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Scaling up country support for neglected tropical diseases (NTD) eradication

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On November 9, 2023, Australia and Tuvalu signed an unprecedented cooperation agreement. It offers 280 Tuvaluans—2.5 percent of the islands’ population—permanent residency in Australia each year. The agreement, which stems from a recognition that Tuvalu’s long-term future is endangered by climate change, offers new possibilities for migration and adaptation but is not without its challenges.

The Fifty-Second (52nd) Pacific Islands Forum was held in Rarotonga, Cook Islands from 6 – 10 November 2023, and was attended by the Heads of State, Government, and Territories of Australia, the Cook Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Nauru, New Caledon...

Samoa's Prime Minister met with Cook Islands Prime Minister and Pacific Islands Forum Chair, Mark Brown on Tuesday in a bilateral meeting before the start of the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders meeting.Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa discussed strengthening regional cooperation and the Polynesian Leaders Grou...

The Seventh Meeting of the Asia Pacific Parliamentarian Forum on Global Health will be held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, from 21 to 23 August 2023. Parliamentarians will discuss the theme of primary health care.

The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) has reasserted unwavering support for the People’s Coalition Government’s

Cairo: Arab League has asserted that it gives top priorities to the topic of mental health and combating narcotics. In a statement on the Internati...

AN estimated 5.2 million people in the Western Pacific Region are expected to die as a result of drug-resistant bacterial infections between now and the end of 2030, according to the first World Health Organization (WHO) regional assessment on health and economic impact of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) released today.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad-based Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) says at least nine Caribbean countries have signed the Port of Spain Commitment on Digital Integration, signa...