WHO Director-General addresses the Regional Committee for the Western Pacific

21 October 2013 -- Noting the Region’s shared and steady improvements in health, Dr Margaret Chan highlighted a number of recent achievements, including strikingly high coverage with measles and hepatitis B vaccine, reductions in AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis cases, and progress towards the elimination of lymphatic filariasis. At the same time, rapid economic growth has made the Region the epicenter for noncommunicable diseases, adding a host of new problems.
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