WHO South-East Asia Regional Committee meeting begins

Kathmandu: The Seventy Fourth Regional Committee meeting of the World Health Organization (WHO) South-East Asia Region, began today with health leaders calling for greater commitment to build resilient health systems and to achieve universal health coverage.

While inaugurating the annual governing body meeting of WHO, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba said, this Session is convened to take important decisions on improving the health status of the people in this region at a time our health systems are overstretched to cater essential health services to the needy people.

The five-day virtual session, attended by Health Ministers and senior health officials of the Member Countries of the Region, UN Agencies, partners, donors, and civil society representatives, will deliberate on strengthening public health emergency preparedness and response and accelerating progress for prevention and control of non-communicable diseases, among others health issues.