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8 August 2026

News release

WHO South-East Asia announces recipients of 2026 Regional Award for Public Health Champions

3 August 2026

Statement

World Breastfeeding Week

World Hepatitis Day

World Drowning Prevention Day

Health emergencies

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Earthquake relief supplies reaching Myanmar from WHO Logistics Hub in Dubai

Myanmar Earthquake 2025

SEAR Epidemiological bulletin

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SEAR Health Emergency Fund

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Bangladesh - Rohingya Crisis

About WHO South-East Asia

One of the six WHO Regions, WHO South-East Asia is home to 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 10 Member States to address persisting and emerging epidemiological and demographic challenges.

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Officer-in-Charge

WHO South-East Asia Regional Director Saima Wazed is currently on leave.

During this period, Dr Catharina Boehme is serving as Officer-in-Charge.

Click here for information about Dr Boehme

Regional Director

Saima Wazed

WHO

Annual Report 2025

The work of WHO in the South-East Asia Region: Report of the Regional Director 1 January–31 December 2025

The Annual Report documents the first year of action by WHO and its Member States to implement WHO’s Fourteenth General Programme of Work (GPW14) – a strategic...

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Rooted in partnership, growing through challenge: The Banyan Framework for Health and Well-Being in the WHO South-East Asia Region (2026–2028), 2026

The Banyan Framework for Health and Well-Being in the WHO South-East Asia Region (2026–2028) sets out a clear, country-focused path to protect recent public...

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Prioritization and realignment in WHO South-East Asia - November 2025 update

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

World Health Day 2026

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Regional Committee

Cristo Rei of Dili stands 27 metres tall at the tip of Cape Fatucama, a copper Christ on a globe facing the Banda Sea.

Seventy-ninth Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia

7–10 September 2026, Dili, Timor-Leste

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Immunization and vaccine research area priorities for strengthening the immunization programmes in the WHO South-East Asia Region (2025–2030)

Management of cancer

Management of NCD

Elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B

Featured publications

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Overview and Assessment of Communicable Disease Surveillance Systems and Strategic Information Sources in the South-East Asia Region: Nepal Country Report, 2023

This assessment was undertaken as part of a broader WHO South-East (SE) Asia regional initiative to strengthen communicable disease surveillance and strategic...

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Overview and Assessment of Communicable Disease Surveillance Systems and Strategic Information Sources in the South-East Asia Region: Myanmar Country Report, 2024

This assessment was conducted as part of the WHO South-East (SE) Asia regional initiative to strengthen indicator-based communicable disease surveillance...

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Overview and Assessment of Communicable Disease Surveillance Systems and Strategic Information Sources in the South-East Asia Region: Timor-Leste Country Report, 2023

This assessment was undertaken as part of a broader WHO South-East (SE) Asia regional initiative to strengthen indicator-based communicable disease surveillance...

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Overview and Assessment of Communicable Disease Surveillance Systems and Strategic Information Sources in the South-East Asia Region: Maldives Country Report, 2023

This assessment was conducted as part of the WHO South-East (SE) Asia regional initiative to strengthen communicable disease surveillance and strategic...

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