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WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia

Chronic respiratory diseases in WHO South-East Asia: Burden, risk factors and services for prevention and management

Report

18 Sep 2025

Chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs)—primarily asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)—contribute significantly to the burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in the WHO South-East Asia Region. CRDs impose a growing socioeconomic burden on individuals, families, and health systems, particularly in underserved and marginalized populations. These groups face widespread risk fact...

ReportChronic Respiratory DiseasesMultistakeholder CollaborationAccess to essential medicines and servicesHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing+3

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Who Regional Office for South-East Asia

NCD SEARO DASHBOARD

Database

11 Feb 2024

The WHO SEARO NCD dashboard offers a dynamic, interactive and responsive tool where the users are able to access information on different aspects of NCDs for the Region as well as for the 11 Member States.&nbsp;

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WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia

Report of the WHO South-East Asia Regional workshop on expanding availability and access to palliative care.

Report

07 Mar 2023

Substantial effort is needed to make palliative care available and accessible to the people in need. This workshop was being organized as an effort to support countries in bring palliative care into priority at policies and strengthen the capacity to plan and implement programs for palliative care&nbsp;Objectives of the workshop:To support countries to review the current status of palliative care...

ReportCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetes+2

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WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia

Prioritized research agenda for prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases through a primary health care approach

Report

12 Nov 2018

The report highlights outcomes from the regional workshop on prioritized research agenda for prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases through a primary health care approach, held in Kandy, Sri Lanka during 8–10 August 2012. The workshop discussed the adaptation of the research agenda to national contexts.

ReportPrimary health care

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WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia

Expert meeting on population sodium reduction strategies for prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases in the South East Asian Region

Report

12 Nov 2018

This report presents the technical deliberations of the three-day meeting by participants of an Expert Meeting on Population Sodium Strategies for Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases in the South East Asian Region. The meeting focused on the development of regional strategies for salt reduction and measured population salt intake in the region.

ReportCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesNutrition and food safety+1

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WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia

Development of a regional strategic action plan with indicators and targets for prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases in the South East Asian Region

Report

12 Nov 2018

This report presents the technical deliberations among 100 high-level stakeholders who attended a regional consultation to develop a Regional Strategic Action Plan with indicators and targets for the preven!on and control of NCDs in the South East Asian Region.

ReportHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia

Noncommunicable diseases risk behaviors among youth in the South East Asian Region: findings from GSHS and GYTS

Report

12 Nov 2018

The publication conveys the quantitative surveillance results focusing on tobacco use and noncommunicable disease (NCD) related behaviours among youth (13–15 years) in Member States of the WHO South East Asian Region, namely, the Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS) and the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS). .

ReportMaternal, newborn, child and adolescent healthSocial determinants of healthTobacco use

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WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia

Noncommunicable diseases risk behaviours among adults in the South East Asian Region: Findings from STEPS and GATS

Report

12 Nov 2018

This publication conveys the most recent quantitative surveillance results focusing on noncommunicable disease (NCDs)-related risk behaviors among adults from the WHO STEPwise approach to NCD risk factor surveillance (STEPS) and tobacco use among adults from the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) in Member States of the WHO South East Asian Region.

ReportSocial determinants of healthTobacco use

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WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia

Approaches to establishing country-level, multisectoral coordination mechanisms for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases

Report

12 Nov 2018

The determinants and implications of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are spread across diverse sectors within and outside the government. This calls for Member States to set up multisectoral coordination mechanisms (hereafter referred to as “the mechanisms”) that offer a synergistic response to these diseases and their risk factors. The analysis of experiences of countries in addressing variou...

ReportMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia

Strengthening NCD civil society organizations

Report

12 Nov 2018

This report presents the deliberations and recommendations of the participants of a two-day regional meeting on Strengthening NCD Civil Society Organizations. The meeting was attended by 94 participants, and aimed to stimulate a stronger civil society movement for the prevention and control of NCDs in the Region.

ReportMultistakeholder Collaboration

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WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia

Report of the Regional Consultation on Multisectoral policies for prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases in the South East Asian Region

Report

12 Nov 2018

This document is a report of the Regional Consultation on Multisectoral Policies for Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) (August 2014), in Bengaluru, India. The purpose of the meeting was to provide a forum to share best practices from within the Region and around the world and to discuss multisectoral policies for reducing tobacco use, promoting healthy nutrition, driving in...

ReportMultisectoral ActionHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia

Integration of NCD care in emergency response and preparedness

Report

12 Nov 2018

This report is intended to provide technical guidance to emergency planners, emergency care professionals and policy-makers tasked with emergency response and preparedness to integrate NCD interventions within the national health emergency responses.

ReportEmergency preparedness, prevention and responseHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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