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About WHO South-East Asia

One of the six WHO Regions, WHO South-East Asia is home to over a quarter of the world’s population.  

Committed to building a better, healthier future for the nearly two billion people in the Region, WHO is working with the 11 Member States to address persisting and emerging epidemiological and demographic challenges.

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WHO SEAR 11th Epidemiological Bulletin 2024

This epidemiological bulletin aims to provide the situation of key infectious diseases in the WHO South-East Asia region to inform risk assessments and...

Fifth Regional Workshop to strengthen surveillance and outbreak preparedness and response for priority vaccine preventable diseases including measles, rubella, and polio

Fifth Regional workshop to strengthen surveillance and outbreak preparedness and response for priority vaccine preventable diseases including measles,...

100 strides @ 100 days

The WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia, Saima Wazed, assumed office on 1 February 2024. Within 100 days, Ms Wazed has rolled out a defining vision...

Regional Director

Saima Wazed

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Outbreaks and emergencies

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Asia Pacific Observatory on Health Systems and Policies

logo_apo The Asia Pacific Observatory on Health Systems and Policies (the APO) is a collaborative partnership of interested governments, international agencies, foundations, and researchers that promotes evidence-informed health systems policy regionally and in all countries in the Asia Pacific region.

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Global Leprosy Programme

The Global Leprosy Programme (GLP) of the World Health Organization is housed in the WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia (and not in the Organization’s headquarters in Geneva). It is the Organization’s designated programme for addressing leprosy worldwide. Being classified as one of the 20 neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), the unit works in close collaboration with the Department of Control of NTDs in HQ, designated focal points in all regions, national leprosy programmes and partners.

Global Leprosy Programme Website

Evaluation Reports

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Polio-free certification of the WHO South-East Asia Region