{"id":336379,"date":"2026-04-24T15:18:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T07:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=336379"},"modified":"2026-04-24T16:06:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T08:06:25","slug":"who-urges-stronger-immunisation-efforts-in-western-pacific","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=336379","title":{"rendered":"WHO urges stronger immunisation efforts in Western Pacific"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/217dc3bf2a171419a01a13055cdd3b0f1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56377\" width=\"408\" height=\"268\"\/><figcaption>File photo of children waiting to get vaccinated at a health clinic in the Pacific island nation of Samoa during a measles outbreak in late 2019. Photo credit: (TVNZ via AP).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>MANILA, April 24 (Bernama-Xinhua) &#8212; The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday renewed its call for intensified immunisation efforts across the Western Pacific region, warning that such measures are necessary to avoid a resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The WHO stressed the need to protect hard-won gains in vaccination programmes, reach children who continue to miss routine immunisations, and sustain public confidence in vaccines at every stage of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was according to a statement from the WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific in Manila, Philippines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Vaccines are a miracle of science and medicine, and they have protected generations of families and communities across our region. But we cannot take this protection for granted,&#8221; said Saia Ma&#8217;u Piukala, WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet in 2024, nearly 2.1 million children in the Western Pacific missed at least one vaccine dose, leaving far too many at risk of preventable diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Across the region \u2013 home to 2.2 billion people, representing over a quarter of the world\u2019s population \u2013 countries have made major gains against vaccine-preventable diseases, according to the WHO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The WHO emphasised that strengthening routine immunisation systems, improving outreach to underserved populations, and ensuring reliable vaccine supply chains are critical to reversing the trend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212; NNN-BERNAMA-XINHUA&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA, April 24 (Bernama-Xinhua) &#8212; The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday renewed its call for intensified immunisation efforts across the Western Pacific region, warning that such measures are necessary to avoid a resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases. The WHO stressed the need to protect hard-won gains in vaccination programmes, reach children who continue to miss [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":56377,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208,288,198,297],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336379"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=336379"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":336388,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336379\/revisions\/336388"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/56377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=336379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=336379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=336379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}