| Western Pacific Health Data Platform

Two human wrists wrapped tightly with white bands formed from the smoke of an ashtray with cigarette butts and an open cigarette pack are placed on a surface.

World No Tobacco Day 2026

31 May 2026
Unmasking the appeal – countering nicotine and tobacco addiction.

International Nurses Day 2026

12 May 2026
Nurses at the heart of primary health care.
As the backbone of the health workforce, nurses expand access and deliver integrated, people-centred care to advance universal health coverage.

A person seated outdoors in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands holds and reads an illustrated health information leaflet while a nearby community health worker stands on a dirt path surrounded by greenery, conducting community-based interventions.

World Malaria Day 2026

25 April 2026
"Driven to End Malaria: Now We Can. Now We Must."

Siblings Sam and Caroline Adikakua, holds their vaccination passports in front of the Nacula Nursing Station, Yasawa Islands, Fiji.

World Immunization Week 2026

24-30 April 2026
"For every generation, vaccines work."

Selected Indicators in the Western Pacific

Transitions from an ageing to aged societies

9 countries

need less than 25 years to transition from ageing to aged societies

Continued increase in malaria cases in the Western Pacific Region

9% increase

in malaria cases from 2023 to 2024.

Number of nurses

9 million

Illustrated group of five health workers standing together, including figures wearing medical scrubs, a stethoscope, and a nursing cap with a cross symbol, shown inside a circular frame.

of the world's nurses (30% of the global total) are from the Western Pacific Region

Strengthening regulations on e-cigarettes

22 countries

Icon showing a gavel in front of a document with checkmarks.

ban or regulate e-cigarettes (as of 2024).

Strengthening regulations on e-cigarettes

State of the world’s nursing 2025

NCD dashboard

HIV, Hepatitis, and STIs country profiles

World UHC Day 2025 selected indicator

Drowning 2024

Weaving the Strands Together

Western Pacific Malaria Dashboard

Western Pacific Electronic Cigarette Dashboard