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The WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia is the World Health Organization’s governing body in the South-East Asia Region. It has representatives WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia Regional Committee from all its 11 Member States in the Region. The Regional Committee meets in for South-East Asia September every year to review progress in health development in the Region, WHO formulate resolutions on health issues for Member States, and review past resolutions. It also considers the regional implications of World Health Assembly resolutions, among others. This report summarizes the discussions of the Seventy-second Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia held in New Delhi, India, on 2–6 September 2019. Report of the Seventy-second Session At this session, the Committee reviewed and discussed a number of public health New Delhi, India, 2–6 September 2019 issues relevant to the Region, such as measles and rubella; latent TB infection; health emergency capacities; environment and climate change; cervical cancer and snake-bite prevention; as well as Programme Budget matters and past Regional Committee resolutions; among others. The Ministerial Roundtable featured a discussion on emergency preparedness. The Committee also adopted a number of resolutions and decisions on selected issues of importance to the Region. Report of the Seventy-second Session www.searo.who.int SEA-RC72-23 SEA/RC72/23 WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia Report of the Seventy-second Session New Delhi, India, 2–6 September 2019 WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia – Report of the Seventy-second Session SEA/RC72/23 © World Health Organization 2019 Some rights reserved. 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However, the published material is being distributed without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied. The responsibility for the interpretation and use of the material lies with the reader. In no event shall WHO be liable for damages arising from its use. Printed in India Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................ 1 Inaugural session .................................................................................................... 4 Welcome address by Ms Preeti Sudan, Secretary (Health), Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India ................................................................. 6 Address by H.E. Mr Upendra Yadav, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health and Population, Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ........................ 8 Address of the WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, delivered by Dr Bernhard Schwartländer, Chef de Cabinet, WHO headquarters ................ 9 Address by Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director, WHO South-East Asia Region ......................................................................................... 10 Address by H.E. Dr Harsh Vardhan, Minister of Health & Family Welfare, Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Government of India .................................... 13 Business session .................................................................................................... 16 Opening of the Session .................................................................................................. 16 Credentials of Representatives ........................................................................................ 16 Election of Officebearers ................................................................................................ 17 Adoption of the Agenda ................................................................................................ 18 Key addresses and report on the work of WHO ............................................................. 18 Introduction to the Regional Director’s Annual Report on the Work of WHO in the South-East Asia Region covering the period 1 January–31 December 2018 ... 18 Address by the Director-General ............................................................................. 29 Ministerial Roundtable .................................................................................................... 32 Emergency preparedness ........................................................................................ 32 Programme Budget matters ........................................................................................... 40 Programme Budget 2018–2019: Implementation and mid-term review .................. 40 Programme Budget 2020–2021 ............................................................................. 43 Report of the Seventy-second Session iii Policy and technical matters ............................................................................................. 47 Annual report on monitoring progress on UHC and health-related SDGs ................ 47 Revising the goal for measles elimination and rubella/congenital rubella syndrome control ........................................................................................ 50 Strengthening IHR and health emergency capacities through implementation of national action plans ................................................................. 52 Regional Action Plan on Programmatic Management of Latent TB Infection (LTBI) and Global Strategy for TB Research and Innovation ................. 55 Regional Plan of Action for the WHO Global Strategy on Health, Environment and Climate Change ........................................................................... 58 Accelerating the elimination of cervical cancer as a global public health problem ... 63 Regional Plan of Action for Snake-bite Prevention and Control................................ 65 Progress reports on selected Regional Committee resolutions .......................................... 67 South-East Asia Regional Health Emergency Fund and Expanding the scope of the South-East Asia Regional Health Emergency Fund (SEARHEF) ...................... 68 Antimicrobial resistance .......................................................................................... 70 Patient safety contributing to sustainable universal health coverage ....................... 72 Challenges in polio eradication ............................................................................... 75 Colombo Declaration on strengthening health systems to accelerate delivery of NCD services at the primary health care level ......................................... 76 Traditional medicine: Delhi Declaration ................................................................... 80 2012: Year of Intensification of Routine Immunization in the