The Regional Director, with the WHO Representatives of South-East Asia Region (SEAR) has renewed the flagship priorities for SEAR for the period 2019-2024, taking forward WHO transformation at regional and country levels.
The 8 regional flagships are:
- Measles and rubella elimination by 2023
- Prevention & control of noncommunicable diseases through multisectoral policies & plans, with focus on “best buys”
- Accelerate reduction of maternal, neonatal and under five mortality
- Universal health coverage with a focus on human resources for health and essential medicines
- Building national capacity for preventing & combating antimicrobial resistance
- Scaling up capacity development in emergency risk management in countries
- Eliminate neglected tropical diseases and other diseases on the verge of elimination
- Accelerating efforts to end TB.