WHO collaborating centres elevate partnerships to strengthen innovation and unity for well being within the Western Pacific

Behind each strengthened well being system and modern strategy to well being care within the Western Pacific lies a robust pressure: collaboration. Across hospitals, laboratories, universities and analysis centres, individuals are becoming a member of forces via the World Health Organization (WHO) community of collaborating centres, proving that actual change occurs when science and solidarity come collectively. 

From November 4-5, greater than 200 specialists from 122 collaborating centres throughout the 38 nations and areas of the Western Pacific got here collectively in Manila for the fifth time since 2014. 

Collaborating centres are specialised establishments – together with universities, analysis centres and public well being institutes – designated by WHO to assist Member States. In the Western Pacific, they act as extensions of WHO technical capability, serving to nations construct stronger, extra equitable well being techniques and reply to challenges starting from noncommunicable ailments to climate-related well being dangers. 

With the theme, Interweaving Innovation and Unity: Elevating Partnerships for Health and Well-being within the Western Pacific, the two-day discussion board celebrated how collaboration fuels actual change, from tackling antimicrobial resistance and advancing digital well being, to decreasing the harms of noncommunicable ailments and making ready for future pandemics. 

Through discussions and interactive periods, individuals recognized concrete alternatives for collaboration beneath regional priorities, together with digital well being, communicable and noncommunicable ailments, common well being protection, immunization and well being techniques strengthening. These and different priorities propel the shared imaginative and prescient for the work of WHO and Member States: Weaving well being for households, communities and societies within the Western Pacific Region (‎2025-2029). 

Agreements 

• Enhance coordination and synergy between WHO and Collaborating Centres via strengthened communication and joint planning to get rid of duplication and maximize impression throughout the Region.

• Link analysis to coverage and follow, particularly in areas of major well being take care of common well being protection, local weather resilient well being techniques; resilient communities, societies and techniques for well being safety, more healthy folks all through the life course and know-how; and know-how and innovation for future well being fairness.

• Support Member States in constructing resilient, people-centred and equitable well being techniques, guided by proof era, capability improvement and innovation, with specific give attention to reaching the unreached, addressing well being inequities and adapting the demographic and environmental change.

• Sustain data trade, steady engagement and follow-up mechanisms from the Forum, together with an implementation plan, monitoring framework, and regional peer-learning platforms in order that the collaborative commitments translate into country-level impression.

“Over the past two days, we have seen how innovation and unity – when interwoven – create powerful pathways for partnerships and collaboration,” stated Dr Saia Ma’u Piukala, WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific. “Your discussions and ideas have reaffirmed that the strength of our Region lies in our collective expertise and solidarity.

“I hope that together we have built not only new partnerships but also renewed purpose – anchored in science, trust and compassion. All the more so, at a time when our Region and world are in such need of these attributes – a time when multilateralism is in short supply.” 

“Our collaborating centres are truly among our biggest assets,” added Dr Nino Dal Dayanghirang, Coordinator of the Country Support Unit within the WHO Regional Office. “By helping countries and WHO move the needle on key indicators through practical, tangible programmes and approaches, they contribute immeasurably towards our joint ability to fulfil WHO’s vision and mandate of Health for All.”

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