Speeches and messages

Regional Director’s opening remarks at the Virtual Launch of Regional Status Reports on Drowning Prevention in the South-East Asia and Western Pacific Regions

Regional Director’s opening address at the Special Video Conference of ASEAN Health Ministers Meeting

Regional Director’s opening remarks at the Sixteenth Annual Meeting of Asia-Pacific Health Accounts Experts, co-organized by WHO, OECD and OECD Korea Policy Centre

Regional Director’s opening address at the Regional conference on Strengthening Health Information Systems to support evidence-based policy and decision-making

Regional Director’s remarks at the High-level Side Event on the Margins of the High-level Political Forum 2021, “Accelerating progress towards the health-related SDGs in a time of crisis: solutions for an equitable and resilient recovery”

Regional Director’s keynote address at the Seventh National Summit of Health and Population Scientists in Nepal

Regional Director’s keynote address at the Fourth Edition of the Economic Times Doctors’ Day Conclave

Regional Director’s closing remarks as Chair of “Panel 7: Achieving COVID-19 recovery and emergency preparedness” at the First Small Island Developing States Leaders Dialogue

Regional Director’s opening remarks as Chair of “Panel 7: Achieving COVID-19 recovery and emergency preparedness” at the First Small Island Developing States Leaders Dialogue

Regional Director’s keynote address at the Foundation Day Celebration of ICMR-National Institute for Implementation Research on Noncommunicable Diseases

International Day of Yoga

World Blood Donor Day

Regional Director’s address at the Global Leprosy Programme “Review of Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance in Leprosy”

Regional Director’s closing remarks at the Asia Pacific Regional Food Systems Dialogue

Regional Director’s address at the Tri-Regional Policy Dialogue on “International Mobility of Health Professionals: New Challenges, Shared Solutions”

Regional Director’s address at the First Meeting of Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for TB in the South-East Asia Region

World Food Safety Day

Regional Director’s opening address at the SEAR Health Partners’ Meeting

World No Tobacco Day

Regional Director’s address at the “Nursing Now – End of Campaign” event