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diseases to build a better, healthier future for the nearly 2 billion people in the Region. </span> <div class="links"> <a href="/southeastasia/teams/communicable-diseases-department/about-us">About us</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row" data-sf-element="Row"> <div id="PageContent_C045_Col00" class="sf_colsIn col-md-1" data-sf-element="Column 1" data-placeholder-label="Column 1"> </div> <div id="PageContent_C045_Col01" class="sf_colsIn col-md-10" data-sf-element="Column 2" data-placeholder-label="Column 2"><div class="row" data-sf-element="Row"> <div id="PageContent_C041_Col00" class="sf_colsIn col-md-4" data-sf-element="Column 1" data-placeholder-label="Column 1"> </div> <div id="PageContent_C041_Col01" class="sf_colsIn col-md-8" data-sf-element="Column 2" data-placeholder-label="Column 2"> </div> </div> </div> <div id="PageContent_C045_Col02" class="sf_colsIn col-md-1" data-sf-element="Column 3" data-placeholder-label="Column 3"> </div> </div> <div class="row" 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data-placeholder-label="Column 2"><div class="row" data-sf-element="Row"> <div id="PageContent_C018_Col00" class="sf_colsIn col-md-6" data-sf-element="Column 1" data-placeholder-label="Column 1"> <div class="section-heading"> <h2>Dashboard of Communicable Diseases in the South-East Asia Region</h2> </div> <article class="card ratio-3X2">  <div class="card__media"> <img alt="Dashboard of Communicable Diseases in the South-East Asia Region" class="responsive" data-srcset="/images/default-source/searo---images/cds-dashboard.tmb-xs.png?sfvrsn=7480478e_1 300w, /images/default-source/searo---images/cds-dashboard.tmb-sm.png?sfvrsn=7480478e_1 540w, /images/default-source/searo---images/cds-dashboard.tmb-md.png?sfvrsn=7480478e_1 720w, /images/default-source/searo---images/cds-dashboard.tmb-lg.png?sfvrsn=7480478e_1 960w, /images/default-source/searo---images/cds-dashboard.tmb-xl.png?sfvrsn=7480478e_1 1140w, /images/default-source/searo---images/cds-dashboard.tmb-xxl.png?sfvrsn=7480478e_1 1320w, 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style="text-align:inherit;text-transform:inherit;word-spacing:normal;white-space:inherit;" href="/southeastasia/health-topics/antimicrobial-resistance">Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)</a><br /></p><p><a href="/southeastasia/health-topics/hiv-aids">HIV</a>, <a href="/southeastasia/health-topics/hepatitis">Hepatitis </a>and <a href="/southeastasia/health-topics/sexually-transmitted-infections">STIs</a> (HHS)</p><p><a href="/southeastasia/health-topics/vaccines-and-immunization">Immunization and Vaccine Development (IVD)</a></p><p><span style="background-color:transparent;text-align:inherit;text-transform:inherit;word-spacing:normal;caret-color:auto;white-space:inherit;"><a href="/southeastasia/health-topics/malaria">Malaria (MAL)</a></span></p><p><a href="/southeastasia/health-topics/neglected-tropical-diseases">Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD)</a><span style="background-color:transparent;text-align:inherit;text-transform:inherit;word-spacing:normal;caret-color:auto;white-space:inherit;"></span></p><p><a href="/southeastasia/our-work/research-and-innovation">Research and Innovation (R&I)</a><span style="background-color:transparent;text-align:inherit;text-transform:inherit;word-spacing:normal;caret-color:auto;white-space:inherit;"></span></p><p><a href="/southeastasia/health-topics/tuberculosis">Tuberculosis (TB)</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="PageContent_C048_Col02" class="sf_colsIn col-md-1" data-sf-element="Column 3" data-placeholder-label="Column 3"> </div> </div> <div class="row" data-sf-element="Row"> <div id="PageContent_C025_Col00" class="sf_colsIn col-md-12" data-sf-element="Column 1" data-placeholder-label="Column 1"><div class="row" data-sf-element="Row"> <div id="PageContent_C030_Col00" class="sf_colsIn col-md-1" data-sf-element="Column 1" data-placeholder-label="Column 1"> </div> <div 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leadership