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About WHO South-East Asia
One of the six WHO Regions, WHO South-East Asia is home to over a quarter of the world’s population.
Committed to building a better, healthier future for the nearly two billion people in the Region, WHO is working with the 11 Member States to address persisting and emerging epidemiological and demographic challenges.
A Glimpse Into 2024
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Saima Wazed
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22 May 2024
100 strides @ 100 days
The WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia, Saima Wazed, assumed office on 1 February 2024. Within 100 days, Ms Wazed has rolled out a defining vision...
The Mekong Malaria Elimination (MME) programme is an initiative aimed at supporting Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) countries – Cambodia, Lao People's...
9 January 2025
Training on influenza data management, analysis and pandemic influenza severity assessment, Jakarta,...
In line with the Global Influenza Strategy (2019–2030) and recommendations from the 14th Bi-Regional meeting of surveillance and National Influenza...
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Saima Wazed appointed Regional Director WHO South-East Asia at #EB154
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Global Leprosy Programme
The Global Leprosy Programme (GLP) of the World Health Organization is housed in the WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia (and not in the Organization’s headquarters in Geneva). It is the Organization’s designated programme for addressing leprosy worldwide. Being classified as one of the 20 neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), the unit works in close collaboration with the Department of Control of NTDs in HQ, designated focal points in all regions, national leprosy programmes and partners.
Polio-free certification of the WHO South-East Asia Region
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