Speeches and messages

Regional Director’s remarks at the Fourteenth Meeting of the WHO South-East Asia Regional Immunization Technical Advisory Group, New Delhi, India

Regional Director’s address at the opening of the Centre for Health Systems Policy & Innovation and the launch of the Special Issue of the Ceylon Medical Journal

Regional Director’s keynote address at Healthcare Beyond Borders Interphase Session B

Regional Director’s remarks at the high-level meeting to sustain, accelerate and innovate to end TB in the South-East Asia Region, Gujarat, India

Regional Director’s address at the inauguration of the WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit: Towards health and well-being for all

World Drowning Prevention Day

Regional Director’s remarks at the workshop for updating operational plans for island countries and countries closer to elimination towards implementation of Global Leprosy Strategy 2021-2030, Manila, The Philippines

Regional Director’s opening remarks at the 7th Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Network on Access to Medicines under Universal Health Coverage

Regional Director’s remarks at the South-East Asia regional workshop to strengthen routine immunization capacities post COVID-19 pandemic

World Environment Day

World Hypertension Day

Regional Director’s remarks at the G-20 co-branded event ‘Accelerating the Prevention and Management of Hypertension and Diabetes’

Regional Director’s address at the Asia Pacific Leaders’ Conclave on Malaria Elimination 2023

Regional Director’s opening address at the High-Level meeting on integrated people-centred eye care, Hyderabad, India

Regional Director’s opening remarks at the workshop for community capacity building for effective engagement towards ending TB in the South-East Asia Region, Kathmandu, Nepal

World Leprosy Day: Act Now. End Leprosy

Regional Director’s remarks at the launch of the Asia and the Pacific Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2022

Regional Director’s opening address at the 12th conference of the Asia Pacific Action Alliance on Human Resources for Health ‘Learning from COVID-19 pandemic: Strengthening health workforce and health system resilience’

Regional Director’s address at the 13th Foundation Day of the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences

Regional Director’s remarks at the soft launch of the Primary Health Care Project of Faafu Atoll, Maldives