WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia Report of the 67th session
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WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia
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The Regional Committee for South-East Asia is WHO's decision-making body in the South-East Asia Region with representation from all 11 Member States of the Region. It meets in September every year to review the progress and regional implications of the World Health Assembly resolutions. This report summarizes the discussions of the Sixty-seventh Session of the Regional Committee held in Dhaka, Bangladesh from 10 to 12 September 2014. At this session, the Committee discussed a number of public health issues important to the Region, such as civil registration of vital statistics, reduction of harmful use of alcohol, autism, traditional medicine, viral hepatitis, strengthening health workforce education and training, International Health Regulations, and the WHO reform process. It adopted a number of resolutions on these issues.