and facilitates Regional collaboration of Member States, experts, donors and other partner agencies. WHO convenes meetings of Member States, exper ... </p> </div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="list-view--item horizontal-list-item matching-height--item"> <a href="https://www.who.int/southeastasia/activities/facilitating-one-health-partnership-for-prevention-and-control-of-neglected-parasitic-zoonoses" class="link-container" aria-label="Facilitating One Health partnership for prevention and control of neglected parasitic zoonoses" role="link"> <div class="thumb"> <div class="background-image background-image--small" data-image="/images/default-source/searo---images/health-topics/neglected-tropical-diseases/who_034818.tmb-768v.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=16c3d92c_1" style="background-image: url('/images/default-source/searo---images/health-topics/neglected-tropical-diseases/who_034818.tmb-549v.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=16c3d92c_1')"></div> </div> <div class="info"> <div class="date"> </div> <p class="heading text-underline">Facilitating One Health partnership for prevention and control of neglected parasitic zoonoses</p> <div class="description"> <p>WHO works closely with Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) in the South-East Asia Region, referred to a ... </p> </div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="list-view--item horizontal-list-item matching-height--item"> <a href="https://www.who.int/southeastasia/activities/building-national-capacity-to-implement-who-recommended--strategies" class="link-container" aria-label="Building national capacity to implement WHO recommended strategies" role="link"> <div class="thumb"> <div class="background-image background-image--small" data-image="/images/default-source/searo---images/health-topics/neglected-tropical-diseases/building-national-capacity-ntd.tmb-768v.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=907305c0_1" style="background-image: url('/images/default-source/searo---images/health-topics/neglected-tropical-diseases/building-national-capacity-ntd.tmb-549v.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=907305c0_1')"></div> </div> <div class="info"> <div class="date"> </div> <p class="heading text-underline">Building national capacity to implement WHO recommended strategies</p> <div class="description"> <p>WHO publishes guides and tools to support translation of WHO recommendations into practice. These guides are intended for use by national programmes and partners to support plannin ... </p> </div> </div> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row" data-sf-element="Row"> <div id="PageContent_C017_Col00" class="sf_colsIn col-md-4" data-sf-element="Column 1" data-placeholder-label="Column 1"> </div> <div id="PageContent_C017_Col01" class="sf_colsIn col-md-8" data-sf-element="Column 2" data-placeholder-label="Column 2"> </div> </div> <div class="row" data-sf-element="Row"> <div id="PageContent_C014_Col00" class="sf_colsIn col-md-1" data-sf-element="Column 1" data-placeholder-label="Column 1"> </div> <div id="PageContent_C014_Col01" class="sf_colsIn col-md-10" data-sf-element="Column 2" data-placeholder-label="Column 2"> </div> <div id="PageContent_C014_Col02" class="sf_colsIn col-md-1" data-sf-element="Column 3" data-placeholder-label="Column 3"> </div> </div> <div class="section-heading"> <h2>News</h2> <a href="https://www.who.int/southeastasia/news-room?healthtopics=51c7206a-497c-4547-959b-1c78e4139818,e1f8d56f-b301-4e60-8fae-1f2c43e798af,6668dc3c-517a-4a79-877f-8bd07c63247c,ec751de6-4074-489d-9bb8-0ec13cbf927c,98744f75-a6be-4165-891a-36618a85ebd8,82fcca56-3f98-4348-b9d8-b75692204102,6ddcec69-ad73-435e-af81-4a10bc4e921a">All →</a> </div> <div class="list-view horizontal-list matching-height"> <div class="list-view--item horizontal-list-item matching-height--item"> <a href="https://www.who.int/southeastasia/news/detail/30-01-2025-world-neglected-tropical-diseases-day-2025--unite.-act.