WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION Regional Office for the Western Pacific LABORATORY TESTS FOR THE DETECTION OF REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS

Preparedness for Zika virus testing in the World Health Organization Western Pacific Region

On 1 February 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that clusters of microcephaly cases and other neurological disorders occurring in Zika virus (ZIKV)-affected areas constituted a public health emergency of international concern. Increased surveillance of the virus, including the requirement for laboratory confirmation of infection, was recommended. The WHO Regional Office for the...

External quality assessment for arbovirus diagnostics in the World Health Organization Western Pacific Region, 2013–2016: improving laboratory quality over the years

Arboviruses continue to pose serious public health threats in the World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Region. As such, laboratories need to be equipped for their accurate detection. In 2011, to ensure test proficiency, the WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific piloted an external quality assessment (EQA) programme for arbovirus diagnostics. By 2016, it had grown into a global ...

Methodological Bias Can Lead the Cochrane Collaboration to Irrelevance in Public Health Decision-Making

1 Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 2 Children Without Worms, Task Force for Global Health, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America, 3 WHO Collaborating Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Public Health Laboratory Ivo de Carneri, Zanzibar, United Republic of Tanzania, 4 Neglected Infectious Diseases, Pan American Health Organization, ...

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION Regional Office for the Western Pacific MINISTRY OF HEALTH MALAYSIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CONSENSUS REPORT ON STI, HIV AND AIDS EPIDEMIOLOGY MALAYSIA

Surveillance and response of hepatitis B virus in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, 1988-2014.

The World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Region with an estimated 160 million chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) carriers in 2007 bears a significant burden of HBV-related mortality and morbidity.1 Most Member States in the region have an estimated chronic HBV infection proportion of more than 8% in their adult population, which is the highest worldwide.2 The WHO Regional Office for the...