Poonam Khetrapal Singh

The regional director emphasised the need for periodic mapping of at-risk populations and for developing actionable plans to address gaps in immunisation.

Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director, World Health Organisation South-East Asia Region congratulated India on becoming the first country in the world to regulate anti-tobacco warnings on OTT platforms.

The WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine (GCTM) is a knowledge centre for traditional medicine.

Stressing that Covid may continue to transmit for a "very long time", WHO official Poonam Khetrapal Singh says the level of immunity in a community, through vaccination and previous infection, will determine whether it will become endemic in long run

Officials of the World Health Organisation (WHO) had a meeting with the Bharat Biotech and its dossier for Emergency Use Listing of Covaxin is under review by technical experts, Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director, WHO South-East Asia said.

World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for South East Asia Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh today issued a word of caution as India is witnessing a "plateau" in daily COVID-19 cases, advising people to get the shots as soon as possible.

India is responding with utmost urgency to coronavirus from the very beginning and has been continuously strengthening preparedness and response measures, World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director (South-East Asia) Poonam Khetrapal Singh said.

The World Health Organization appointed Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh as its South-East Asia regional director for a second five-year term.

Ahead of World Tuberculosis Day on March 24, WHO today pitched for a direct engagement with communities for case detection, treatment completion and addressing out-of-pocket expenditures and stressed on addressing its social determinants to end the disease.

With 80 per cent of visual impairment being avoidable, the World Health Organisation (WHO) today called for reducing the prevalence of avoidable blindness and visual impairment by 25 per cent within 2019.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has cautioned that the current practice of indiscriminate use of antibiotics is increasingly leading to resistance to medicines, persistence of infections and treatment failure.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) today asked South East Asian nations to invest in emergency preparedness measures to effectively respond to natural disasters, infectious diseases and radiological disasters in the future.

The regional director emphasised the need for periodic mapping of at-risk populations and for developing actionable plans to address gaps in immunisation.

Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director, World Health Organisation South-East Asia Region congratulated India on becoming the first country in the world to regulate anti-tobacco warnings on OTT platforms.

The WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine (GCTM) is a knowledge centre for traditional medicine.

Stressing that Covid may continue to transmit for a "very long time", WHO official Poonam Khetrapal Singh says the level of immunity in a community, through vaccination and previous infection, will determine whether it will become endemic in long run

Officials of the World Health Organisation (WHO) had a meeting with the Bharat Biotech and its dossier for Emergency Use Listing of Covaxin is under review by technical experts, Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director, WHO South-East Asia said.

World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for South East Asia Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh today issued a word of caution as India is witnessing a "plateau" in daily COVID-19 cases, advising people to get the shots as soon as possible.

India is responding with utmost urgency to coronavirus from the very beginning and has been continuously strengthening preparedness and response measures, World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director (South-East Asia) Poonam Khetrapal Singh said.

The World Health Organization appointed Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh as its South-East Asia regional director for a second five-year term.

Ahead of World Tuberculosis Day on March 24, WHO today pitched for a direct engagement with communities for case detection, treatment completion and addressing out-of-pocket expenditures and stressed on addressing its social determinants to end the disease.

With 80 per cent of visual impairment being avoidable, the World Health Organisation (WHO) today called for reducing the prevalence of avoidable blindness and visual impairment by 25 per cent within 2019.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has cautioned that the current practice of indiscriminate use of antibiotics is increasingly leading to resistance to medicines, persistence of infections and treatment failure.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) today asked South East Asian nations to invest in emergency preparedness measures to effectively respond to natural disasters, infectious diseases and radiological disasters in the future.