Speeches and messages

Regional Director’s inaugural address at the First Expert Panel Meeting of the South-East Asia Region on Healthy Ageing

Regional Director’s opening remarks at the 12th meeting of the SEA Regional Immunization Technical Advisory Group

Regional Director’s remarks at the WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination’s 20th Anniversary Webinar Series

Regional Director’s World Hepatitis Day message to the Parliament of India, Lok Sabha

World Hepatitis Day

Regional Director’s opening remarks at the Bi-regional Technical Advisory Group on the Asia Pacific Strategy for Emerging Diseases and Public Health Emergencies (APSED III): Advancing Implementation of the International Health Regulations (2005)

Regional Director’s opening address at the Special Video Conference of ASEAN Health Ministers Meeting

Regional Director’s opening remarks at the Virtual Launch of Regional Status Reports on Drowning Prevention in the South-East Asia and Western Pacific Regions

Regional Director’s opening remarks at the Sixteenth Annual Meeting of Asia-Pacific Health Accounts Experts, co-organized by WHO, OECD and OECD Korea Policy Centre

Regional Director’s opening address at the Regional conference on Strengthening Health Information Systems to support evidence-based policy and decision-making

Regional Director’s remarks at the High-level Side Event on the Margins of the High-level Political Forum 2021, “Accelerating progress towards the health-related SDGs in a time of crisis: solutions for an equitable and resilient recovery”

Regional Director’s keynote address at the Seventh National Summit of Health and Population Scientists in Nepal

Regional Director’s keynote address at the Fourth Edition of the Economic Times Doctors’ Day Conclave

Regional Director’s closing remarks as Chair of “Panel 7: Achieving COVID-19 recovery and emergency preparedness” at the First Small Island Developing States Leaders Dialogue

Regional Director’s opening remarks as Chair of “Panel 7: Achieving COVID-19 recovery and emergency preparedness” at the First Small Island Developing States Leaders Dialogue

Regional Director’s keynote address at the Foundation Day Celebration of ICMR-National Institute for Implementation Research on Noncommunicable Diseases

International Day of Yoga

World Blood Donor Day

Regional Director’s address at the Global Leprosy Programme “Review of Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance in Leprosy”

Regional Director’s closing remarks at the Asia Pacific Regional Food Systems Dialogue