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.
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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...
Successful implementation of the Global Influenza Strategy (2019–2030), PIP framework, and End-toEnd Integration of SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza Sentinel...
14 June 2024
Advancing Joint Risk Assessment using the One Health Approach in WHO South-East Asia Region. Report of...
Since 2017, the collaborative efforts of the Food and Agricultural Organization of United Nations, World Health Organization and the World Organisation...
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...
Since 2014 Member States of the WHO South-East Asia Region have strengthened emergency risk management as one of the Region’s Flagship Priority...
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...
5 June 2017
Roots for resilience
The aims of the publication are three-fold. It provides a solid base for quantifying risks by defining methodologies with existing tools and data sets....
On 25 April 2015 at 11:56 NST, with a mighty shudder, the earth released the pent-up seismic energy trapped within in the form of an earthquake that lasted...
Building for Change
Good practices in Health Emergencies in South-East Asia
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12 February 2024
Emergency response framework (ERF), Edition 2.1
The ERF provides WHO staff with essential guidance on how the Organization manages the assessment, grading and response to public health events and emergencies...
23 June 2022
Joint external evaluation tool: International Health Regulations (2005) - third edition
The first edition of the WHO Joint External Evaluation (JEE) tool was published in February 2016 followed by the second edition of the tool that...
Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) are serious public health threats, globally as well as in the WHO South-East Asia Region. An emerging infectious...
1 January 2016
International Health Regulations (2005) – Third edition
The International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) provide the international legal framework for the prevention and response to the international spread...
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