-eliminate" class="link-container" aria-label="World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day 2025: Unite. Act. Eliminate." role="link"> <div class="thumb"> <div class="background-image background-image--small" data-image="/images/default-source/departments/ntd-library/lymphatic-filariasis/fighting-lf-in-indonesia-rti-fights-ntds.tmb-768v.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=724c7b1d_7" style="background-image: url('/images/default-source/departments/ntd-library/lymphatic-filariasis/fighting-lf-in-indonesia-rti-fights-ntds.tmb-549v.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=724c7b1d_7')"></div> </div> <div class="info"> <div class="date"> <span class="timestamp">30 January 2025</span> <div class="sf-tags-list"> <div class="sf-tags-list-item">Statement</div> </div> </div> <p class="heading text-underline">World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day 2025: Unite. Act. Eliminate.</p> </div> </a> </div> <div class="list-view--item horizontal-list-item matching-height--item"> <a href="https://www.who.int/southeastasia/news/detail/26-01-2025-world-leprosy-day" class="link-container" aria-label="World Leprosy Day" role="link"> <div class="thumb"> <div class="background-image background-image--small" data-image="https://cdn.who.int/media/images/default-source/nepal/health-topics_nepal/leprosy_nepal/dsc_4246.tmb-768v.jpg?sfvrsn=da0d1775_1" style="background-image: url('https://cdn.who.int/media/images/default-source/nepal/health-topics_nepal/leprosy_nepal/dsc_4246.tmb-549v.jpg?sfvrsn=da0d1775_1')"></div> </div> <div class="info"> <div class="date"> <span class="timestamp">26 January 2025</span> <div class="sf-tags-list"> <div class="sf-tags-list-item">Statement</div> </div> </div> <p class="heading text-underline">World Leprosy Day</p> </div> </a> </div> <div class="list-view--item horizontal-list-item matching-height--item"> <a href="https://www.who.int/southeastasia/news/detail/16-12-2024-bolster-efforts-to-end-tb-in-who-south-east-asia-region" class="link-container" aria-label="Bolster efforts to end TB in WHO South-East Asia Region" role="link"> <div class="thumb"> <div class="background-image background-image--small" data-image="https://cdn.who.int/media/images/default-source/south-east-asia-(searo)/countries/nepal/ajy_9112.tmb-768v.jpg?sfvrsn=324ae500_1" style="background-image: url('https://cdn.who.int/media/images/default-source/south-east-asia-(searo)/countries/nepal/ajy_9112.tmb-549v.jpg?sfvrsn=324ae500_1')"></div> </div> <div class="info"> <div class="date"> <span class="timestamp">16 December 2024</span> <div class="sf-tags-list"> <div class="sf-tags-list-item">News release</div> </div> </div> <p class="heading text-underline">Bolster efforts to end TB in WHO South-East Asia Region</p> </div> </a> </div> <div class="list-view--item horizontal-list-item matching-height--item"> <a href="https://www.who.int/southeastasia/news/detail/11-12-2024-who-calls-for-continued-efforts-against-malaria-in-south-east-asia-region--amid-progress" class="link-container" aria-label="WHO calls for continued efforts against malaria in South-East Asia Region, amid progress" role="link"> <div class="thumb"> <div class="background-image background-image--small" data-image="https://cdn.who.int/media/images/default-source/global-malaria-program-(gmp)/photostory/2023-india-chhattisgarh/malaria-india-chhattisgarh-panos-aloke-school-nets.tmb-768v.jpg?sfvrsn=7260916f_1" style="background-image: url('https://cdn.who.int/media/images/default-source/global-malaria-program-(gmp)/photostory/2023-india-chhattisgarh/malaria-india-chhattisgarh-panos-aloke-school-nets.tmb-549v.jpg?sfvrsn=7260916f_1')"></div> </div> <div class="info"> <div class="date"> <span class="timestamp">11 December 2024</span> <div class="sf-tags-list"> <div class="sf-tags-list-item">News release</div> </div> </div> <p class="heading text-underline">WHO calls for continued efforts against malaria in South-East Asia Region, amid progress</p> </div> </a> </div> <div class="list-view--item horizontal-list-item matching-height--item"> <a