Developing a Regional Strategy for Viral Hepatitis Control

Every year, the WHO South-East Asia Region reports approximately 8.9 million cases, and over half a million deaths, due to viral hepatitis. An "Informal Consultation to Develop a Regional Strategy for the Control of Viral Hepatitis" will be held in New Delhi, India, on 16-18 April 2012.  Leading Regional experts in the field will participate in this meeting.

Viral hepatitis in SEAR

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Meeting On the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework in the South-East Asia Region

An “Informal Consultation on implementation of the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework for the Sharing of Influenza Viruses and Other Benefits”, was held in WHO SEARO, New Delhi, on 5-6 March, 2012.  This follows the World Health Assembly Resolution WHA 64.5, which adopted the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework, which requested Member States to provide PIP Biological Materials from all influenza viruses with human pandemic potential to a WHO reference laboratory of their choice in a timely manner, and to give consent for their onward transfer and use to third party subject to provisions in a Standard Material Transfer Agreement.

The overall objective of the consultation was “to provide a forum to develop consensus on regional priorities for implementation of the PIP Framework”.  27 participants, including representatives from Member States, experts from the WHO Advisory Group and SEARO technical experts attended this meeting.

Agenda [PDF 65 KB]

Revised Asia-Pacific Strategy for Emerging Diseases (APSED 2010) addresses wider health threats

In order to address a wider range of acute public health threats, a revised Asia Pacific Strategy for Emerging Infectious Diseases, or APSED (2010) has been launched, with its scope expanded to eight ‘focus areas’:

      surveillance, risk assessment and response;

      laboratories;

      zoonoses;

      infection prevention and control;

      risk communications;

      public health emergency preparedness;

      regional preparedness, alert and response; and

      monitoring and evaluation. 

APSED was initially launched in 2005 as a common strategic framework for countries in the WHO South-East Asia and Western Pacific Regions to strengthen their capacity to manage and respond to emerging diseases.  It serves as a road map for meeting International Health Regulations IHR(2005) core capacity requirements to ensure regional and global health security.

Asia Pacific Strategy for Emerging Diseases – 2010 [PDF 1.9 MB]

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