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One of the six WHO Regions, WHO South-East Asia is home to over a quarter of the world’s population.
Committed to building a better, healthier future for the nearly two billion people in the Region, WHO is working with the 11 Member States to address persisting and emerging epidemiological and demographic challenges.
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Thailand: Fact Sheet 2023EXPANDED PROGRAMME ON IMMUNIZATION (EPI)
Timor-Leste: Fact Sheet 2023EXPANDED PROGRAMME ON IMMUNIZATION (EPI)
Indonesia’s global significance in the realm of public health is increasingly prominent. The nation’s dedicated focus on health, combined with...
Sri Lanka: Fact Sheet 2023EXPANDED PROGRAMME ON IMMUNIZATION (EPI)
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The Global Leprosy Programme (GLP) of the World Health Organization is housed in the WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia (and not in the Organization’s headquarters in Geneva). It is the Organization’s designated programme for addressing leprosy worldwide. Being classified as one of the 20 neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), the unit works in close collaboration with the Department of Control of NTDs in HQ, designated focal points in all regions, national leprosy programmes and partners.
The Asia Pacific Observatory on Health Systems and Policies (the APO) is a collaborative partnership of interested governments, international agencies, foundations, and researchers that promotes evidence-informed health systems policy regionally and in all countries in the Asia Pacific region.
