World Health Organization China Office

World Health Day 2012: Good health adds life to years
- Press Release: Healthy Ageing in China
- Speech by Dr Michael O'Leary, WHO Representative in China

What's New

WHO Urges More Countries to Require Large, Graphic Health Warnings on Tobacco Packaging
Press Release | WHO China | 8 July, 2011 | Beijing, China

WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic 2011: questions and answers
Publications | WHO China | 8 July, 2011 | Beijing, China

Remarks on Public Benefit Activities for International Epilepsy Caring Day
Speech | Dr Michael O'Leary | 23 June, 2011 | Beijing, China

Treat the real causes of ill-health, WHO urges governments (English Only)
Press Release | WHO | 8 June, 2011 | Manila, Philippines

World No Tobacco Day 2011:
- Press Release: WHO calls for tougher laws on smoking
- Remarks by Dr Mukundan Pillay, Senior Program Management Officer of WHO China
- Theme: The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
- Tobacco Fact Sheet

Speech at the Opening Ceremony of World Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine
Speech | Dr Michael O'Leary | 31 May, 2011 | Beijing, China

Speech on the International Candle Light Memorial
Speech | Dr Connie Osborne | 21 May, 2011 | Beijing, China

Vaccination Week 2011:
- China joins Western Pacific Region in Launching Vaccination Week to Enhance Child Immunization
- Remarks by Dr Mukundan Pillay, Senior Program Management Officer of WHO China

Remarks at the Launch of the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020
Speech | Dr Michael O'Leary | 11 May, 2011 | Beijing, China

Governments need to get tougher on road safety, says WHO (English Only)
Press Release | WHO | 9 May, 2011 | Manila, Philippines

World Health Day 2011: Combat Drug Resistance
- The Threat of Drug Resistance: China Introduces a Six-point Policy Package
- Speech by Dr Michael O'Leary, WHO Representative in China
- Video speech by Dr Margaret Chan, WHO Director-General
- Presentation by Dr Fabio Scano, Medical Officer STB, WHO China
- Policy Briefs

FAQs on HIV phobia
FAQs | WHO China | 20 April, 2011 | Beijing, China

World TB Day 2011
WHO Global Event | 24 March, 2011

Speech on the occasion of the World TB Day 2011 in Beijing
Speech | Dr Michael O'Leary | 23 March, 2011 | Beijing, China

Governments vow to step up fight against lifestyle diseases
Press Release | WHO China | 22 March, 2011 | Beijing, China

Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (English Only)
Situation Report | WHO | 18 March, 2011 | Beijing, China

Statement from WHO concerning rumours of radiation spread from Japanese nuclear facilities
Press Release | WHO China | 16 March, 2011 | Beijing, China

State Food and Drug Administration gets WHO approval for vaccine regulatory system
Press Release | WHO China | 1 March, 2011 | Beijing, China

A Guide To Tobacco Free Mega Events (English Version)
Publications | WHO China | 13 January, 2011 | Beijing, China

China and the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC)
Media Briefing Note | WHO China | 7 January, 2011 | Beijing, China

World AIDS Day 2010
WHO Global Event | 1 December 2010

Global report on health financing launched in China amid health care reform
Press Release | WHO | 29 November, 2010 | Beijing, China

Opening Remarks At the Launch of the World Health Report 2010
Speech | Dr Michael O'Leary | 29 November, 2010 | Beijing, China

Shanghai Expo shines spotlight on Five Keys
Press Release | WHO | 3 November, 2010 | Shanghai, China

Remarks at the Launch of the Road Safety (RS10) Project
Speech | Dr Michael O'Leary | 28 October, 2010 | Dalian, China

WHO's 5 keys to food safety at Shanghai Expo exhibition
Press Release | WHO China | 12 October, 2010 | Shanghai, China

Briefing note on The Five Keys to Safer Food
Publications | WHO China | 12 October, 2010 | Shanghai, China

Statement for the event "Actively implement the FCTC to refuse tobacco sponsorship"
Speech | Dr Sarah England | 25 September, 2010 | Beijing, China

Measles vaccination campaign to benefit nearly 100 million Chinese children
Press Release | WHO China | 1 September, 2010 | Beijing, China

International Trends in Health Care Reforms
Presentation | Dr Henk Bekedam | 19 August, 2010 | Beijng, China

Essential Medicine System in Developing Countries
Presentation | Dr Budiono Santoso | 19 August, 2010 | Beijng, China

International Experiences in Hospital Reform
Presentation | Dr Madeleine de Rosas Valera | 19 August, 2010 | Beijng, China

Speech for China's Global Adult Tobacco Survey Data Launch
Speech | Dr Douglas Bettcher | 17 August, 2010 | Shenzhen, China

New data on tobacco use in China can help fight epidemic, says WHO
Press Release | WHO China | 17 August, 2010 | Shenzhen, China

China Floods and Landslide (English only)
Situation Report No. 3| 13 August 2010
Situation Report No. 2| 12 August 2010
Situation Report No. 1| 11 August 2010

Speech for Seminar by Think Tank Centre for Health Development
Speech | Dr Sarah England | 12 August, 2010 | Beijing, China

Launch of MDG-F Joint Programme on Improving Nutrition, Food Safety and Food Security for China's Most Vulnerable Women and Children
Speech | Dr Michael O'Leary | 11 June, 2010 | Beijing, China

United Nations, China launch joint programme to address food-related challenges
Press Release | WHO China | 11 June, 2010 | Beijing, China

Students share dream of a smoke-free city at Shanghai Expo
Press Release | WHO China | 3 June, 2010 | Beijing, China

Speech at the launch of 2010 China tobacco control report
Speech | Dr Michael O'Leary | 28 May, 2010 | Beijing, China

Exhibit at UN Pavilion movingly depicts the burden of death from tobacco and the solution to the epidemic
Press release | WHO China | 27 May, 2010 | Beijing, China

Fact sheets on immunization
Overview | 22 April 2010
Hepatitis B | 22 April 2010
Measles | 22 April 2010

Earthquake in Qinghai Province
Situation Report No. 6 | 30 April 2010
Situation Report No. 5 | 23 April 2010
Situation Report No. 4 | 21 April 2010
Situation Report No. 3 | 19 April 2010

Featured Sites

World Health Day 2010
WHO Global Event | April 7, 2010

World Cancer Day 2010 - Cancer Can Be Prevented Too
WHO Global Event | February 4, 2010

World AIDS Day 2009 website
World AIDS Campaign | December 1, 2009