Press releases
World Birth Defects Day: Every journey matters
WHO thanks Nepal for its contribution to South-East Asia Regional Health Emergency Fund
SEARO and WPRO conducted the 17th Bi-regional Meeting on Influenza Surveillance and National Influenza Centres (NICs) in Manila, Philippines, from 19-21 November 2024
GOARN's Remote Support to Myanmar’s Health Response Amid Ongoing Crisis
World Cancer Day
Multi-country initiative launched to strengthen pandemic preparedness
World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day 2025: Unite. Act. Eliminate.
Regional Laboratory Network to augment national laboratory capacities for public health emergencies
Regional Roundtable on “Access to COVID-19 Tools-Accelerator (ACT-A) Diagnostics pillar”
Training on oxygen technologies relevant to COVID-19 response
An analysis of seasonal influenza trends in the WHO’s South East Asia Region undertaken and a model for influenza surveillance at human-avian interface studied
Appraisal of peer-reviewed published medical literature from 2000–2021 on Influenza from WHO SEA Region
Developing WHO’s South-East Asia regional manual for laboratory diagnosis of Nipah virus infections
SEARO spearheads a strategic roadmap for “Defeating meningitis by 2030” in the South East Asia region
WHO and Sri Lanka jointly review the proposal for a seroprevalence study to measure SARS-CoV-2 antibodies aligned with WHO’S unity sero-epidemiological investigations protocol
WHO partners with Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University to address the growing burden of injuries and falls
World Leprosy Day
Bolster efforts to end TB in WHO South-East Asia Region
Strengthen measures to prevent drowning: WHO
WHO calls for continued efforts against malaria in South-East Asia Region, amid progress