Regional Health Emergencies and Disasters
The Regional Strategic Roadmap on health security and health system resilience for emergencies 2023–2027 was developed under the overall guidance of the Director of the WHO Health Emergencies Programme, by WHO Regional Office staff. Inputs from literature reviews, Member States’ self-assessments and joint external evaluations of IHR (2005) core capacities, intra-action reviews of COVID-19 response at country and regional levels, and reports of regional consultations, were used in its preparation. Experts and partners provided valuable guidance on the lessons learnt from the COVID-19 response. The Health Emergencies Department of the Regional Office expresses its gratitude to all individuals who actively participated in, helped organize content and contributed to the formulation of the Roadmap.
As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads, WHO is supporting countries in their containment and mitigation efforts such as by providing technical guidance, laboratory capacity strengthening for testing, equipment for hospitals and healthcare workers, and creating awareness and addressing misinformation. This website provides information and guidance of relevance to the WHO South-East Asia Region.
WHO South-East Asia Region
Epidemiological Bulletin
This epidemiological bulletin aims to provide the situation of key infectious diseases in the WHO South-East Asia region to inform risk assessment and response by countries. The bulletin uses information from publicly available sources and will be published every two weeks.
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31 October 2023
WHO South-East Asia Regional Strategy for the prevention and control of Nipah virus...
The Regional publication “WHO South-east Asia Regional Strategy for the prevention and control of Nipah virus infection, 2023-2030 provides guidance...
This compendium showcases exemplary practices adopted by member states and partners in the WHO South-East Asia Region from the onset of the pandemic until...
29 February 2024
Sixteenth Biregional Meeting of National Influenza Centres and Influenza Surveillance in the WHO South-East...
The Sixteenth Biregional Meeting of National Influenza Centres and Influenza Surveillance in the South-East Asia and Western Pacific Regions took place...
14 February 2024
The Platinum Decade: Accelerating health for billions: WHO South-East Asia Region 2014–2023
This book documents WHO’s activities and accomplishments during the decade from 2014 to 2023. It highlights what can be achieved when WHO, its Member...
31 July 2022
Regional Strategic Roadmap for Health Security and Health System Resilience for Emergencies 2023–2027
The Regional Strategic Roadmap on health security and health system resilience for emergencies 2023–2027 was developed under the overall guidance...
22 October 2021
Learning from the COVID-19 response to strengthen health security and health systems resilience in the...
Strengthening health emergency preparedness and response has been an important health priority in the World Health Organization (WHO) South-East Asia...
19 October 2021
Lessons learned from COVID-19 pandemic: virtual regional consultation with informal expert group, 19...
The COVID-19 pandemic revealed that the pre-pandemic level of preparedness was not sufficient to effectively manage such a severe health emergency. To...
7 September 2021
Our Journey together. Our journey ahead: A more responsive WHO in the South-East Asia Region
Progress towards ending TB faced significant setbacks in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which reduced TB notifications and disrupted treatment. Nevertheless,...
10 November 2019
Invisible: The Rohingyas, the crisis, the people and their health
A mass movement of the Rohingya people started on 25th August 2017 from the Rakhine state of Myanmar to Cox’s Bazar district of Bangladesh. This...
7 August 2007
From vulnerability to preparedness: Emergency and humanitarian action in the WHO South-East Asia Region
During 1996-2005, the Asia Region had the highest number of natural and technological disasters (44%) worldwide. In 2005, three countries of...
Building for Change
Good practices in Health Emergencies in South-East Asia
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Ms Saima Wazed, Regional Director's remarks at Universal Health & Preparedness Review (UHPR) Global Peer Review Meeting, 13 February 2024
Lessons from Nepal: How do you prepare for a disaster?
Summary of major accomplishments of One Health initiatives in the Asia Pacific Region, 2003 to 2023
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Email: searwhe@who.int
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Regional Office for South-East Asia
Email: searwhe@who.int