Pandemic influenza preparedness and response efforts in South-East Asia Region during COVID-19 pandemic

WHO and Sri Lanka jointly review the proposal for a seroprevalence study to measure SARS-CoV-2 antibodies aligned with WHO’S unity sero-epidemiological investigations protocol

SEARO spearheads a strategic roadmap for “Defeating meningitis by 2030” in the South East Asia region

Regional Roundtable on “Access to COVID-19 Tools-Accelerator (ACT-A) Diagnostics pillar”

Regional Laboratory Network to augment national laboratory capacities for public health emergencies

Biomedical activities to strengthen COVID-19 case management

Specially designed survey to estimate oxygen requirement for COVID-19 patients

Identifying short and medium term activities to build sustainable sequencing capacities for the region

Plans to launch a Global Arbovirus Initiative for the South East Asia (SEA) Region

Reviewing status of implementation of pandemic influenza preparedness (PIP) partnership

Managing COVID-19 amongst pregnant women in Cox’s Bazar

Developing a roadmap to combat Nipah virus infection in the region

Integrating monitoring of COVID-19 with influenza surveillance sets the agenda for bi-regional meeting of National Influenza Centres

Adjusting national COVID -19 testing strategy and scaling up testing capacity in Timor-Leste

Joint WHO – US CDC assessment of Royal Centre for Disease Control (RCDC,) Bhutan for National Influenza center ( NIC) recognition process

WHO South-East Asia Region’s efforts to strengthen national laboratories

during the COVID-19 pandemic

Clinical management of Severe Acute Respiratory infections (SARI) cases

in non- Intensive Care Unit (ICU) settings: Post course evaluation

Cooperative Agreement between WHO’s Regional Office for SEA and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA

on Surveillance and Response to Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza by WHO Regional Offices

Technical support to implement “Ending cholera - the global roadmap to 2030 “

in WHO SEA region

Countries in the WHO's South East Asia Region resume Influenza virus sharing as part of the global influenza pandemic preparedness

Technical support for COVID-19 specific sero-epidemiological study/ sero-survey in Myanmar

Regional training of “Trainers of Trainers (ToT)” on biosafety and risk assessment of infectious hazards

SEAR countries share experiences for introducing health worker vaccinations against seasonal influenza

An analysis of seasonal influenza trends in the WHO’s South East Asia Region undertaken and a model for influenza surveillance at human-avian interface studied

Appraisal of peer-reviewed published medical literature from 2000–2021 on Influenza from WHO SEA Region

Training on oxygen technologies relevant to COVID-19 response

Developing WHO’s South-East Asia regional manual for laboratory diagnosis of Nipah virus infections