Speeches and messages

Regional Director’s Opening Remarks during Virtual Member States Consultation to accelerate action to fight against AMR in the Asia Pacific

International Day of the Midwife

World Hand Hygiene Day

RD’s Opening Address for Regional Consultation on WHO South-East Asia Priority Programme Initiative, New Delhi, India

Regional Director’s message at the National Programme Manager’s Meeting for Strengthening implementation of integrated service delivery to end AIDS, viral hepatitis and STIs in the South-East Asia Region, Bangkok, Thailand

Regional Director’s remarks at the Regional Workshop to Strengthen surveillance and outbreak preparedness and response for priority vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs) including measles, rubella & polio, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Regional Director’s message at the Regional workshop on strengthening routine facility data analysis and use, Paro, Bhutan

Regional Director’s Address as the Chief of Guest on the occasion of World Liver Day, at The Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS), New Delhi, India

Regional Director’s Opening Remarks at the Regional Partners Forum: Sustain, accelerate, and innovate to end Neglected Tropical Diseases in South-East Asia, New Delhi, India

Regional Director’s keynote address at the World Hepatitis Summit 2024, LISBON, Portugal

Regional Director’s remarks at World Health Day 2024 celebrations, New Delhi, India

World Health Day: “My Health, my right”

Regional Director’s address during the visit of Professor Dr. Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn Mahidol to Geneva

World Oral Health Day 2024: Empower everyone, everywhere to value and care for oral health

Regional Director’s Inaugural address at the WHO Global Traditional Medicine Centre (GTMC): Global technical coordination meeting, New Delhi, India

Regional Director’s address at the Opening Session of the Retreat of the SEAR WHO Representatives, New Delhi, India

Regional Director’s remarks at the Webinar on Birth Defects: Every Journey Matters

Regional Director’s keynote address at the opening session of Universal Health & Preparedness Review (UHPR) Global Peer Review Meeting, WHO Headquarters

Regional Director’s keynote address at the Thailand National Universal Health Coverage Conference

Regional Director’s remarks at the closing session of the Seventy-sixth Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia