Speeches and messages

Regional Director’s keynote address at the World Hepatitis Summit 2024, LISBON, Portugal

Regional Director’s remarks at World Health Day 2024 celebrations, New Delhi, India

World Health Day: “My Health, my right”

Regional Director’s address during the visit of Professor Dr. Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn Mahidol to Geneva

World Oral Health Day 2024: Empower everyone, everywhere to value and care for oral health

Regional Director’s Inaugural address at the WHO Global Traditional Medicine Centre (GTMC): Global technical coordination meeting, New Delhi, India

Regional Director’s address at the Opening Session of the Retreat of the SEAR WHO Representatives, New Delhi, India

Regional Director’s remarks at the Webinar on Birth Defects: Every Journey Matters

Regional Director’s keynote address at the opening session of Universal Health & Preparedness Review (UHPR) Global Peer Review Meeting, WHO Headquarters

Regional Director’s keynote address at the Thailand National Universal Health Coverage Conference

Regional Director’s remarks at the closing session of the Seventy-sixth Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia

Regional Director’s inaugural address at the Seventy-sixth Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia

Regional Director’s Annual Report 2022 introductory speech at the Seventy-sixth Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia

Regional Director’s remarks at the virtual launch of the WHO Guidance on Engagement of Communities and Civil Society to end TB

World Sight Day: The importance of eye care in the workplace

Regional Director’s address at the 19th Meeting of the Technical Advisory Group on Leprosy, Goa

UN International Day of Older Persons 2023: Fulfilling the Promise of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights for Older Persons: Across Generations

Regional Director’s address at the Inauguration Ceremony of GERICON 2023, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

World Patient safety day 2023

Regional Director’s keynote address at the Bhutan Cervical Cancer Symposium: Advancing towards Elimination, Thimphu, Bhutan