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WHO South-East Asia Regional Director Saima Wazed meets JP Nadda, talks fo
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
WHO South-East Asia Regional Director Saima Wazed recently engaged in discussions with JP Nadda, the Minister of Health and Family Welfare, focusing on health priorities in the WHO South-East Asia region.
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WHO urges member countries in Southeast Asia to bolster efforts to end TB
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
The World Health Organization has urged member countries in the Southeast Asia region to build on the momentum created to end TB with accelerated multi-sectoral efforts led by the highest political level to reach every affected and at-risk person, and address the socio-economic determinants
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"With sustained commitment, collective action, we can ensure that everyone
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on countries in South East Asia region to strengthen measures to prevent drowning which disproportionately affects children and the vulnerable population, an official release said.
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WHO urges countries in South East Asia to strengthen measures to prevent d
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
According to WHO's first Global status report on drowning prevention, the South-East Asia region reported 83 000 drowning fatalities in 2021, which accounts to 28 per cent of the global drowning burden and contributing substantially to the nearly 30 lives lost to drowning every hour, across
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WHO calls for continued efforts against malaria in South-East Asia Region,
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
As per the World Malaria Report 2024, estimated malaria cases in the Region fell from 22.8 million in 2000 to 4 million in 2023 - a reduction of 82.4 per cent. The Region, home to a quarter of the world's population, accounted for 1.5 per cent global malaria cases in 2023. Estimated malaria
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WHO South-East Asia urges increased leadership of persons with disabilitie
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
According to Wazed, over 1.3 billion people globally live with some form of disability, and in the South-East Asia Region, approximately 16 per cent of the population is affected by significant disability. These numbers are rising, driven by factors like chronic ailments and an ageing popula
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WHO calls for global commitment to fight HIV on World AIDS day, urges righ
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
On the occasion of "World AIDS Day" on Sunday, Saima Wazed, the World Health Organisation Regional Director for Southeast Asia, along with WHO, urged for the global commitment to the fight against HIV/AIDS with the theme of "Take the Rights Path: My Health, My Right!" highlighting the need f
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WHO announces 16 Days of activism to end violence against women
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
"Given the upcoming 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action on Women (BPOA) planned to be held at the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in March 2025, this year's 16 Days of Activism holds special significance. Signed by 189 Member States in 1995, BPOA is
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WHO South-East Asia Region adopts 'Colombo Call to Action' to address grow
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
To address the growing burden of diabetes, health experts and officials adopted the 'Colombo Call to Action' to strengthen diabetes prevention and control measures in the World Health Organization (WHO) South-East Asia Region.
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"Antimicrobial resistance remains a major threat to global health," says W
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
AMR remains a major threat to global health, affecting the effectiveness of life-saving medicines and the management of infectious diseases worldwide
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"Breaking Barriers, Bridging Gaps": WHO Southeast Asia Director calls for
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
On the occasion of World Diabetes Day on Thursday, Saima Wazed, the World Health Organisation Regional Director for Southeast Asia, highlighted the urgent need to address the growing burden of diabetes in the region.
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WHO congratulates South East Asia for its polio eradication achievements o
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Saima Wazed, World Health Organisation's (WHO) Regional Director for South-East Asia, on Thursday congratulated the region for achieving and maintaining a decade of polio-free status on World Polio Day celebrated today.
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