WHO South-East Asia meet in Timor-Leste
The 68th WHO’s South-East Asia Region meeting on September 7 to 11.
Health ministers from 11 South-East Asian countries will meet in Dili, Timor Leste for
Representatives will discuss the general health agenda for the region. Emergency response will be one of the key topics due to the effects of the Nepal earthquake and the MERS Coronavirus outbreak
Other topics will cover tobacco use, the 2015 Global Sustainable Development Goals, and strengthening the health workforce.
The Regional Committee, the highest policy making body of WHO in the Region, will also deliberate on anti-microbial resistance.
The Prime Minister of Timor-Leste, Dr Rui Maria de Araújo, will inaugurate the meeting. WHO South-East Asia Regional Director, Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO experts and senior officials from health ministries of member countries will be present.
More information can be accessed through the meeting’s official website: searo.who.int/mediacentre/events/governance/rc/68/en/
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