Poonam Khetrapal Singh Nominated for 2nd term as WHO SEAR Regional Director

  • India has retained the top WHO position in South-East Asia Region with Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh unanimously re-elected as Regional Director for another five-year term beginning February 2019.
  • The 11 member countries of WHO South-East Asia Region met at the ongoing Regional Committee meeting of WHO South-East Asia to elect the next Regional Director.
  • Dr Singh is the first woman to have been elected to the position of Regional Director for WHO South-East Asia Region after an illustrious career in the Indian civil service, World Bank and WHO.

Points to Remember:

  1. Name of the new Regional Director of WHO
  2. Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh has been appointed as the regional director of which organisation?

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