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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.

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4 September 2024

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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...

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WHO South-East Asia Regional Roadmap for Results and Resilience (‎ROADMAP)‎: the shared strategic framework towards a healthier Region

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The burden of mental health conditions in the Region is high and actions are being taken by WHO to address this issue. These include the PARO Declaration...

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Guidance on Selection and Use of One Health Operational Tools

The One Health (OH) High-Level Expert Panel (OHHLEP) of the Quadripartite Organizations defined OH as an integrated, unifying approach that aims to sustainably...

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Regional Committee

Seventy-sixth Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia, New Delhi, India, 30 October–2 November 2023

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Tripartite and US CDC supported One Health Zoonotic Diseases Prioritization Workshop in Sri Lanka

Regional workshop on scaling up services for cancer and implementing South-East Asia Cancer Grid

Integrating One Health approach to surveillance, prevention and control of Dengue fever in Bangladesh

Tripartite supported National Workshops on One Health Zoonotic Diseases Prioritization and Joint Risk Assessment under Pandemic Fund in Bhutan

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Saima Wazed appointed Regional Director WHO South-East Asia at #EB154

23 January 2024

Ms Saima Wazed appointed Regional Director WHO South-East Asia at EB154 - acceptance speech

Regional Director Saima Wazed highlights collaboration, inaugurates multiple projects on her maiden visit to Timor-Leste

Saima Wazed, Regional Director, WHO SEARO, visited Timor-Leste from August 21st to 24th, where she met health leaders and officials and inaugurated multiple projects. This was her first visit to the country after assuming office on 1 February this year.

WHO Timor-Leste/ Cirilo Danis

Regional Director, Saima Wazed, met with the Hon’ble President José Ramos-Horta, and assured WHO’s commitment as a partner in Timor-Leste’s health journey.

WHO Timor-Leste/ Cirilo Danis

On August 22, Regional Director, Saima Wazed, visited 10 Decembro School, where the school-based Primary Health Care Package has been aligned with the Integrated School Health Program. She observed health screenings, HPV vaccinations, and more.

WHO Timor-Leste/ Emilia Moniz

One-Stop mobile diagnostic van, a TB laboratory on wheels, supported by WHO and the Global Fund, was handed over to the Ministry of Health this month. On August 22, Regional Director, Saima Wazed, observed its demonstration in the Comoro community.

WHO Timor-Leste/ Emilia Moniz

Highlighting the health milestones achieved since the country's independence two decades ago, Timor-Leste’s Ministry of Health presented its collaborative efforts with WHO, in a meeting with Saima Wazed, Regional Director.

WHO Timor-Leste/ Cirilo Danis

Regional Director, Saima Wazed, inaugurated projects at the National Institute of Public Health of Timor-Leste. She also handed over 300 medical and nursing education books to its library.

WHO Timor-Leste/ Emilia Moniz

The Regional Director, along with other dignitaries, performed the groundbreaking ceremony for the Field Epidemiology Training Center.

WHO Timor-Leste/ Emilia Moniz

On August 23, Saima Wazed, Regional Director, inaugurated Timor-Leste’s first PSA Oxygen plant. This facility, utilizing smart technology to convert air into pure oxygen, will significantly improve access to this life-saving resource.

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To help enhance prehospital preparedness, Saima Wazed, Regional Director, handed over ventilators, monitors, other life-saving equipment and Medical Camp Kits.

WHO Timor-Leste

Regional Director Saima Wazed handed over an advanced care ambulance equipped with Automated External Defibrillators to the Ministry of Health.

WHO Timor-Leste

Saima Wazed, Regional Director, met Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão, Prime Minister, Timor-Leste. They discussed strengthening collaboration in maternal and child health, communicable and noncommunicable diseases, and global warming.

WHO Timor-Leste/ Cirilo Danis

WHO South-East Asia Regional Director, Saima Wazed with WHO Representative to Timor-Leste on her first visit to Timor-Leste.

WHO South-East Asia Regional Director, Saima Wazed, in a meeting with the Hon’ble President José Ramos-Horta, Timor-Leste.

WHO South-East Asia Regional Director, Saima Wazed, at 10 Decembro School, Timor-Leste.

Mobile diagnostic van, a TB lab on wheels, supported by WHO and the Global Fund, handed over to Ministry of Health, Timor-Leste.

Timor-Leste’s Ministry of Health presented its collaborative efforts with WHO, to Saima Wazed, Regional Director.

Regional Director inaugurated projects at the National Institute of Public Health of Timor-Leste, including the Simulation Skills Centre.

Regional Director, along with other dignitaries, performed groundbreaking ceremony for Field Epidemiology Training Center.

Regional Director inaugurated Timor-Leste’s first PSA Oxygen plant.

Handing over ventilators, monitors, other life-saving equipment and Medical Camp Kits, Timor-Leste.

Handing over an advanced care ambulance with Automated External Defibrillators to the Ministry of Health, Timor-Leste.

Saima Wazed, Regional Director, met with Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão, Prime Minister of Timor-Leste.

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.

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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.

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