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...

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...

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...

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.

Saima Wazed brings attention to oral health on World Oral Health Day to be celebrated on March 20

Mar 19, 2025

On the occasion of World Oral Health Day, Regional Director for WHO South-East Asia, Saima Wazed brought attention towards the need for prioritising oral...

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...