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Countries in WHO South-East Asia Region endorse health promoting schools, safe school operations during pandemic

Press release 1766Countries in WHO South-East Asia Region endorse health promoting schools, safe school operations during pandemic Kathmandu,…

September 13, 2021

Accelerate action to prevent and control non-communicable diseases: WHO

Press release 1765 Kathmandu, 10 September 2021 – The World Health Organization has urged Member countries in South-East…

September 10, 2021

Strengthening health emergency security systems top priority: WHO

9 September 2021  News release SEARO SEAR/PR/1764 Kathmandu – The World Health Organization and Member countries of South-East Asia…

September 9, 2021

Scale-up routine immunization along with COVID-19 vaccination: WHO

Press release 1763 Kathmandu, 8 September 2021 – The World Health Organization today urged countries in South-East Asia…

September 8, 2021

WHO South-East Asia countries resolve to reorient and strengthen health systems

Kathmandu, 7 September 2021 – Taking lessons from the ongoing pandemic and emphasizing a once-in-a-century opportunity, countries of WHO South-East Asia…

September 7, 2021

WHO South-East Asia Regional Committee meeting begins

Press release 1761 Kathmandu, 6 September 2021:  The Seventy Fourth Regional Committee meeting of WHO South-East Asia Region, began today…

September 6, 2021

Health Ministers from WHO South-East Asia Region to discuss pandemic, rebuilding essential health services for UHC

3 September 2021 News release SEARO SEAR/PR/1760 New Delhi/Kathmandu:  The ongoing pandemic and measures to ‘build back better’ essential health services…

September 3, 2021

World Suicide Prevention Day 2021: ‘Creating Hope Through Action’

Overview World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) was established in 2003 in conjunction with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and…

September 2, 2021

WHO, Germany open hub for pandemic and epidemic intelligence in Berlin

New hub’s mission is to provide the world with better data, analytics and decisions to detect and respond…

September 1, 2021

World Humanitarian Day 2021 :#TheHumanRace

Background On 19 August 2003, a bomb attack on the Canal Hotel in Baghdad, Iraq, killed 22 humanitarian…

August 18, 2021