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Maldives, Sri Lanka achieve control against Hepatitis B: WHO
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Maldives and Sri Lanka have achieved control against Hepatitis B disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday.
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WHO South-East Asia region marks '16 Days of Activism against Violence aga
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh highlighted that almost 1 in 3 women worldwide experiences physical and/or sexual violence in her lifetime.
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Antimicrobial resistance continues to pose significant challenge to global
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
In a statement, Poonam Khetrapal Singh stated, "Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) continues to pose a significant challenge to global public health, with devastating effects on the efficacy of essential medicines and the ability to effectively treat infectious diseases."
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Improving access to care for diabetes priority in South Asia: WHO
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
As per the WHO Regional Director, countries in the Southeast Asia region have made commendable progress in reducing tobacco use and have taken various measures to promote physical activity, a healthy diet, and the adoption of a healthy lifestyle, which are essential for reducing the risk of
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WHO Regional Committee for SE Asia holds session in Delhi to accelerate pr
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The Seventy-sixth Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia commenced today with health ministers and senior delegates from Member countries converging in India to deliberate actions to accelerate progress towards achieving health for all.
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Mental health should be recognised as basic right: Kerala CM
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
World Mental Health Day, observed on October 10 every year, is an international day for global mental health education, awareness and advocacy against social stigma.
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World Mental Health Day: Mental Health is a Universal Human Right says WHO
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia, Poonam Khetrapal on Tuesday said that this year's theme of the World Mental Health Day, Mental Health is a Universal Human Right, calls for WHO, Member States and partners to accelerate efforts in mental health in a human-rights based approach.
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SEAHEARTS initiative to prevent cardiovascular diseases in WHO South-East
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The South-East Asia-HEARTS, also known as SEAHEARTS, has been initiated by countries across the region to reduce the burden of cardiovascular diseases.
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India taking steps to eliminate trans-fatty acids from national food suppl
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh has said India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Thailand have taken steps to eliminate trans-fatty acids from their national food supplies, potentially benefiting over 1.7 billion people.
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78th UNGA session to see three high-level meetings on Health: WHO
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
"All three are among the eight flagship priority programmes that the WHO South-East Asia Region had identified in 2014 in discussion with Member countries," World Health Organization's Regional Director for South-East Asia Poonam Khetrapal Singh said in a statement on Thursday.
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India’s philosophy of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ is clarion call to build bet
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
"We live in an increasingly interconnected world. India’s philosophy of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ of ‘One Earth, One Family, One Future’ is a clarion call to the world for the need to collectively work together to build a better future for our health, and the h
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WHO South-East Asia region member countries adopt Gandhinagar declaration
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Regional Director WHO South-East Asia, Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh in her address to a ministerial meeting ‘Sustain, Accelerate, and Innovate to end TB in the South-East Asia Region’ on Thursday said: “Today, urgent action is needed more than ever to achieve our goal of a region free of tuberc
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