UN in Lao PDR

🚨 Fresh off the press! 🚨 The 2024 Annual Results Report is officially launched at the Joint Steering Committee Meeting. 📊✨Watch the #live recording on Facebook (conducted in Lao): tinyurl.com/44w9xkzu 📖Full report: tinyurl.com/46xjw3a7 #UNResultsLaoPDR #SDGAction

Following a request from @UNOCHA, our Emergency Mapping Service has been activated in response to Tropical Cyclone #WIPHA25. The International Charter has also been activated. First map available: unosat.org/products/4150

While 🇱🇦 was certified #polio free in 2000, ongoing efforts by the Ministry of Health with WHO support are helping keep the country safe from future cases Great to see training for national lab officials maintaining environmental surveillance and detection capabilities! 🔎

Lao PDR has been #polio free for many years, but surveillance is essential to ensure it does not return By assisting national lab officials with WHO-provided training and a centrifuge, they have the capability to detect polio in large volumes of wastewater, helping keep 🇱🇦 safe

Do you have to lower your economic growth ambitions if you also wish to protect your natural assets? As Lao PDR prepares to graduate from LDC status in 2026, this is the question that is debated in country. And so are many others in the region. By following the evidence, it may…

Update: Following Tropical Cyclone #WIPHA25, new satellite-based analyses on flood impacts in Viet Nam and Lao PDR are now available: ➡️ Lao PDR webmap: unosat.org/products/4156 ➡️ Viet Nam: unosat.org/products/4151

⛈️Heavy rain risks significant flooding across much of Lao PDR, creating a number of #health risks Key health advice can be found at 📌👇facebook.com/WHOLaos WHO is standing by to assist as required ⚕️

📢#Monsoon season ⛈️ in full swing in #Laos, with intensifying events threatening #FoodSecurity & rural livelihoods. See what we are doing about it at @WFP. @UNinLaoPDR @ThomasLammar @MelBarlowFCDO @BakhodirAB @WFPAsiaPacific @Shairi_M #Wipha

Since 2011 WHO has supported 🇱🇦with tracking essential health expenditure data, from Gov budget, donors & public, across many #health topics Recent trainings for national & provincial officials help ensure timely/accurate data + #health resources are allocated where most needed

💡Innovation isn't just a buzzword for @IFAD – it's a lifeline for rural communities. Thanks to an @IFAD -supported project, small-scale farmers in #Laos are turning to specially cultivated bacteria known as effective micro-organisms. More 👉shorturl.at/WcQSB

In this day and age of seeming #permacrisis, emergency preparedness is more crucial than ever - across the @WHO Western Pacific Region and globally. Kudos to health authorities and other government stakeholders in Lao PDR - a @WHOWPRO Member State - along with colleagues from…

[1/2] 🇱🇦’s Emergency Medical Team is getting prepared to save lives when disaster strikes. With support from WHO, 60+ health workers across 7 provinces have been trained, and $150k worth of essential field equipment delivered to boost national emergency response capacity.

🧪🇱🇦 has launched the Lao Association for Medical Laboratory Science (LAMLS)! This is a key step toward strengthening lab quality, diagnostics, and biosafety. As @WHO, we are proud to support efforts in 🇱🇦 to advance lab science capabilities + ethical & professional standards

🌏 South-East Asia celebrates 3 new sites & 1 major extension on the UNESCO #WorldHeritage List! 🎉 Congrats to Viet Nam 🇻🇳 & Lao PDR 🇱🇦 for linking Phong Nha-Ke Bang & Hin Nam No National Parks, the 1st-ever transboundary site! 🔗 Learn more: whc.unesco.org/en/newproperti…

Welcome to H.E. Mr. Thongphane Savanphet, new Permanent Representative of 🇱🇦 Lao PDR to the @UN. As @UNICEFExBoard Member (2025–2027), we look forward to working together to advance child rights and the SDGs. #ForEveryChild

🔴 BREAKING! Just inscribed on the @UNESCO #WorldHeritage List: Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park and Hin Nam No National Park [extension], #LaoPeoplesDemocraticRepublic 🇱🇦, #VietNam 🇻🇳. ➡️ unes.co/47whc #47WHC

🤝Delighted to meet new Minister of Health HE Mme Baykham Khattiya #HealthForAll means close collaboration. Pleased to discuss 🇱🇦’s health achievements, 75 years of partnership + future collaboration on health financing, digital health and data, climate/disease response + more!