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March 24, 2023
On World Tuberculosis Day (TB), the World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for intensified actions to eradicate the disease in the South East Asian region which bears the world's highest TB burden.
March 22, 2023
On World Oral Health Day which fell on Monday, WHO urge Southeast Asian countries to accelerate implementation of the region's new Action Plan for Oral Health 2022–2030, which aims to ensure that everyone, everywhere in Southeast Asia can enjoy the highest attainable state of oral health, with a focus on achieving universal coverage for oral health by 2030.
January 30, 2023
The World Health Organisation on Monday called on countries in the South-East Asia Region and globally to confront the inequalities that drive Neglected Tropica
December 14, 2022
Globally , at least half of all people do not receive health services they need. Over 996 million people spend at least 10% of their household income on health care. In 2017, around 299 million people in the Region faced catastrophic health spending, and an estimated 117 million people in the Region were pushed or further pushed below the purchasing power parity poverty line of US$ 1.90 a day.
December 3, 2022
On World AIDS Day, the World Health Organisation (WHO) reiterated its commitment to achieving a region and world in which AIDS is no longer a public health thre
December 1, 2022
On World AIDS Day, the World Health Organisation (WHO) reiterated its commitment to achieving a region and world in which AIDS is no longer a public health thre
December 1, 2022
The World Health Organisation has joined the member states and partners in the South-East Asia Region and across the world to highlight the urgent need forequitable access to quality HIV prevention, testing, treatment and care to end the AIDS ...
November 30, 2022
On World AIDS Day, the World Health Organisation (WHO) reiterated its commitment to achieving a region and world in which AIDS is no longer a public health threat, leaving no individual, community or population behind.
November 17, 2022
The World Health Organization and its member states in the South-East Asia Region and across the world marked the second Cervical Cancer Elimination Day of Action on Thursday.The cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer among women with ...
November 17, 2022
The cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer among women with an estimated 604,000 new cases and 342,000 deaths in 2020, of which the South East Region accounted for 32 per cent and 34 per cent, respectively, said Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia.