BSS, Dhaka :
The 67th session of World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Committee for South East Asia concluded on Friday with a call for accelerating health actions in key areas.
The regional committee endorsed a strategy for strengthening the role of the health sector in civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS).
The committee recognized the need for strengthening CRVS and health information systems to ensure evidence- based decision- making and put emphasize on reliable data for effective health planning and management.
Bangladesh Health Minister Mohammad Nasim at a press conference after the concluding session said, “The exchanged views and ideas on important health issues will foster cooperation among the member states which will forge bilateral and multi-country cooperation in the field of health.”
State Minister for Health Zahid Malek, Secretary MM Niazuddin, WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan and Regional Director for South-East Asia Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh and Director General of Health Services were present at the briefing.
“Three memorandums of understanding (MoUs) were signed with India, the Maldives and four other countries which will help the countries expand the use of traditional medicines, exchange knowledge and expert trainings, export medicines and so on,” said the minister.
Praising the presence of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for the third time in the conference and success of the event, Dr Poonam said, “This was the most successful meeting we have ever had.”
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the meeting on September 9 while Health and Family Welfare Minister of Bangladesh Mohammad Nasim discussed the ways to address vector borne diseases.
Saima Hossain Putul, noted international autism expert and daughter of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, received the Award for Excellence in Public Health in the conference on September 10.
The other important issues discussed in the 67th session were “Covering every birth and death: improving civil registration and vital statistics”, ‘traditional medicine’, ‘strengthening emergency and essential surgical care and an aesthesia as a component of universal health coverage’, ‘viral hepatitis’ and ‘regional strategy on strengthening health workforce education and training’.
The regional committee is a statutory body comprising the member states of the region, which is convened once a year to review progress and regional implications of the World Health Assembly resolutions.
WHO South East Asia region comprises Bangladesh, Bhutan, Korea, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand and East Timor.
The 67th session of World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Committee for South East Asia concluded on Friday with a call for accelerating health actions in key areas.
The regional committee endorsed a strategy for strengthening the role of the health sector in civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS).
The committee recognized the need for strengthening CRVS and health information systems to ensure evidence- based decision- making and put emphasize on reliable data for effective health planning and management.
Bangladesh Health Minister Mohammad Nasim at a press conference after the concluding session said, “The exchanged views and ideas on important health issues will foster cooperation among the member states which will forge bilateral and multi-country cooperation in the field of health.”
State Minister for Health Zahid Malek, Secretary MM Niazuddin, WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan and Regional Director for South-East Asia Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh and Director General of Health Services were present at the briefing.
“Three memorandums of understanding (MoUs) were signed with India, the Maldives and four other countries which will help the countries expand the use of traditional medicines, exchange knowledge and expert trainings, export medicines and so on,” said the minister.
Praising the presence of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for the third time in the conference and success of the event, Dr Poonam said, “This was the most successful meeting we have ever had.”
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the meeting on September 9 while Health and Family Welfare Minister of Bangladesh Mohammad Nasim discussed the ways to address vector borne diseases.
Saima Hossain Putul, noted international autism expert and daughter of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, received the Award for Excellence in Public Health in the conference on September 10.
The other important issues discussed in the 67th session were “Covering every birth and death: improving civil registration and vital statistics”, ‘traditional medicine’, ‘strengthening emergency and essential surgical care and an aesthesia as a component of universal health coverage’, ‘viral hepatitis’ and ‘regional strategy on strengthening health workforce education and training’.
The regional committee is a statutory body comprising the member states of the region, which is convened once a year to review progress and regional implications of the World Health Assembly resolutions.
WHO South East Asia region comprises Bangladesh, Bhutan, Korea, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand and East Timor.
