Search For "south east asia region"
WHO stresses need to invest in women's health to accelerate progress
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Ahead of International Women's Day, the World Health Organisation (WHO) stressed the need to invest in women's health and wellbeing to accelerate progress.
Read More
Let's make ear and hearing care a reality for all: WHO
Updated : 2 years ago IST
It is estimated that over 1.5 billion people globally are affected by hearing loss, nearly 80 per cent of whom live in low- and middle-income countries of the world. In South-East Asia region itself, an estimated 400 million people currently have ear and hearing problems.
Read More
WHO calls to enhance field epidemiology workforce in South-East Asia Regio
Updated : 2 years ago IST
"One of the lessons from COVID-19 pandemic is that field epidemiology workforce is a critical component of national health security systems. Continued efforts are needed to invest in field epidemiology capacity strengthening," said Saima Wazed, Regional Director, WHO South-East Asia, in her
Read More
Saima Wazed takes charge as WHO South-East Asia Regional Director
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Saima Wazed assumed charge as the Regional Director for the World Health Organization South-East Asia Region on Thursday.
Read More
WHO, UN, member states highlight urgent need to accelerate progress to ach
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Emphasising primary health care as its cornerstone, the World Health Organisation (WHO), the United Nations (UN) and its member states in the South-East Asia region highlighted the urgent need to accelerate progress towards the achievement of Universal Health Coverage (UHC).
Read More
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.
Read More
Vaccine regulators, officials meet to strategize integration of COVID-19 v
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
To integrate pandemic vaccines in national immunisation programme in countries of the WHO South-East Asia Region, vaccine regulators, and officials from WHO today began deliberating strategies to enable member countries to transition from the use of COVID-19 vaccines under Emergency Use Auth
Read More
Bangladesh's Saima Wazed to lead World Health Organization's South-East As
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Saima Wazed has been nominated to lead the World Health Organisation (WHO) South-East Asia Region.
Read More
WHO South-East Asia Region commits to prioritizing and investing more in p
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The Member countries of WHO South-East Asia Region have committed to prioritize investment in primary health care to accelerate progress towards universal health coverage.
Read More
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.
Read More
78th UNGA session to see three high-level meetings on Health: WHO
Updated : 2 years, 6 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.
Read More
We must adopt differential approach to reduce maternal, new-born, child de
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The health officials and experts, began deliberating strategies and interventions on Tuesday, to address gaps in quality and equitable health services and further accelerate the reduction of maternal, new-born and child deaths in the WHO South-East Asia Region (SEA).
Read More