Do No Harm: Joint Statement against the medicalization of Female Genital Mutilation in Asia-Pacific - A Call to Action
World Heart Day
World Rabies Day
Launch of the WHO Global Hypertension Report 2025
Vision for All: Metta Pracharak Hospital Joins WHO in Advancing Eye Health in Thailand
United in Preventing and Responding to Sexual Misconduct (PRS): Highlights from WHO PRS Workshop
Empowering Lives Through Rehabilitation
EPI and VPD Surveillance Review in Thailand, 1-8 September 2025
78th WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia begins in Colombo next week
Healthy Ageing through strengthened primary health care and combating smokeless tobacco are among key priorities that health leaders would deliberate upon at the Seventy-eighth Reg ...
Tobacco use falls fastest in South-East Asia, yet 322 million people still at risk: WHO
The WHO South-East Asia Region has made the fastest progress globally in reducing tobacco use, according to the latest ‘WHO global report on trends in prevalence of tobacco use 200 ...
Do No Harm: Joint Statement Against the Medicalization of Female Genital Mutilation in Asia-Pacific - A Call to Action
The medicalization of female genital mutilation (FGM) is one of the most profound violations of the human rights and ethical principles that underpin healthcare practice. In 2024 ...
Every minute eight people die due to cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) in the WHO South-East Asia Region. CVDs are a leading cause of deaths in the Region, half of them premature, in ...
Learner spotlight: Emmanuel’s mental health mission in the Philippines
Emmanuel’s work is rooted in evidence—he generates data on the burden, risk factors, and outcomes of mental health conditions to inform policy, clinical guidelines and effective in ...
WHO announces the development of new recommendations on HTLV-1
WHO is convening a Guideline Development Group (GDG) for the development of evidence-based recommendations on HTLV-1. This neglected STI causes an aggressive malignancy of the bloo ...
WHO releases new guidelines on tuberculosis and undernutrition
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released new recommendations on tuberculosis (TB) and undernutrition, as part of the WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis. Module 6: ...
WHO launches the Global Clinical Trials Forum
WHO has today launched the Global Clinical Trials Forum (GCTF), a global, multi-stakeholder network to strengthen clinical trial environments and infrastructure at national, region ...
Expanding rehabilitation access in Tajikistan
Breaking barriers for pregnant women with disabilities: A case study on inclusive maternal care in Tanzania
Noncommunicable diseases in humanitarian settings
“PRET” for future pandemics? Countries in WHO’s South-East Asia Region outline steps to update respiratory pandemic plans
