Economics of healthcare financing in WHO South East Asia Region

Leptospirosis situation in the WHO South-East Asia Region

Tuberculosis in the WHO South-East Asia Region.

a World Health Organization, Regional Office for South-East Asia, Indraprastha Estate, New Delhi, 110 002, India. b World Health Organization, Country Office for India, New Delhi, India. Correspondence to Nani Nair (e-mail: [email protected]). One-third of the world’s burden of tuberculosis (TB), or about 4.9 million prevalent cases, is found in the World Health Organization (WHO) SouthEast A...

Overview of the South-East Asia Region

Most of our 10 countries are members of the World Trade Organization (WTO), but some of them are still observers and there is one that is not yet involved in any capacity. The three main players that are members of the WTO and that are at the forefront of the issues of health and trade in the Region happen to be Indonesia, Thailand, and India. They have certain things in common in the health an...

Managing In- and Out-Migration of Health Workforce in Selected Countries in South East Asia Region

Background There is an increasing trend of international migration of health professionals from low- and middle- income countries to high-income countries as well as across middle-income countries. The WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel was created to better address health workforce development and the ethical conduct of international recruitment. T...

Opening Remarks By Dr Samlee Plianbangchang Regional Director, WHO South-East Asia At Meeting of National Leprosy Programme Managers of WHO South-East Asia Region