Partners for Health In South-East Asia 16th - 18th March, 2011 New Delhi, India

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The WHO Conference “Partners for Health in South-East Asia”, held in New Delhi, India (March 16 – 18, 2011) sought to strengthen regional collaboration for health, and encourage effective and sustainable partnerships between various stakeholders. The Conference provided a platform for WHO and its partners from the 11 Member States of the South-East Asia Region (Bangladesh, Bhutan, DPR Korea, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Timor-Leste) to engage in wide-ranging discussions on the health priorities for the Region, which accounts for 26% of the world’s population and bears a disproportionately high percentage (40%) of the global disease burden.

The Conference also provided an opportunity to Member States and partners to share best practices and lessons learnt, and highlighted the importance of research and innovation, as well as partnerships in action. All sessions were based on the principles of dialogue, exchange and active participation to identify challenges and opportunities for advancing health priorities in the South-East Asia Region.

In addition to high-level participation from the 11 Member States of the Region (including Ministers from the Member States), over 350 high level representatives participated from donor countries, multilateral and intergovernmental organizations, civil society, foundations, corporations as well as research/academic institutions.

The Conference culminated in declarations of commitment by various partners leading to the adoption of the “Delhi Call for Action on Partnerships for Health in South-East Asia, 2011”.