Western Pacific Region

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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.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Western Pacific 4
Western Pacific Region canonical 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
Northern Mariana Islands
surface form: Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

French Polynesia
Guam
Hong Kong, China
surface form: Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China

Macau
surface form: 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
Fiji
Japan
Laos
surface form: Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Malaysia
Mongolia
New Zealand
Niue
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
South Korea
surface form: Republic of Korea

Samoa
Singapore
Solomon Islands
Tokelau
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Viet Nam
hasOfficialLanguage Chinese
English
French
Japanese
Khmer
Korean
Lao
Malay
Mongolian
Tetum
Tok Pisin
Vietnamese
hasPredecessorRegionalDirector Shin Young-soo
hasRegionalDirector Takeshi Kasai
headquartersLocatedIn Philippines
isOneOf six WHO regions
partOf World Health Organization

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

WHO regional office network coversRegion Western Pacific Region
this entity surface form: Western Pacific
WPRO regionServed Western Pacific Region
Asia-West Pacific Section regionServed Western Pacific Region
this entity surface form: Western Pacific
Therapeutic Courts of Guam region Western Pacific Region
this entity surface form: Western Pacific
AWPS regionServed Western Pacific Region
this entity surface form: Western Pacific