COVID-19: The Pandemic and The Response in the WHO-South-East Asia Region
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Most people with mild and moderate COVID-19 can manage the infection at home with advice from a health care provider. Here are tips on what to do if you have COVID-19, and when to go to the hospital. It also informs on what medicines to take, and what to avoid.
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The world is in the midst of a COVID-19 pandemic. As WHO and partners work together on the response -- tracking the pandemic, advising on critical interventions, distributing vital medical supplies to those in need.
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29 September 2022
Strengthening public health surveillance and risk assessment for health security threats in the WHO South-East...
The COVID-19 pandemic posed unprecedented challenges to health globally and in the Region. To more effectively manage current and future epidemics, pandemics...
31 July 2022
South-East Asia Regional Roadmap for Diagnostic Preparedness, Integrated Laboratory Networking and Genomic...
In the first quarter of this century alone, the South-East Asia Region experienced several outbreaks of influenza A (H1N1), avian influenza A (H5N1),...
19 October 2021
Lessons learned from COVID-19 pandemic: virtual regional consultation with informal expert group, 19...
The COVID-19 pandemic revealed that the pre-pandemic level of preparedness was not sufficient to effectively manage such a severe health emergency. To...
Since 2014 Member States of the WHO South-East Asia Region have strengthened emergency risk management as one of the Region’s Flagship Priority...