href="https://www.who.int/southeastasia/news/detail/02-12-2024-strengthening-poliovirus-detection-in-south-east-asia-a-global-collaboration-for-innovative-solutions" class="link-container" aria-label="Strengthening poliovirus detection in South-East Asia: A global collaboration for innovative solutions" role="link"> <div class="thumb"> <div class="background-image background-image--small" data-image="https://cdn.who.int/media/images/default-source/topics/diseases-and-conditions/polio/workshop-for-capacity-building-on-ddns.tmb-768v.jpg?sfvrsn=aba3a39d_2" style="background-image: url('https://cdn.who.int/media/images/default-source/topics/diseases-and-conditions/polio/workshop-for-capacity-building-on-ddns.tmb-549v.jpg?sfvrsn=aba3a39d_2')"></div> </div> <div class="info"> <div class="date"> <span class="timestamp">2 December 2024</span> <div class="sf-tags-list"> <div class="sf-tags-list-item">Departmental update</div> </div> </div> <p class="heading text-underline">Strengthening poliovirus detection in South-East Asia: A global collaboration for innovative solutions</p> </div> </a> </div> <div class="list-view--item horizontal-list-item matching-height--item"> <a href="https://www.who.int/southeastasia/news/detail/01-12-2024-world-aids-day" class="link-container" aria-label="World AIDS Day" role="link"> <div class="thumb"> <div class="background-image background-image--small" data-image="https://cdn.who.int/media/images/default-source/south-east-asia-(searo)/campaigns/world-aids-day/2024/world-aids-day-2024.tmb-768v.jpg?sfvrsn=5b732332_1" style="background-image: url('https://cdn.who.int/media/images/default-source/south-east-asia-(searo)/campaigns/world-aids-day/2024/world-aids-day-2024.tmb-549v.jpg?sfvrsn=5b732332_1')"></div> </div> <div class="info"> <div class="date"> <span class="timestamp">1 December 2024</span> <div class="sf-tags-list"> <div class="sf-tags-list-item">Statement</div> </div> </div> <p class="heading text-underline">World AIDS Day</p> </div> </a> </div> <div class="list-view--item horizontal-list-item matching-height--item"> <a href="https://www.who.int/southeastasia/news/detail/18-11-2024-world-amr-awareness-week-2024" class="link-container" aria-label="World AMR Awareness Week 2024" role="link"> <div class="thumb"> <div class="background-image background-image--small" data-image="https://cdn.who.int/media/images/default-source/campaigns/campaigns-world-antibiotic-awareness-week/waaw-2024/banner-waaw-2024.tmb-768v.jpg?sfvrsn=9071897e_7" style="background-image: url('https://cdn.who.int/media/images/default-source/campaigns/campaigns-world-antibiotic-awareness-week/waaw-2024/banner-waaw-2024.tmb-549v.jpg?sfvrsn=9071897e_7')"></div> </div> <div class="info"> <div class="date"> <span class="timestamp">18 November 2024</span> <div class="sf-tags-list"> <div class="sf-tags-list-item">Statement</div> </div> </div> <p class="heading text-underline">World AMR Awareness Week 2024</p> </div> </a> </div> <div class="list-view--item horizontal-list-item matching-height--item"> <a href="https://www.who.int/southeastasia/news/detail/28-10-2024-regional-director-s-opening-address-at-the-21st-meeting-of-the-who-technical-advisory-group-on-leprosy" class="link-container" aria-label="Regional Director’s Opening Address at the 21st Meeting of the WHO Technical Advisory Group on Leprosy" role="link"> <div class="thumb"> <div class="background-image background-image--small" data-image="https://cdn.who.int/media/images/default-source/2021-dha-images/_mg_5530.tmb-768v.jpg?sfvrsn=9e95d27_1" style="background-image: url('https://cdn.who.int/media/images/default-source/2021-dha-images/_mg_5530.tmb-549v.jpg?sfvrsn=9e95d27_1')"></div> </div> <div class="info"> <div class="date"> <span class="timestamp">28 October 2024</span> <div class="sf-tags-list"> <div class="sf-tags-list-item">News release</div> </div> </div> <p class="heading text-underline">Regional Director’s Opening Address at the 21st Meeting of the WHO Technical Advisory Group on Leprosy</p> </div> </a> </div> </div> <div class="section-heading"> <h2>Publications</h2> <a