Tag: South-East Asia

Research claims prehistoric human migration in Southeast Asia driven by sea-level rise

The Malay Peninsula and the islands of Sumatra, Borneo, and Java were originally part of a large landmass of rainforests and coastal mangroves in the South Asia continental shelf known as 'The Sundaland' some 26,000 years ago.

February 28, 2023

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

Linking India to SE Asia

Each of the essays have been written on diverse aspects of connectivity between India and the far-flung lands of Southeast Asia since time immemorial

July 28, 2019

Farce in Thailand

The report of the Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) is a severe indictment of the process ~ “international standards for free and fair elections had not been met in Thailand, both in the buildup to the poll and on election day itself, as well as in the continuing fallout from the ballot count”.

March 28, 2019

The BIMSTEC potential

On August 30, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a strong pitch for enhanced regional connectivity in his inaugural address at the fourth summit of the seven-nation grouping called Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC). India, he said, is committed to working with the group in the critical sectors and to...

September 15, 2018

DRP Korea and Timor-Leste eliminate measles, six countries achieve rubella control

In 2014, WHO South-East Asia announced the elimination of measles and control of rubella and congenital rubella syndrome by 2020 as a flagship programme.

August 3, 2018

Strengthen efforts to immunize 5 mn unvaccinated children: WHO to South-East Asia

These efforts successfully averted outbreaks of deadly diseases such as cholera and measles and helped rapidly curtail diphtheria outbreak among this vulnerable population, according to WHO.

July 17, 2018

Swaraj to visit South-east Asia on her first overseas trip in 2018

With the clear intent of giving a push to India’s ‘Act East’ policy, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will undertake her first overseas visit in 2018 to South-east Asian countries of Thailand, Indonesia and Singapore from 4-8 January. Her visit to the resource-rich region, which is also being feverishly wooed by China, is taking place ahead...

January 2, 2018

WHO honours Health Minister Nadda with Award

Union Health Minister J P Nadda has been honoured by the World Health Organisation with the Director General’s Special Recognition Award for his leadership and commitment to advancing tobacco control, while also selecting health ministers of Maldives and Bhutan among five individuals and  institutions from the WHO South-East Asia Region for this year’s World No-Tobacco...

May 30, 2017

South East Asian countries to scale up efforts against TB

Health Ministers from the South Asian region — bearing half of the global tuberculosis (TB) burden — on Thursday pledged to scale efforts, implement adequate funds and take comprehensive measures to achieve global target to end the disease by 2030. The ministers discussed setting up of a Regional Innovation to Implementation (I2I) fund for accelerated...

March 16, 2017