Department of Health Promotion, Disease Prevention & Control (HDC)
HDC strengthens public health across South-East Asia by advancing health promotion, disease prevention and control, surveillance, and life course approaches that address social and environmental determinants with a focus on equity and rights.
Dashboard of Communicable Diseases in the South-East Asia Region
Technical areas of work
- Surveillance & Epidemiology
- HIV, Hepatitis, STIs & Tuberculosis
- Neglected Tropical Diseases, Malaria & Vector Borne Diseases
- Immunization & Vaccine Preventable Diseases
- Noncommunicable Diseases, Mental Health & Disabilities
- Health Promotion & Social Determinants of Health
- Environmental Determinants, Climate Change & One Health
- Family, Community & Life Course Health
Adolescent health
Child Health
Ageing and health
Reproductive health
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22 October 2026
Meeting of the South-East Asia Regional Working Group on Immunization, New Delhi, India, 26 September...
The Regional Working Group (RWG) meeting was convened to translate recommendations of the Seventeenth Meeting of the WHO South-East Asia Regional Immunization...
22 October 2026
A comprehensive integrated review of malaria, leishmaniasis, filariasis and dengue control programmes...
Providing free health care, the health system of Sri Lanka has achieved significant successes; this has led to high immunization coverage and impressive...
20 October 2026
A comprehensive external Rabies Control Programme review in Sri Lanka. Report of a WHO mission, 8–15...
Sri Lanka is making significant strides towards eliminating rabies, guided by a clear national vision and strong government leadership. The country has...
The WHO South-East Asia Region remains central to the global fight against tuberculosis (TB). According to the WHO Global Tuberculosis Report 2025 (2024...