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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.
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Defragmented and uncoordinated publicly subsidized health insurance (PSHI) schemes remain a pervasive issue undermining progress toward Universal Health...
This guidebook builds on an initial ‘Review of defragmentation of PSHI schemes’ undertaken. The guidebook provides recommendations on issues...
In 2022, the Member States of WHO South-East Asia Region committed to promote and facilitateaccess to community-based mental health services through the...
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a diverse group of disease conditions that are most common in the tropical and subtropical regions. These diseases...
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Saima Wazed
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Saima Wazed appointed Regional Director WHO South-East Asia at #EB154
Asia Pacific Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
The Asia Pacific Observatory on Health Systems and Policies (the APO) is a collaborative partnership of interested governments, international agencies, foundations, and researchers that promotes evidence-informed health systems policy regionally and in all countries in the Asia Pacific region.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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