One of the six WHO Regions, WHO South-East Asia is home to over a quarter of the world’s population.

Committed to building a better, healthier future for the nearly two billion people in the Region, WHO is working with the 11 Member States to address persisting and emerging epidemiological and demographic challenges.

With the Region prone to natural disasters, disease outbreaks and health risks of climate change, one of WHO’s key priorities is to strengthen emergency risk management for sustainable development.

Promoting universal health coverage – health for all - and building robust health systems are key priorities.

The Region has eight flagship priority programmes, aligned to WHO’s global triple billion goals and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The Region has eight flagship priorities. Measles and rubella elimination; preventing non-communicable diseases; reducing maternal, under-five and neonatal mortality; universal health coverage with a focus on human resources for health and essential medicines; combating antimicrobial resistance; scaling up capacities for emergency risk management; eliminating neglected tropical diseases and accelerating efforts to end TB.