INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kathmandu, August 30
Health ministers of member countries of World Health Organisation South-East Asia Region are meeting in New Delhi next
week to discuss ways of addressing health impact of climate change, burden of tuberculosis and emergency risk management.
In a press release
issued by WHO, elimination of measles, cervical cancer and other non-communicable diseases; and strengthening health services and workforce
for universal health coverage are other key issues that will be taken up at the 72nd Regional Committee Session of WHO South-East Asia,
which will take place from September 2 to 6.
Health Minister, Upendra Yadav, Regional Director, WHO South-East Asia, Poonam Khetrapal Singh,
and India Minister of Health and Family Welfare Harsh Vardhan will address the inaugural session of the Regional Committee, the governing
body of WHO in the region
Health ministers and senior officials from all 11 member countries and senior WHO officials will be attending the week-long
deliberations.
The region has eight flagship priority programmes & measles elimination and rubella control; preventing non-communicable
diseases; reducing maternal and under-five and neonatal mortality; universal health coverage with a focus on human resources for health and
essential medicines; combating antimicrobial resistance; scaling up capacities for emergency risk management, among others.
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