South-East Asia on 'alert' for monkeypox: WHO Regional Director

Jul 15, 2022

Geneva [Switzerland], July 15 : WHO South-East Asia Regional Director Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh said that the region has been on alert for monkeypox...

Saima Wazed takes charge as WHO South-East Asia Regional Director

Feb 01, 2024

Saima Wazed assumed charge as the Regional Director for the World Health Organization South-East Asia Region on Thursday.

World AIDS Day: WHO reiterates commitment to achieve world free of AIDS threat

Nov 30, 2022

WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia, Poonam Khetrapal Singh informed that in the South-East Asia region alone, 3.8 million people are living under HIV...

Bangladesh's Saima Wazed appointed as WHO's Regional Director for South-East Asia

Jan 23, 2024

The World Health Organisation (WHO) Executive Board in Geneva has said that Saima Wazed has been appointed as the WHO Regional Director for South-East...

Health Ministers to nominate next WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia

Oct 28, 2023

The 76th Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia, the annual governing body meeting of WHO at the regional level, will be...

Promote healthy diets, physical activity: WHO says

Sep 18, 2024

Saima Wazed, Regional Director, WHO South-East Asia, was speaking at the inaugural of a regional meeting to 'Promote healthy diets and food environments, and...