The Malay Peninsula and the islands of Sumatra, Borneo, and Java were originally part of a large landmass of rainforests and coastal mangroves in the South Asia continental shelf known as 'The Sundaland' some 26,000 years ago.
“The situation is evolving rapidly. We need to immediately scale up all efforts to prevent the virus from infecting more people,” said Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director, WHO South-East Asia Region.
Each of the essays have been written on diverse aspects of connectivity between India and the far-flung lands of Southeast Asia since time immemorial
The report of the Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) is a severe indictment of the process ~ “international standards for free and fair elections had not been met in Thailand, both in the buildup to the poll and on election day itself, as well as in the continuing fallout from the ballot count”.
On August 30, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a strong pitch for enhanced regional connectivity in his inaugural address at…
In 2014, WHO South-East Asia announced the elimination of measles and control of rubella and congenital rubella syndrome by 2020 as a flagship programme.
These efforts successfully averted outbreaks of deadly diseases such as cholera and measles and helped rapidly curtail diphtheria outbreak among this vulnerable population, according to WHO.
With the clear intent of giving a push to India’s ‘Act East’ policy, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will undertake…
Union Health Minister J P Nadda has been honoured by the World Health Organisation with the Director General’s Special Recognition…
Health Ministers from the South Asian region — bearing half of the global tuberculosis (TB) burden — on Thursday pledged…
