Speeches and messages

World Hepatitis Summit 2026 – Opening Session

Plenary Session: Launch of the Global Hepatitis Report 2026, World Hepatitis Summit 2026

Topic: “Accelerating Regional Progress: Translating SEARO’s Elimination Success into Global Policy Lessons”

WHO Global Forum on Hepatitis Elimination, Pre-conference Workshop, World Hepatitis Summit 2026

World Immunization Week 2026

Dengue at a Crossroads - Confronting the Burden, Closing the Care Gap, Dengue Alliance Joint Steering Committee Annual Meeting

PHFI@20 Symposium — Inaugural Ceremony

Regional Consultation on Vaccine and Immunization Research Preparedness for Vaccine-Preventable Disease Outbreaks and Pandemics in the WHO South-East Asia Region

World Health Day 2026

Multisectoral Partnerships to Embed Healthy Lifestyle Approaches 2nd Annual National Obesity Summit 2026

International Women’s Day 2026 “Rooted in Rights: A SEARO Dialogue on Gender, Equity, Rights (GER) in Health and Wellbeing”

Importance of regional collaboration and reliance mechanisms for vaccine development, manufacturing, and rapid deployment CEPI Asia Pacific Workshop

SEARHEF 2.0: Mobilizing Solidarity and Collective Action for Emergency Operation

Closing remarks - Tokyo AMR One Health Conference

Opening remarks - Public Health Response to Substance Use: Prevention and Substance Use Disorder Treatment (webinar)

Launch of the Strategy for AI in Healthcare for India (SAHI)

Launch – Casebook on AI Health Use Cases Across the Global South, New Delhi

Opening remarks - Creating Age-Friendly Environments in the WHO South-East Asia Region (webinar)

Interventions by the SEARO Officer-in-Charge on behalf of all WHO Regional Directors, on agenda 8, covering Immunization Agenda 2030, Road Map for Neglected Tropical Diseases 2021–2030, and the End TB Strategy

All India Conference of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (AICOG), New Delhi