News-Medical.Net October 10, 2025
As the US withdraws from the World Health Organization and cuts overseas aid, regional partnerships are critical to safeguarding the health of member countries in a region where climate change and chronic diseases loom large.
These are some of the reflections of the WHO’s Western Pacific regional director, Saia Ma’u Piukala, on the health challenges facing the region and measures needed to overcome them, as he heads to the World Health Summit (12-14 October) in Berlin, Germany.
Before a key regional meeting in Fiji later this month, Piukala will join other global health leaders to discuss how health governance and financing models must adapt to the new reality of dwindling foreign assistance.
In a written interview, he tells SciDev.Net about...
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