Launch of "Taking a strategic approach to urban health: a guide for decision-makers"
Mind Over Matter: Making Mental Health A Priority
Do No Harm: Joint Statement against the medicalization of Female Genital Mutilation in Asia-Pacific - A Call to Action
World Heart Day
WHO position on Tobacco Control and Harm Reduction
SEAPAC 2025: Southeast Asia Unites for Active, Healthier Lives
WHO strengthens strategic partnership for health with NHCO
DOH Elderly Day Care Center—Empowering Seniors and Promoting Social Connection
Sri Lanka Floods and landslides – Cyclonic storm Ditwah November 2025
WHO provides emergency funds to scale up health response in cyclone-hit Sri Lanka
As Sri Lanka faces rapidly worsening conditions triggered by a cyclonic storm, the World Health Organization today provided US$ 175 000 as emergency funds to support essential heal ...
World AIDS Day
Across the WHO South-East Asia Region, the burden of HIV remains substantial. Last year 88,000 people were newly infected, and approximately 50,000 people died of HIV-related cause ...
Strengthening Influenza Surveillance: WHO Brings Together Influenza experts from South-East Asia and Western Pacific regions.
New tools saved a million lives from malaria last year but progress under threat as drug resistance rises
This year’s report provides a critical and up-to-date snapshot of efforts to control and eliminate malaria across 80 countries. The report also presents the threat posed by antimal ...
WHO launches new, unified plan for countries to manage coronaviruses: COVID-19 and beyond
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a new strategic plan for the management of coronavirus disease threats, including COVID-19, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS- ...
WHO issues global guideline on the use of GLP-1 medicines in treating obesity
To address the growing global health challenge of obesity, which affects more than 1 billion people, WHO has released its first guideline on the use of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 (GLP ...
Lenacapavir approved in Zambia and Zimbabwe in record time through WHO Collaborative Registration Procedure
Expanding rehabilitation access in Tajikistan
Breaking barriers for pregnant women with disabilities: A case study on inclusive maternal care in Tanzania
Noncommunicable diseases in humanitarian settings
“PRET” for future pandemics? Countries in WHO’s South-East Asia Region outline steps to update respiratory pandemic plans
