WHO

WHO Regional Director Saima Wazed. File Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

Over 3.5 billion cases of oral diseases, other related conditions recoded globally in 2019: Saima

Workers sift wheat before filling in sacks at the market yard of the Agriculture Product Marketing Committee (APMC) on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, on 16 May 2022. Photo: Reuters
Global Economy

World food price index falls in Feb for 7th straight month: FAO

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Bangladesh

Investing in women’s wellbeing must start with substantial increase in overall health expenditure: Saima Wazed

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World+Biz

Measles cases rose 79% globally last year: WHO

WHO Regional Director Saima Wazed. File Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

Saima Wazed calls for stronger measures against tobacco, vaping

A Palestinian child looks on, at the site of an Israeli strike on a house, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, February 12, 2024. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Hamas-Israel war

WHO head concerned at attacks on Gaza's Rafah

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Health

New cancer cases to soar 77% by 2050: WHO

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Bangladesh

Saima Wazed takes charge as WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia

Saima Wazed, regional director WHO South-East Asia. File Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

Health minister congratulates Saima Wazed for joining WHO as regional director

The World Health Organization logo is pictured at the entrance of the WHO building, in Geneva, Switzerland, December 20, 2021. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
Middle East

Israel accuses WHO of 'collusion' with Hamas

Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends an ACANU briefing in Geneva, Switzerland, December 15, 2023. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
Hamas-Israel war

WHO chief breaks down describing 'hellish' Gaza conditions

Newly appointed WHO SEARO Director Saima Wazed and WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Photo: Courtesy
Bangladesh

First Bangladeshi WHO SEARO Director: Saima Wazed's appointment signals new era in global health

WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Regional Director for WHOSEARO Saima Wazed. Photo: X handle of Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Bangladesh

WHO DG congratulates Saima Wazed