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WHO South-Asia chief shares 'quick bite' with mother Sheikh Hasina ahead o
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
World Health Organisation (WHO) South-Asia Regional Director Saima Wazed shared a picture with her mother, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ahead of the oath ceremony of Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi on Sunday.
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World Environment Day 2024: Generation Restoration initiative takes action
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
This year, World Environment Day (WED) 2024 focuses on land restoration, halting desertification and building drought resilience under the slogan "Our land. Our future. We are #GenerationRestoration," wrote WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia, Saima Wazed.
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World No Tobacco Day: Global youth calls for tobacco industry to stop targ
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
On this World No Tobacco Day, the youth across the world called for the tobacco industry to stop targeting them with products that are harmful to their health.
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Asia-Pacific countries sound alarm and commit to tackling antimicrobial re
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
To foster collaboration and partnership with the rest of the world, the paper will be taken to the United Nations High-Level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance in New York in September 2024, the release added.
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India providing strength to SEARO region on affordable medical counter mea
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Apurva Chandra stressed that India, by being the pharma capital of the world, is providing strength to the SEARO region on affordable medical counter measures.
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WHO, experts meet to strategise strengthening community engagement; resili
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
"Strengthening the WHO's engagement with communities to enhance health outcomes and protect against emergencies is a top priority," said Saima Wazed, Regional Director, WHO South-East Asia.
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Efforts to prevent, control hypertension need to be further strengthened t
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia, Saima Wazed, on the occasion of World Hypertension Day, emphasised that the efforts to prevent and control hypertension need to be further strengthened to meet global and national targets.
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Assam: In a first, BJP holds massive rally at Congress bastion Birsingh Bl
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Mentionable, for the first time, the BJP held an election rally in Birsingh, a minority-dominated area that lies at the Indo-Bangladesh border. Assam Cabinet Minister Ranjit Kumar Dass campaigned for Jabed Islam, the NDA candidate from Asom Gano Parishad (AGP).
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Focus on preventing occupational accidents, diseases: WHO Regional Directo
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Addressing the issue and marking World Day for Safety and Health at Work to be observed on April 28, Wazed highlighted the significance of this day in promoting the fundamental right of all workers to a safe and healthy environment.
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Need to address inequities in access to malaria prevention services: WHO R
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
"In recent years, global efforts to reduce malaria have stagnated, posing a significant threat to public health and exacerbating inequalities within communities. Everyone has the right to quality, timely, and affordable malaria services, yet this remains elusive for many, perpetuating a cycl
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South-East Asia region made "notable progress" in advancing right to healt
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
"Our South-East Asia Region has made notable progress in advancing this right to health. From enhancements in healthcare coverage to declines in maternal and child mortality rates, there are achievements to be celebrated," Wazed said on the eve of World Health Organisation's founding anniver
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Deinstitutionalise mental health care, strengthen community-based services
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The Regional Director released a report on 'Deinstitutionalisation of people with mental health conditions in WHO South-East Asia Region', which while acknowledging the complexities and unique contexts of each country, offers recommendations that can be adapted to local realities.
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