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We asked Dr Nilesh Buddha, WHO SEARO’s Ag. Director of Programme Management, what inspired him to donate blood. Listen in! #WorldBloodDonorDay #OneDropOfHumanity #BloodDonation #GiveBlood #SaveLiv...

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Every donation counts. Every drop matters. 🩸 Dr Catharina Boehme, Officer-in-Charge, WHO South-East Asia, led by example by donating #blood at a blood donation camp organised by WHO SEARO in partn..

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India is strengthening pandemic preparedness through the One Health approach, Dr Rajiv Bahl, Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), shared at the WHO South-East Asia Region’s ...

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At the commemoration event for World Health Day 2026, Punya Salila Srivastava, Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India, highlighted the growing complexity and interconnected nature ...

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Sri Lanka continues to demonstrate a strong commitment to evidence-based health policy in addressing today’s complex health challenges. At the World Health Day 2026 commemoration, Dr Nalinda Jayat...

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“As health challenges grow more complex, we depend more than ever on science—and on people trusting it enough for solutions to reach scale.” At #WorldHealthDay 2026 celebration under the theme ‘T...

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Thailand is advancing efforts to address childhood malnutrition through its National School Feeding Program, which provides free lunches and milk to students from preschool through high school. 🥛🍽️.

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🦠 Rotavirus is a major cause of diarrhoea in children, responsible for around 200 000 deaths among children under age of 5 every year globally. 💉 WHO recommends oral rotavirus vaccination for babi.

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Tobacco use remains a major public health challenge in Bhutan. According to the National Health Survey 2023, tobacco prevalence is increasing, including a concerning rise in e-cigarette consumption...

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Tobacco use causes several diseases and one of the outcomes is the oral cancer. In this case, a lived experience of prolonged exposure of tobacco use is depicted. Ap Dorji explains the ordeals of o...

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Nepal continues to maintain strong routine immunization coverage, with high national uptake of essential vaccines—protecting communities and saving lives. Dr Madan Kumar Upadhyaya, Director, Famil...

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On the occasion of World Immunization Week, Dr Ahmed Jamsheed Mohamed, WHO Representative to Bangladesh, highlights the importance of vaccines in protecting lives and preventing diseases. #WorldIm...

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As we celebrate World Immunization Week, WHO Representative to Sri Lanka, Dr Rajesh Sambhajirao Pandav, shares an important and timely message. In the past 50 years, global immunization efforts h...

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What does it mean to stand with science? It means trusting decades of evidence. It means protecting not just yourself, but your families, your neighbours, the person in your community living with i...

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Dr Élia António de Araújo dos Reis Amaral, Minister of Health, Timor-Leste, underscores the power of immunization, not just for children, but for adolescents and adults too. From protecting communi...

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In Thailand, immunization has been a national priority for over 40 years. Dr Jurai Wongsawat, Senior Advisor and Pediatric Infectious Diseases Specialist, Chairperson of NITAG and NCPE Thailand, M...

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#Vaccines play a vital role in protecting individuals, families and communities across #Maldives Ms Nashiya Abdul Ghafoor, Immunization Programme Director/Head of the Immunization Programme at the...

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