborating Centres, including the National Institute of Parasitic Diseases in China and the Swiss Tropical and Public Health
Over 1200 global leaders, researchers, policy-makers and representatives from government, international organisations and civil society gathered for the fourth @GHS_conf, held in #Malaysia this year.
The conference kicked off with a keynote address from the WHO Regional Director
Three meetings, three powerful reminders of how crucial collaborations in health emergency preparedness and response are for the WHO Western Pacific Region.
Amid the Global Health Security Conference @GHS_conf in Kuala Lumpur, our Regional Emergency Director @SamaanGina and I
What if outbreaks could be predicted before they surge?
In Lao PDR, health teams are learning to use different tools to detect #dengue risks early and act faster to protect communities.
This work brings together the Ministry of Health of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, WHO