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Mekong malaria elimination: epidemiology summary, volume 24, October–December 2023

The Mekong Malaria Elimination (MME) programme is an initiative aimed at supporting Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) countries – Cambodia, Lao People's...

Translating global and regional political commitments towards ending TB into action in the South-East Asia region, Bangkok, Thailand, 23–25 April 2024

The South-East (SE) Asia Region has shown enormous political commitment towards ending TB, starting in March 2017, when Ministerial Meeting on Ending TB...

Meeting of programme managers and the Regional Technical Advisory Group on dengue and other arboviruses in the South-East Asia Region, Kathmandu, Nepal, 14–16 June 2023

The WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia (WHO-SEARO) hosted a “Meeting of programme managers and Regional Technical Advisory Group on dog-mediated...

Meeting of Leprosy Programme Managers in the South-East Asia Region Kolkata, India, 11–13 April 2023 

The meeting of leprosy programme managers in the South-East (SE) Asia Region was convened by the WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia (WHO-SEARO)...

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