Tag: Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh
Talk about depression, strengthen depression-related services: WHO
The World Health Day this year focuses on depression, a condition that involves persistent sadness or loss of interest or pleasure in things normally enjoyed.........
Women’s Day Special: “Economic empowerment critical to overall well-being of women”
Empower women in the workplace, advance health and development across South-East Asia, writes Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia......
WHO tells SE Asia nations to accelerate efforts to end TB
The World Health Organization has called on the countries in South East Asia to accelerate efforts to bring down tuberculosis cases from the region....
WHO for stronger measures against Zika as Thailand confirms two cases
WHO has urged the countries across the South-East Asia Region to take stronger measures to prevent, detect and respond to Zika virus as.....
Countries in South-East Asia pledge action against NCDs
To arrest the growing epidemic of noncommunicable diseases that kills 8.5 million people annually in WHO South-East Asia Region...
WHO certifies Sri Lanka malaria-free
After malaria cases soared in the 1970s and 80s, in the 1990s the country’s anti-malaria campaign adjusted its strategy to intensively....
South-East Asia health ministers meet in Colombo next week
Ahead of the Sixty-ninth WHO Regional Committee meeting, the health ministers of the 11 member countries of WHO.....
WHO felicitates India for yaws, maternal & neonatal tetanus elimination
As per the World Health Organization, these achievements will not only improve health of marginalized communities...
World No Tobacco Day: Adopt plain packaging to halt tobacco epidemic,...
On the occasion of World No Tobacco Day (May 31st), World Health Organization (WHO) lists out various...
Policymakers should review health preparedness in eventuality of natural disasters
One year on, health partners review Nepal quake response, and call for scaling up emergency preparedness...