The Work of WHO in the South-East Asia Region

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The Work of WHOin the South-East Asia Region
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Report of the Regional Director 1 July 200831
August 2009
Highlights of the Work of
in the South-East Asia Region
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Health in South-East Asia

• Member States maintained progress

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Pandemic (H1N1) 2009

• New challenges emerged

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Health impact

• Climate change

• Global economic downturn

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Pandemic (H1N1) 2009
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Pandemic (H1N1) 2009
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Pandemic (H1N1) 2009
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Communicable Diseases
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Tuberculosis

• Global targets of 70 case detection achieved in
  9 countries

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Tuberculosis

• Prevalence reduced

• Mortality declined

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Malaria

• Mortality reduced slightly

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Malaria challenges

• Drug resistance

• Containment of newly emerged artemisinin
  resistance

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Avian influenza

• Number of reported human cases significantly
  decreased

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Leprosy

• Two countries have yet to achieve the global
  elimination target

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Kala-azar

• Decline in incidence

• Case fatality marginally increased

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Yaws

• The Region set to achieve eradication target

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Cholera and Diarrhoea

• Outbreaks of acute watery diarrhoea with
  significant fatality reported

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Noncommunicable diseases

• Cause of 54 of all deaths in the Region

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Noncommunicable diseases

• Emphasis on preventive measures.

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Noncommunicable diseases

• WHO training package pilot tested

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Tobacco

• Tobacco use kills nearly 1.2 million people
  annually in the Region

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Tobacco
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Family and Community health

• Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5

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Primary Health Care

• Urgent need for scaling up maternal and child
  health services

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Neonatal mortality

• Neonatal mortality continues to pose a challenge

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Immunization

• Low coverage

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Increase in global food prices

• Increase in food prices threatens food security

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Iodine Deficiency Disorders

• Impact of Iodine Deficiency Disorders on growth
  and development

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Sustainable Development and Healthy Environments

• Country capacity building

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Occupational health

• Community-based occupational health services

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Protecting human health from Climate Change
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Indoor air pollution

• Indoor air pollution kills 300 000 children under
  five annually in the Region

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Primary Health Care
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Use of herbal medicines
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Information Management

• Two new libraries established in Bhutan and
  Timor- Leste

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Network of Medical Councils
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Health workers

• Regional Strategy on Health Workforce

• Increasing community based health workers

• Trained community health volunteers

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Health Ministers Meeting

• New Delhi Declaration

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Regional Committee
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Regional budget
81 voluntary contributions
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Strengthening country capacity

• Long term sustainable health development

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WHO workers in the field
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