Speeches and messages

Regional Director’s Opening Remarks - ATACH meeting on accessing climate finance for health in the South-East Asia Region, Dili, Timor-Leste

Regional Director’s Welcome Address during Regional Hybrid Workshop to Improve Regulation of Medical Devices, Colombo, Sri Lanka

WHO SEARO Regional Director’s Video Message to Inaugurate 9th International Conference on Plasmodium vivax Research 2025

Regional Director, WHO South-East Asia Region Intervention during 156th Session of the WHO Executive Board, Geneva, Switzerland

Regional Director’s Message on occasion of Launching of HPV Vaccine introduction in Nepal

Regional Director, WHO South-East Asia Region Intervention during156th Session of the WHO Executive Board

WHO SEARO Regional Director’s Remarks for Sasakawa Foundation’s Global Appeal for Leprosy Program in Delhi

WHO South-Asia Regional Director’s Talking Points, PMAC, Bangkok, Thailand

WHO South-Asia Regional Director’s Remarks, Signing of MOU, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Regional Director’s Keynote Address - Leveraging Technological Innovation for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention: Insights from Asia-Pacific

WHO SEARO Regional Director’s Opening Remarks during Workshop on WHO’s Humanitarian Response in Myanmar

Regional Director SEARO Remarks during WHO Year-end Townhall, Lyon

Regional Director’s Speech during Regional Capacity Building Workshop WHO Implementing Partners on Preventing and Responding to Sexual Misconduct, Kathmandu, Nepal

Regional Director’s Opening Remarks during 12th Global Management Meeting, Lyon

Regional Director’s Remarks – Closing Session of Global Meeting on UHC Partnerships, Lyon, France

Regional Director’s Speech, on UHC day on “Health Promotion: A Path towards sustainable UHC” Event organized by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thailand

Regional director’s Message on International Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Day: A Call to Action

Regional Director’s Remarks during the WHO Awards of Excellence Ceremony

Regional Director’s Keynote Address on “Health Promotion and Disease Prevention: the Key to Successful UHC” during Thai National UHC Conference, Bangkok, Thailand

Regional Director’s Opening Speech during Regional Meeting to Accelerate Progress toward UHC and SDG Goals through Nursing and Midwifery Strategy and Leadership, Bali, Indonesia