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WHO Southeast Asia regional session opens in Timor-Leste

From Lankadeepa · () Sinhala

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  • The WHO South-East Asia Regional Committee’s 79th session opened in Dili, Timor-Leste, on Sept. 7, 2026, under Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
  • Health ministers, senior officials and WHO representatives from member countries are attending, including a Sri Lankan delegation led by Health and Mass Media Minister Nalinda Jayatissa.
  • Jayatissa, elected committee chair at the 2025 session in Colombo, emphasized people-centered policies and collective action to strengthen regional health systems.

The World Health Organization’s South-East Asia regional health meeting opened in Dili on Sept. 7, bringing together health ministers, senior officials and WHO representatives from across the region.

The 79th session of the WHO South-East Asia Regional Committee is being held in Timor-Leste under the leadership of WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. A Sri Lankan delegation is taking part under Health and Mass Media Minister Nalinda Jayatissa.

Jayatissa became chair of the regional committee at its 78th session, held in Colombo in 2025. Addressing the opening ceremony in Dili, he stressed the importance of people-centered policies and collective action in strengthening health systems across South-East Asia.

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Originally published by Lankadeepa in Sinhala. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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