Sri Lanka, Sept. 8 -- The 79th Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia opened yesterday in Dili with World Health Organisation Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in attendance. The assembly gathers health ministers, policymakers and WHO officials from across the region to address pressing global health threats and co-ordinate multi-sectoral strategies.

Leading the Sri Lankan delegation, Health and Mass Media Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa, who served as President of the 78th Session following its hosting in Colombo in 2025, addressed the opening ceremony.Sri Lanka tourism

The Minister called for resilient, people-centred health systems built on active regional co-operation, mutual trust and equitable healt...