Department of Health Promotion, Disease Prevention & Control (HDC)
HDC strengthens public health across South-East Asia by advancing health promotion, disease prevention and control, surveillance, and life course approaches that address social and environmental determinants with a focus on equity and rights.
Dashboard of Communicable Diseases in the South-East Asia Region
Technical areas of work
- Surveillance & Epidemiology
- HIV, Hepatitis, STIs & Tuberculosis
- Neglected Tropical Diseases, Malaria & Vector Borne Diseases
- Immunization & Vaccine Preventable Diseases
- Noncommunicable Diseases, Mental Health & Disabilities
- Health Promotion & Social Determinants of Health
- Environmental Determinants, Climate Change & One Health
- Family, Community & Life Course Health
Adolescent health
Child Health
Ageing and health
Reproductive health
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2 July 2026
Regional Consultation on Vaccine and Immunization Research Preparedness for Vaccine Preventable Disease...
COVID-19 revealed that the Region’s challenge was not vaccine development speed, but the timely generation of context-specific evidence on effectiveness,...
11 February 2026
Independent External Review of EPI-VPD surveillance in Thailand, 1-8 September 2025
Thailand’s Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) and vaccine-preventable disease (VPD) surveillance system underwent a comprehensive external...
11 February 2026
Subnational implementation review workshop of the Big Catch-Up (BCU) immunization initiative in priority...
The WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia (WHO-SEARO) convened the subnational implementation review workshop of the Big Catch-Up (BCU) immunization...
28 January 2026
Regional consultation to develop a Practical Guide on Immunization Waste Management, 8–9 December 2025
Regional Consultation to Develop a Practical Guide on Immunization Waste Management was organized jointly by WHO Regional office for South-East Asia (SEARO)...