CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director for WHO South-East Asia, officials from WHO headquarters, other senior officials from health ministries of member countries, representatives of UN agencies, partners, donors, and members of civil society, will be participating in the meeting, said a WHO statement.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Seventy-fifth Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia will be held in Paro, Bhutan, from 5 – 9 September 2022.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Regional Committee for South-East Asia is WHO’s governing body in the Region. It is comprised of representatives from the Region’s 11 Member States, as well as Associate Members.

Detailed explanation-4: -The WHO South-East Asia Regional office in based in New Delhi India. The Regional Committee is the governing body meeting of WHO in the Region.

Detailed explanation-5: -Southeast Asia is composed of eleven countries of impressive diversity in religion, culture and history: Brunei, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, Timor-Leste, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.