Speeches and messages

Regional Director’s Keynote Address at the Global Health Security 2024 (GHS2024) Conference, International Convention Centre (ICC), Sydney, Australia

Address by Regional Director WHO, Regional Office for South-East Asia MENTAL HEALTH SUMMIT: voices of people with lived experience in South-East Asia Region

Regional Director’s Keynote Address on “Political commitment and leadership: the key success in addressing AMR” during The 4th National Forum on Antimicrobial Resistance, Bangkok, Thailand

Regional Director’s opening address during Regional Meeting on Healthy Ageing, New Delhi

RD’s message for the WHO South-East Asia Regional Workshop on scaling up services for cancer and implementing South-East Asia Cancer Grid, Kathmandu, Nepal

Regional Director’s Opening Remarks at the WHO South-East Asia Regional meeting on nutrition and climate change, Kathmandu, Nepal

Regional Director’s Welcome Address at the Regional Hybrid Workshop on Optimizing the Use of Reference Standards, Bangkok, Thailand,

Regional Director’s Opening Address at The Second Workshop of the Public Procurement Agencies in WHO South-East Asia Region on improving access to Medicine at Jakarta, Indonesia

Regional Director’s message at Workshop on WHO costing and budgeting tool for multisectoral National Action Plans on Antimicrobial Resistance (NAP-AMR) in the Member States Bangkok, Thailand

Regional Director’s Remarks at the Eighth Meeting of Regional Technical Advisory Group (TAG), on Newborn Health, New Delhi, India

International Nurses Day

Regional Director’s Opening Remarks during Virtual Member States Consultation to accelerate action to fight against AMR in the Asia Pacific

International Day of the Midwife

World Hand Hygiene Day

RD’s Opening Address for Regional Consultation on WHO South-East Asia Priority Programme Initiative, New Delhi, India

Regional Director’s message at the National Programme Manager’s Meeting for Strengthening implementation of integrated service delivery to end AIDS, viral hepatitis and STIs in the South-East Asia Region, Bangkok, Thailand

Regional Director’s remarks at the Regional Workshop to Strengthen surveillance and outbreak preparedness and response for priority vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs) including measles, rubella & polio, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Regional Director’s message at the Regional workshop on strengthening routine facility data analysis and use, Paro, Bhutan

Regional Director’s Address as the Chief of Guest on the occasion of World Liver Day, at The Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS), New Delhi, India

Regional Director’s Opening Remarks at the Regional Partners Forum: Sustain, accelerate, and innovate to end Neglected Tropical Diseases in South-East Asia, New Delhi, India