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About WHO South-East Asia

One of the six WHO Regions, WHO South-East Asia is home to over 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 11 Member States to address persisting and emerging epidemiological and demographic challenges.

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World Health Day 2025

Mother laying on a bed is gazing at her newborn baby.

Healthy beginnings, hopeful futures

Regional Director

Saima Wazed

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News and feature stories

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3 March 2025

Statement

World Hearing Day: “Changing Mindsets: Empower Yourself to Make Ear and Hearing Care a Reality for All”

3 March 2025

Statement

World Birth Defects Day: Every journey matters

10 February 2025

News release

WHO thanks Nepal for its contribution to South-East Asia Regional Health Emergency Fund

9 October 2024

SEARO Care: an initiative tailored to promote and protect staff mental health and wellbeing

Health emergencies

A bridge to Thae Chaung IDP camp that was destroyed by Cyclone Mocha. Sittwe, Rakhine

Outbreaks & emergencies

SEAR Epidemiological bulletin

SEAR Health Emergency Fund

Antimicrobial Resistance

18 February 2025

Accelerating action against antimicrobial resistance

Featured publications

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The WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia, Saima Wazed, assumed office on 1 February 2024. Within 100 days, Ms Wazed has rolled out a defining vision...

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WHO South-East Asia Regional Roadmap for Results and Resilience (‎ROADMAP)‎: the shared strategic framework towards a healthier Region

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Mapping the commercial determinants of health in countries of the WHO South-East Asia Region: conceptualizations, impacts and actions

The health and well-being outcomes of an individual are determined by everyday living conditions, which are driven by the social, political and environmental...

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WHO SEAR 4th Epidemiological Bulletin 2025

This epidemiological bulletin aims to provide the situation of key infectious diseases in the WHO South-East Asia region to inform risk assessments and...

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Regional Committee

Featured activities

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Tripartite and US CDC supported One Health Zoonotic Diseases Prioritization Workshop in Sri Lanka

Regional workshop on scaling up services for cancer and implementing South-East Asia Cancer Grid

Integrating One Health approach to surveillance, prevention and control of Dengue fever in Bangladesh

Tripartite supported National Workshops on One Health Zoonotic Diseases Prioritization and Joint Risk Assessment under Pandemic Fund in Bhutan

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