Communicable Diseases Department
We are responsible for leading, coordinating and monitoring regional action to prevent, control, eliminate and eradicate communicable diseases to build a better, healthier future for the nearly 2 billion people in the Region.
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14 October 2025
Regional Roadmap to accelerate actions on antimicrobial resistance in the human health sector in the...
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a growing threat to public health, undermining treatment of infectious diseases and progress in modern medicine. Despite...
14 October 2025
Ending tuberculosis in the WHO South-East Asia Region: reflections and the road ahead in the milestone...
Tuberculosis continues to be a major public health and development challenge in the WHO South-East (SE) Asia Region, which accounted for more than 45%...
The “Regional Implementation Framework to defeat meningitis in South-East (SE) Asia by 2030 (SEA RIF-DM2030)” is a strategic initiative led...
WHO South-East (SE) Asia Region is home to one-fourth of the global population with a disproportionately high burden of TB, accounting for more than 45%...