76th Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia Region has commemnced

76th session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia Region has begun today in New Delhi, India. Health Ministers and Senior officials from all 11 Member States of the Region will attend this meeting which is the highest policy making governing body meeting of WHO for this region.

A high level delegation from Maldives led by Minister of Health Order of the Diginified Rule of Muleege Dynasty Ahmed Naseem, will be attending this meeting, which will be taking place from 30th October to 2nd November 2023.

The meeting will be attended by the Director General of WHO, Regional Director for South-East Asia Region and other high level officials from the WHO Headquarters, Regional Office and the High Commission of the Republic of Maldives to the Republic of India. In addtion, officials from partner organizations and Civil Society will also be attending this meeting.

Ministerial Roundtable will be held on Tuesday, 31 October 2023 and the topic for this years Ministerial roundtable meeting is on “Strengthening primary health care as a key element towards achieving universal health coverage”. The discussions will include services provided to strengthen the primary health care in the region. Following these deliberations, the Health Ministers will sign “Delhi Declaration on strengthening primary health care as a key element towards achieving universal health coverage” to overcome the challenges and work further on primary health care and services.

Additionally, important areas such as Political Declaration on TB by the UN High-Level meeting, revitalization of the school health program and health promoting schools, and expanding the scope of the South-East Asia Regional Health Emergency Fund will also be discussed at the meeting. Furthermore, governance matters related to progress of work of the South-East Asia Regional Office new building, Management performance and transformation in the South-East Asia Region, WHO budgetery reports and implementation of work plans will also be discussed.

On the sidelines of the Regional Committee Meeting, Maldivian delegation will be meeting with high level officials from other countries to discuss bilateral collaborations on strengthening the health workforce and other collaborative areas.