AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoWHO Regional Committee in Dili: The 79th WHO South-East Asia Regional Committee session opened in Timor-Leste, with leaders stressing health solidarity and equity—Prime Minister Gusmão said no one should be denied a healthy life due to where they’re born, live, or what they can afford. Regional health priorities: WHO and member states also flagged health system strengthening and tackling wider drivers like nutrition, safe water, sanitation, and education, while Sri Lanka’s health minister warned the region faces dengue, ageing, chronic disease, climate shocks, workforce gaps, and fast-changing digital risks. Trachoma milestone: WHO validated Timor-Leste’s elimination of trachoma as a public health problem, a major step toward the region’s broader goal to eliminate the disease by 2030. Immunization progress (regional): In the Philippines, MR vaccine efforts continued with a final push to reach unreached children, showing how mop-up campaigns and house-to-house outreach can close coverage gaps.
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