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The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific
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Connecting voices from the #WesternPacific to the global community with high-quality #OpenAccess research that impacts clinical practice & health policy.

🌐 https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanwpc/home
New issue is live!🙌

Read our series about child & adolescent #MentalHealth in the #WesternPacific, public misuse of #Antibiotics in #China, epidemiology of young adults with #HeartFailure & more!

🖋️ Editorial: #BloodPressure control in Asia
🎨 Cover by Zidi Wu
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October 7, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Our joint series with @thelancethaem.bsky.social on Mature T-/NK-Cell #Lymphoma is online.

🔗 Epidemiology: East & West tinyurl.com/ytmywjr4
🔗 Update on molecular characterization & tumor microenvironment tinyurl.com/tvfzchb6
🔗 Emerging treatments tinyurl.com/bdesbfnv

🎨 Image by Dr Diego Pitta.
September 15, 2025 at 5:55 AM
August issue is live!🙌

Read our series about #Cancer in #FirstNations Australians, #tuberculosis development in #China and #Vietnam, #AMR partnership by #Bhutan and #Philippines & more!

🖋️Editorial: Our first 5 years: advancing the health and wellbeing in the #WesternPacific
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September 2, 2025 at 4:46 AM
July issue is live!🙌

Read contributions of #CVD risk factors in #Japan, #Antimicrobial stewardship interventions in #Vietnam, associations of #STI and #pregnancy outcomes in #Australia & more!

🖋️Editorial: Equitable, safe and reliable #BloodSupply in #WesternPacific
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August 5, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Are you ready for your research to spark global conversation? ✨ Begin your publication journey with us today and help to advance health and science worldwide.

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July 3, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Congratulations to our authors and peer reviewers, whose expertise and hard work enable us to publish high-quality, evidence-based research focused on the Western Pacific. This is as much your achievement!
July 3, 2025 at 11:16 PM
#Biologics is commonly used in #rheumatology but inequitable access exists in the #AsiaPacifc & #LMICs.

Our joint podcast with @thelancetrheum.bsky.social with Prof Xue Li discusses the factors that delay access in Asia, any #policy changes & role of #biosimilars.

🔊Listen now: tinyurl.com/ys5x7uxn
July 3, 2025 at 4:00 AM
🆕 Check out new series: #Cancer in First Nations Australians.

4 papers in the series highlight the needs of #children with cancer, education insights, #genetic factors on cancer risk & cancer #research in #FirstNations Australians.

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#OncSky #Aboriginal #TorresStraitIslander
July 1, 2025 at 3:30 AM
June issue is live!🙌

Read #AI model to detect #CognitiveImpairment in Japan, #ChildhoodAdversity and #perinatal mental health, #tick-borne diseases in China & more!

🖋️Editorial: Delayed #endometriosis diagnosis in #AsiaPacific

🎨Cover: Xiaolin Xu, a painting with real leaf
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July 1, 2025 at 3:00 AM
A new article compares the #ContactTracing systems of #Japan, #Thailand, #Singapore & #Vietnam 🌏

"We uncovered the key elements within these successful systems, namely Speed, Capture and Accuracy, designed specific for the countries’ settings."

🔗Full text: tinyurl.com/bda98cym
#IDSky #MedSky
May 27, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Do you know how risk-adjusted screening strategies can save lives?

Check out our latest #Podcast with Carolyn Nickson & Bruce Mann, who share their valuable insights on risk-adjusted #BreastCancer screening in #Australia and #WesternPacific.

🔊Link to audio: tinyurl.com/yysu3efs
#OncSky #MedSky
May 7, 2025 at 6:29 AM
New issue is live!🙌

Featuring #BreastCancer prevention in #WesternPacific, adolescent #MentalHealth in #HongKong, persistent #LymphaticFilariasis in Tonga & more!

🖋️Editorial: Advancing #patient-centred care in clinical #trials

🎨Cover: Sandra Chan, Samara Hussain
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May 7, 2025 at 6:18 AM
New #MonkeyPox variant clade Ib recently spread outside Congo with demographic shift - higher case fatality rates for younger people.

The #WesternPacific & #SoutheastAsia have high endemic burden. Are we ready for strategy planning against clade Ib? 🦠

Viewpoint👉 tinyurl.com/yh579kbh #IDSky #MedSky
April 11, 2025 at 12:08 AM
March issue is live!🙌

Featuring changes in #TB pattern in #China, mobile serological tests for #malaria in #Cambodia, #COVID response in #NewZealand & more!

🖋️Editorial: #Cognitive and #socioemotional growth of youth in the digital era

🎨Cover: Hui Zhang, Shuowen Xu & Bin Cao
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April 1, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Are you attending #JSMO2025 in Kobe?

Jiefang Huang, Senior Editor, welcomes queries from #JSMO2025 attendees. @thelancet.bsky.social journals are committed to supporting you on every stage of your publication journey. Learn more about our scope and global reach & impact here:🔗 hubs.ly/Q01FNywp0
March 5, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Our February issue is live!🙌

Featuring #iGAS infections in Australia, Hong Kong #Genome Project, #Thalassemia Registry in Singapore, new #ML tool to guide cervical cancer screening & more!

🖋️Editorial: When #bushfires become the "new normal"

🎨Cover: Ms Desiree Tse from HKGI
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February 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Urban #greenspace is associated with positive benefits on mental health, and acute & chronic diseases.

In #China, a study mapping 390 cities shows an increase in vegetation index in the past 2 decades, which may have averted >37,000 deaths per year🌏💚 #UrbanHealth

Full text👉 tinyurl.com/49a8urz5
February 24, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Treatment #access 💊 remains an issue for small island countries due to geographic remoteness and strained systems.

Essential medicines were available in only 57-59% outlets in #LMICs in the #SouthPacific - much lower than 80% as recommended by the WHO.

Full text ➡️ tinyurl.com/2p9wnnuv
February 21, 2025 at 7:08 AM
We're now on Bluesky!🙌 Check out our January issue ➡️ tinyurl.com/9wh6r8rj

Featuring research on patterns of infectious diseases in China & Vietnam, Australia's "No Jab, No Pay" policy, mental healthcare in Singapore, plus much more!
February 19, 2025 at 12:41 AM