WPSAR Issue 17.2 published
The Editorial Team of Western Pacific Surveillance and Response (WPSAR) is pleased to announce the finalization of our Q2 issue for 2026, Volume 17 Issue 2. To view the new issue, please click here.
We would like to thank the authors of these excellent papers for their diligence in reporting the results of their health security activities for the benefit of all in the Western Pacific Region. We also extend our thanks to all peer reviewers who took the time to ensure the quality of submissions, as well as our Associate Editors, Technical Editors, Copyeditors and Proofreaders. Finally, we deeply thank all of our readers for their continued support, without whom this publication would not be possible.
If you have an idea for an article, please feel free to consult us by emailing wpsar@who.int.
TABLE OF CONTENTSBrief Report
Development of monitoring and evaluation guidelines for Indonesia’s national Early Warning Alert and Response System: aiming for a standardized and systematic assessment
by Shingo Nishiki et al.
Integrating hospital information systems into foodborne disease surveillance: retrospective assessment, Shenzhen, China, 2024–2025
by Yuchen Xie et al.
Lessons From the Field
Emergency medical preparedness and response for mass gatherings: Papua New Guinea emergency medical team's experience during Pope Francis's 2024 visit
by Ulysses Oli et al.
Emergency medical team coordination management following the 2024 Vanuatu earthquake
by Sharin Vile et al.
Humour-driven risk communication and community engagement to mitigate dengue: Lao People’s Democratic Republic, 2024
by Visith Khamlusa et al.
News, Meeting and Conference Report
Connecting the region during crisis: a Community of Practice response to the MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak
by Jeyanthini Sathasivam et al.
Original Research
Hepatitis B knowledge, attitudes and practices among health-care workers in Vanuatu, 2024
by Leila Bell et al.
Outbreak Investigation Report
Cholera outbreak among the Sama Badjao Indigenous community, Lucena City, Philippines, 2022
by Iris Ann D Bigyan et al.
A cluster of co-occurring cases of leptospirosis and brucellosis in a pastoral community of dairy farmers, India, 2023–2024: an epidemiological investigation
by Farida Khatoon et al.
A large outbreak of cryptosporidiosis at a pool in Melbourne, Australia, 2025: rapid investigation and public health response
by Clarissa Moreira et al.
Perspective
Lessons from the 2024–2025 measles outbreak in southern Viet Nam
by Thang Nguyen-Tien et al.
Surveillance Report
Trends in the incidence of influenza and influenza-like illness in Cambodia, 2006–2023: insights from national sentinel surveillance
by Sokly Mom et al.
National surveillance of tick- and mite-borne diseases in Japan, 1999–2025: a rapid surveillance reporting framework using the jpinfect R package
by Tomonori Hoshi et al.
Sincerely,
The WPSAR Editorial Team
