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Promote healthy diets, physical activity: WHO says
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Saima Wazed, Regional Director, WHO South-East Asia, was speaking at the inaugural of a regional meeting to 'Promote healthy diets and food environments, and physical activity through policies and enabling environments'
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Accelerate measures to reduce road traffic deaths: WHO calls on South-East
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The World Health Organization on Monday called on South-East Asia countries to accelerate measures to reduce road traffic deaths, a leading cause of mortality among young people aged 15-29.
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Incorporating climate change effects to enhance mental health services: WH
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The World Health Organization (WHO) has stressed the increasing impact of climate change on mental health in Southeast Asia, urging improvements in mental health systems. Saima Wazed, WHO South-East Asia Regional Director, highlighted the need to integrate climate change into mental health p
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WHO calls for accelerated action against hepatitis to address increasing l
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Despite being preventable and treatable, these chronic infections are increasingly causing serious illness and deaths from liver cancer, cirrhosis, and liver failure in the region
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WHO calls on member countries to eliminate illicit trade in Tobacco, contr
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The World Health Organisation has called on the member nations in the Southeast Asia region to recognise that alcohol and tobacco in any form, whether legal or illicit, are harmful to one's health, and thus decisive actions must be taken to stop the illicit trade in tobacco products and to t
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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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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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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
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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.
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Bhutan honours WHO Regional Director, confers gold medal at its National D
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
In a video message post the award ceremony, Dr Khetrapal Singh thanked His Majesty King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk for the award. She said, "As Regional Director for WHO South-East Asia for the last decade, it has been my vision to address priority health issues through eight flagship pro
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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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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
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