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The Member States of WHO South-East Asia Region adopted Colombo Declaration on ‘Healthy ageing through strengthened primary health care’
The Member States of WHO South-East Asia Region adopted Colombo Declaration on ‘Healthy ageing through strengthened primary health care’
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About WHO South-East Asia
One of the six WHO Regions, WHO South-East Asia is home to 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 10 Member States to address persisting and emerging epidemiological and demographic challenges.
Officer-in-Charge
WHO South-East Asia Regional Director Saima Wazed is currently on leave.
During this period, Dr Catharina Boehme is serving as Officer-in-Charge.
Regional Director
Saima Wazed
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Reassignment of Indonesia
Indonesia reassigned to WHO Western Pacific Region
On 23 May 2025, at the Seventy-eighth session of the World Health Assembly Member States approved the request from the Government of Indonesia for the country’s reassignment from the South-East Asia Region to the Western Pacific Region.
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Call for applications
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.
World Health Day 2025
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14 November 2025
Sixteenth Meeting of the WHO South-East Asia Regional Immunization Technical Advisory Group
The WHO South-East Asia Regional Immunization Technical Advisory Group (SEAR-ITAG) serves as the regional forum for providing independent, evidence-based...
7 November 2025
Regional workshop Capacity Building in Technology Transfer on Public-Health Oriented Intellectual Property...
The objectives of 19-21 November 2024 Regional workshop in Kerala, was to encourage South–South technological collaboration that has significant...
5 November 2025
22nd edition, Epidemiological Bulletin WHO Health Emergencies Programme WHO Regional Office for South-East...
This epidemiological bulletin aims to provide the situation of key infectious diseases in the WHO South-East Asia region to inform risk assessments and...
31 October 2025
Regional Meeting to Accelerate Progress Toward UHC and SDG Goals Through Nursing and Midwifery Strategy...
A robust health workforce is vital for delivering high-quality health services and achieving global health targets. Currently, over half of the health...
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