Tag: Poonam Khetrapal Singh
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COVID19: WHO calls for stronger role of society’s approach in South-East Asia Region
“A more comprehensive approach is needed with communities at the center of our response. Most importantly, communities need to be engaged and empowered to take appropriate decisions and measures. The onus must be on each one. At this stage, everyone needs to contribute to minimize health as well as socio-economic impact of the pandemic,” said Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director, WHO South-East Asia.
April 4, 2020 -
WHO calls for urgent, aggressive actions to combat COVID-19 as cases soar in South-East Asia
“The situation is evolving rapidly. We need to immediately scale up all efforts to prevent the virus from infecting more people,” said Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director, WHO South-East Asia Region.
March 17, 2020 -
Parliamentarians from WHO South-East Asia Region meet to discuss health of women, children and adolescents
Over 30 parliamentarians from WHO South-East Asia Region countries attended a two-day meeting in New Delhi to discuss health issues related to women, children and adolescents, and pledged to work in the field to further reduce preventable diseases and deaths among them. “The health of women, children and adolescents is critical to sustainable development –economic …
August 1, 2018 -
WHO grants $175,000 for Rohingyas’ healthcare
The WHO has released its first tranche of emergency funding of $175,000 to provide lifesaving healthcare to the “vulnerable population” in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar, a statement said on Tuesday. Though the World Health Organisation (WHO) did not specifically mention the Rohingya refugees, over 410,000 of them have arrived in Cox’s Bazar since August 25 after …
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September 19, 2017