The Epidemiology & Surveillance area strengthens integrated, indicator‑based surveillance systems across the WHO South‑East Asia Region to generate standardized, high‑quality data for programme planning, monitoring, and multi‑disease elimination. Work focuses on enhancing routine surveillance as a core programme function, improving data completeness, interoperability, laboratory–surveillance linkages, and the use of analytics to guide public health action.
Drawing on regional surveillance assessments conducted in nine Member States, the area supports countries in addressing digital, structural, and operational gaps. These findings inform implementation of the Regional Strategic Framework for Communicable Disease Surveillance, which promotes harmonized practices, cross‑border information sharing, and integrated, programme‑aligned surveillance architectures.
To improve data visibility and use, the area develops regional dashboards and analytic platforms that consolidate routine surveillance and programme datasets to monitor disease trends and elimination milestones. Complementing routine systems, the area advances wastewater and environmental surveillance (WES) as an additional data source for sustained sensitivity in low‑incidence settings.
Through technical guidance and collaboration with ministries of health, WHO country offices, and public health laboratories, the area supports countries in building sustainable, integrated surveillance systems that accelerate progress toward multi‑disease elimination.Our Team:
Our team currently comprises an experienced epidemiologist and a data associate. We work closely with ministries of health, WHO country offices, and partners to strengthen surveillance tools and refine strategies through data-driven insights.
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Director
Director, Department of Health Promotion, Disease Prevention & Control