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As COVID-19 cases rise, WHO asks countries to scale up surveillance and protective measures

As COVID-19 cases rise, WHO asks countries to scale up surveillance and protective measures New Delhi | December 24, 2023: The World Health Organization urges countries in South-East Asia Region…

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Fostering collaboration, empowering community leadership

By Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia On World AIDS Day, WHO calls Member States, partners and communities in the South-East Asia Region and across the…

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16 Days of Activism against Violence against Women

By Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia Everyone has the right to a life free of violence and coercion. However, WHO’s most recent estimates, launched in…

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Vaccine regulators and officials meet to strategize integration of COVID-19 vaccines in routine immunization

Vaccine regulators and officials meet to strategize integration of COVID-19 vaccines in routine immunization Kathmandu, Nepal | November 21, 2023: To integrate pandemic vaccines in national immunization programme in countries…

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World Diabetes Day: Access to Diabetes Care

By Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia Access to quality healthcare is a fundamental human right, yet millions of people around the world still face significant…

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World Mental Health Day: Mental Health is a Universal Human Right

World Mental Health Day: Mental Health is a Universal Human Right By Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia This year’s theme of the World Mental Health…

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World Malaria Day 2023: WHO Urges Countries To ‘Prevent, Detect And Treat’ Malaria

Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease caused by a parasite.

The two targets of the WHO Global Technical Strategy (GTS) for malaria 2016-2030 are - to reduce global case incidence and mortality by 90 per cent or more by 2030, based on 2015 levels.

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Poonam Khetrapal Singh

As COVID-19 cases rise, WHO asks countries to scale up surveillance and protective measures

Fostering collaboration, empowering community leadership

16 Days of Activism against Violence against Women

Vaccine regulators and officials meet to strategize integration of COVID-19 vaccines in routine immunization

World Diabetes Day: Access to Diabetes Care

World Mental Health Day: Mental Health is a Universal Human Right

World Malaria Day 2023: WHO Urges Countries To ‘Prevent, Detect And Treat’ Malaria

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