WHO South-East Asia region marks '16 Days of Activism against Violence against Women'

Nov 27, 2023

WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh highlighted that almost 1 in 3 women worldwide experiences physical and/or sexual violence in...

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...

Cervical Cancer Elimination Day of Action: India will soon introduce HPV vaccination, says WHO

Nov 16, 2022

India will soon introduce the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination to eliminate cervical cancer as a public health problem, said Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, World...

1.5 million deaths directly attributed to diabetes every year: WHO

Nov 14, 2022

According to Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia, around 422 million people have diabetes, and 1.5 million deaths are directly...

WHO welcomes India's emergency use authorisation approval to COVID-19 vaccines

Jan 03, 2021

Geneva [Switzerland], January 3 : World Health Organisation (WHO) has welcomed India's decision giving emergency use authorisation to COVID-19 vaccines, informed Dr Poonam Khetrapal...

South-East Asian region needs to accelerate efforts for prevention of non-communicable diseases: WHO regional director

Sep 07, 2022

Paro [Bhutan], September 8 : In order to achieve global, regional, and national goals for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases, the South-East...