COVID-19: The Pandemic and the Response in the WHO-South-East Asia Region


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Woman receives an updated records book for her 6 months old daughter after being vaccinated at the community clinic.

Most people with mild and moderate COVID-19 can manage the infection at home with advice from a health care provider. Here are tips on what to do if you have COVID-19, and when to go to the hospital. It also informs on what medicines to take, and what to avoid.

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The world is in the midst of a COVID-19 pandemic. As WHO and partners work together on the response -- tracking the pandemic, advising on critical interventions, distributing vital medical supplies to those in need.

Meeting Reports

Lessons learned from COVID-19 pandemic

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Virtual Regional Consultation with Informal Expert Group Virtual meeting New Delhi, India, 19 October 2021

Learning from the COVID-19 response to strengthen health security and health systems resilience

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Virtual meeting, New Delhi, India, 20–22 October 2021 Report of the meeting

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Publications

Joint national/international Expanded Programme on Immunization and vaccine preventable disease surveillance review and post-introduction evaluation for pneumococcal conjugate,
influenza and COVID-19 vaccines

The joint national/international Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) and vaccine-preventable disease surveillance review and post-introduction evaluation...

Regional Workshop on conversion of emergency use authorization to full marketing authorization for pandemic vaccines

The regional workshop on Conversion of emergency use authorization to full marketing authorization for pandemic vaccines was conducted in Kathmandu,...

Regional Workshop on implementation of good reliance practices for vaccines regulation based on emerging novel technologies

The WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia had organized a four-day regional hybrid workshop on implementation of good reliance practices for vaccines...

South-East Asia regional workshop to strengthen routine immunization capacities post COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic created gaps in immunization coverage and vaccine preventable disease (VPD) surveillance which required specific and urgent attention....