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South-East Asian region needs to accelerate efforts for prevention of non-
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Paro [Bhutan], September 8 (ANI): In order to achieve global, regional, and national goals for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases, the South-East Asian region needs to accelerate efforts, said Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director of WHO South-East Asia Region.
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75th session of Regional Committee for WHO South-East Asia begins in Bhuta
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Paro [Bhutan], September 5 (ANI): The seventy-fifth session of the Regional Committee for WHO South-East Asia commenced in Bhutan on Monday with health leaders emphasizing continued efforts and sustainable recovery from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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Rapidly spreading Monkeypox cases is matter of concern: WHO's Dr Poonam Kh
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): Expressing concern over rapidly spreading cases of Monkeypox, the first Indian elected as Regional Director of World Health Organization South-East Asia Region said that with cases concentrated among men who have sex with men, it is possible to curtail fu
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WHO's Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh congratulates India for administering over
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): First Indian elected as Regional Director of World Health Organization (WHO)'s South-East Asia Region, Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh on Sunday congratulated India for setting a 'new record' by administering two billion vaccine doses within months.
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South-East Asia on 'alert' for monkeypox: WHO Regional Director
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 15 (ANI): WHO South-East Asia Regional Director Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh said that the region has been on alert for monkeypox and that nations have been taking steps to diagnose it quickly and prevent its spread.
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India confirms first case of monkeypox in WHO South-East Asia Region
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 15 (ANI): The first case of monkeypox in WHO South-East Asia Region has been reported from India, in a 35-year old man who arrived from the Middle East earlier this week.
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'Yoga for all', advises WHO Regional Director
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 20 (ANI): Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia said that yoga has helped hundreds of millions of people from various countries and cultures during the COVID-19 pandemic in staying healthy as well as highlighted that yoga is for all of h
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World Blood Donor Day: WHO urges blood donors to 'Join the effort' to save
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 13 (ANI): To mark World Blood Donor Day, WHO has urged potential blood donors in the South-East Asia Region and across the world to "join the effort" to save lives, improve health and advance health equity by making regular, voluntary, unpaid blood donations.
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WHO hopes Jamnagar traditional medicine facility boosts global wellbeing
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 19 (ANI): As India is set to establish WHO Global Centre for traditional medicine in Gujarat's Jamnagar, Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director, WHO South-East Asia Region, on Tuesday said that it will be a hub of excellence which will help deliver safe, effect
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Global Centre for traditional medicine in India could be game-changer: WHO
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 18 (ANI): With India set to establish WHO Global Centre for traditional medicine in Jamnagar, Gujarat, Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director, WHO South-East Asia Region has called it a "game-changer."
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Urgently address gaps in cancer care: WHO
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 4 (ANI): Noting the increasing burden of cancer despite 30 per cent to 50 per cent of the cases being preventable, the World Health Organization today called on countries in South-East Asia Region to prioritize measures to reduce risk, detect and diagnose early an
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Take each COVID-19 positive case seriously: WHO urges strict implementatio
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 8 (ANI): The World Health Organization on Saturday urged strict implementation of COVID appropriate behaviour as coronavirus infections rose in most South-East Asian nations, with some seeing exponential rise.
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