WHO South-East Asia Regional Conference begins in Dhaka
The four-day South-East Asia Regional Conference of WHO began this morning at Pan Pacific Sonartgaon Hotel in Dhaka.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the conference around 11:00am.
Health ministers from 11 countries of the South-East Asia region have attended the 32nd meeting to discuss ways of addressing vector-borne diseases and adopt the Dhaka declaration on the issue.
This will be followed by the 67th session of the WHO South-East Asia Regional Committee, to review progress of the World Health Assembly resolutions.
Dr Margaret Chan, WHO director-general, and Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO regional director for South-East Asia, are scheduled to attend the meetings.
The regional committee's sessions will feature traditional medicines, health workforce education, universal health coverage, and civil registration.
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