Western Pacific Region

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World Health Organization region administrative health region

The Western Pacific Region is a World Health Organization-designated area encompassing diverse countries in East Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific, coordinated for regional public health and disease control efforts.

Aliases (1)

Western Pacific ×2

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World Health Organization region → administrative health region →
coordinatesWith	Member States in East Asia → Member States in Southeast Asia → Pacific island countries and areas →
focusesOn	communicable disease control → emergency preparedness and response → health systems strengthening → immunization programmes → maternal and child health → noncommunicable disease prevention →
hasAbbreviation	WPRO →
hasAssociatedMemberState	American Samoa → Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands → French Polynesia → Guam → Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China → Macao Special Administrative Region of China → New Caledonia → Pitcairn Islands → Wallis and Futuna →
hasCreationYear	1948 →
hasHeadquarters	Manila →
hasMemberState	Australia → Brunei Darussalam → Cambodia → China → Cook Islands NERFINISHED → Fiji → Japan → Lao People’s Democratic Republic → Malaysia → Mongolia → New Zealand → Niue NERFINISHED → Papua New Guinea → Philippines → Republic of Korea → Samoa NERFINISHED → Singapore → Solomon Islands → Tokelau NERFINISHED → Tonga NERFINISHED → Tuvalu NERFINISHED → Vanuatu → Viet Nam →
hasOfficialLanguage	Chinese → English → French → Japanese → Khmer → Korean → Lao → Malay → Mongolian → Tetum → Tok Pisin → Vietnamese →
hasPredecessorRegionalDirector	Shin Young-soo →
hasRegionalDirector	Takeshi Kasai NERFINISHED →
headquartersLocatedIn	Philippines →
isOneOf	six WHO regions →
partOf	World Health Organization →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Asia-West Pacific Section ("Western Pacific") → WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific → WPRO →	regionServed
WHO regional office network ("Western Pacific") →	coversRegion