Fourth Regional workshop to review progress towards measles-rubella and other priority VPD surveillance and outbreak preparedness and response in WHO South-East Asia region

Overview

Fourth Regional workshop to review progress towards measles-rubella and other priority VPD surveillance and outbreak preparedness and response in WHO South-East Asia Region was conducted in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 13-16 June 2022. The meeting was attended by national managers and officers of the National Immunization Programme, surveillance officers and data focal points of nine member states, together with the WHO focal points in the respective countries. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea expressed its regrets about its inability to attend the meeting and Myanmar was represented only by WHO Country office in Myanmar.

The general objective of the meeting was to strengthen Member States’ capacity to conduct high quality surveillance for Measles, Rubella, and other priory VPDs for accelerated efforts towards elimination/control of all priority VPDs.