#Disability is such a diverse topic. Because someone like me who’s visually impaired faces a different challenge from someone who uses a wheelchair, says Sanga Dorji who heads the Disabled People’s Organization of #Bhutan.

💔 Conflicts 🌪️ Climate change 🌋 Natural disasters In every crisis, we thank our humanitarian workers and celebrate their work today and everyday! #WorldHumanitarianDay #ActForHumanity

Regional Director Saima Wazed today called for designing road safety and safe environments for people of all age groups, physical abilities, social, cultural, and economic backgrounds, in her opening remarks at the #Safety2024 World Conference in New Delhi.

Mike Pandey accorded the Jackson Wild 2024 Legacy Award for Conservation. Shortly after the award, he spoke to Press Trust of India #Conservation #WildLife Jackson Wild

The Netherlands Cycling into the future. Incredible how they are devoting space to, and designing spaces for, ‘modest mobility’ x.com/i/status/15766…

Congratulations #Maldives 🇲🇻 for announcing a ban on vaping. An important initiative to arrest the worrying trend of increase in vaping, specially among young adolescents. As per the 2019 Global Youth Tobacco Survey, 23.1% boys and 10.7% girls in the age group of 13 to 15 years

Addressing the opening session of 17th National Health Assembly under the theme “New Wealth for Health” of Thailand today, Regional Director Saima Wazed emphasized on including voices of people, specially the most marginalized and vulnerable, from decision making to program

⚠️ World Health Organization (WHO) rushed nearly 3 tons of medical supplies including trauma kits and multipurpose tents from its emergency stockpile in Yangon, to #hospitals in Mandalay and Naypyidaw treating thousands of people injured in the two strong #earthquakes that hit #Myanmar 🇲🇲 yesterday

Member countries in the WHO South-East Asia Region have made efforts and investments for healthier mothers and babies over the years. Resilient families, skilled health workers and strong community partnerships are saving lives every day. Yet, far too many women and newborns are

🗣️ #WHS2025 Member countries need capacity building, strong regulatory systems, and people-centered approach to enable safe and effective use of traditional medicines - Saima Wazed, Regional Director, World Health Organization South-East Asia, at a session on ‘Restoring balance: Scaling up access to

🗣️ #WHS2025 In #Bhutan, traditional medicines contribute to gross national happiness index. It’s aligned to 4 pillars - good governance, social and economic development, preservation and promotion of culture, and environmental conservation - Drungtsho Dorji Gyeltshen, National

🗣️ #WHS2025 No system of #medicine has answer to everything. We need to think of integrating traditional and modern systems of medicines - bridging the two needs through common language, standardised terminology; designing studies and clinical trials; and use of modern tools in

Every 2⃣ minutes, a woman loses her life to cervical cancer, which is preventable. But when girls 👧🏾 between the age of 9 to 14 are vaccinated against #HPV or the Human Papillomavirus that causes cervical cancer, we are gifting them a healthier future. #womenhealth #beatNCDs

Regional Director Saima Wazed today visited the WHO Collaborating Centre for Training and Research in Newborn Care at AIIMS, New Delhi 🇮🇳. She visited the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and Maternal and Child Health unit, engaging with faculty, doctors, experts, as well as

Today, Regional Director Saima Wazed visited The YP Foundation, which served as the Regional Secretariat for South-East Asia Youth Health Action Network (SYAN), supported by World Health Organization South-East Asia. She engaged with young people 👧🏾👦🏾 on their pivotal role in shaping health policies,

Congratulations #Maldives on the bold step towards a tobacco-free 🚭 generation! 👉🏾 The landmark decision approving a generational #tobacco ban that prohibits the sale and use of tobacco to anyone born on or after January 1, 2007, marks a pivotal leap forward in tobacco control

School students 🎒 in Delhi, #India 🇮🇳, came together to make the streets around their school 🏫 safe for them and fellow students - Project 250 Meters of Happiness! Today, this project is inspiring other schools to build safe zones so that children can cycle 🚴🏾‍♀️ or walk 🚶🏾‍♂️ to

Addressing #WHA78 today, Regional Director Saima Wazed said technology is reshaping global health, advancing us toward #HealthforAll. From strengthening primary care to improving pandemic response, digital health and AI have the potential to reduce inequities and empower

Good news from the world of Ayurveda. #MannKiBaat

To close the #oxygen access gap in South Asia, East Asia and the Pacific, we need a unified, multi-stakeholder approach. ✅ Governments must integrate oxygen access into universal health coverage and emergency preparedness plans. ✅ The private sector must invest in local