href="https://www.who.int/southeastasia/publications/i?healthtopics=51c7206a-497c-4547-959b-1c78e4139818,e1f8d56f-b301-4e60-8fae-1f2c43e798af,6668dc3c-517a-4a79-877f-8bd07c63247c,ec751de6-4074-489d-9bb8-0ec13cbf927c,98744f75-a6be-4165-891a-36618a85ebd8,6ddcec69-ad73-435e-af81-4a10bc4e921a,82fcca56-3f98-4348-b9d8-b75692204102,65d42052-212e-4b96-94a3-809750f9ca43,5f7b6914-1953-48b6-aabe-9b997a16999e&publishingoffices=678adf7e-24d8-4ef4-9da9-8c6ada4cf56b,01228b0b-a27d-4214-a259-d8459a877c0a,4810abf4-a1ce-425d-8801-54deedc71af2">All →</a> </div> <div class="sf-publications"> <div class="sf-publications-list sf-publications-list__horizontal row"> <div class="sf-publications-item list-item col-sm-3"> <div class="sf-publications-item__container"> <figure class="sf-publications-item__figure"> <img src="https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/380470/B09314-eng.pdf.jpg?sequence=4" alt="Mekong Malaria Elimination Programme epidemiology summary, volume 27, July–September 2024" /> </figure> <div class="sf-publications-item__body"> <div class="sf-publications-item__header"> <div class="sf-publications-item__date"> <span>13 February 2025</span> </div> <a href="/southeastasia/publications/i/item/B09314"> <h3 class="sf-publications-item__title">Mekong Malaria Elimination Programme epidemiology summary, volume 27, July–September 2024</h3> </a> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__description"> <p>The Mekong Malaria Elimination (MME) programme is an initiative aimed at supporting Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) countries – Cambodia, Lao People's... </p> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__actions"> <div class="sf-publications-item__file"> <a class="download-url " href="https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/380470/B09314-eng.pdf?sequence=1" aria-label="Download" target="_blank">Download</a> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__url"> <a href="/southeastasia/publications/i/item/B09314" class="page-url" aria-label="Read More">Read More</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item list-item col-sm-3"> <div class="sf-publications-item__container"> <figure class="sf-publications-item__figure"> <img src="https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/380160/SEA-Immun-164-eng.pdf.jpg?sequence=6" alt="Multiregional Workshop on developing policies, guidelines and SOPs for effective vaccine management" /> </figure> <div class="sf-publications-item__body"> <div class="sf-publications-item__header"> <div class="sf-publications-item__date"> <span>15 January 2025</span> </div> <a href="/southeastasia/publications/i/item/sea-immun-164"> <h3 class="sf-publications-item__title">Multiregional Workshop on developing policies, guidelines and SOPs for effective vaccine management</h3> </a> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__description"> <p>The effective vaccine management (EVM) workshop, jointly organized by WHO and UNICEF, was attended by participants from 13 countries, who reviewed the... </p> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__actions"> <div class="sf-publications-item__file"> <a class="download-url " href="https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/380160/SEA-Immun-164-eng.pdf?sequence=4" aria-label="Download" target="_blank">Download</a> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__url"> <a href="/southeastasia/publications/i/item/sea-immun-164" class="page-url" aria-label="Read More">Read More</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item list-item col-sm-3"> <div class="sf-publications-item__container"> <figure class="sf-publications-item__figure"> <img src="https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/380087/B09193-eng.pdf.jpg?sequence=4" alt="Mekong malaria elimination: epidemiology summary, volume 26 April–June 2024" /> </figure> <div class="sf-publications-item__body"> <div class="sf-publications-item__header"> <div class="sf-publications-item__date"> <span>13 January 2025</span> </div> <a href="/southeastasia/publications/i/item/B09193"> <h3 class="sf-publications-item__title">Mekong malaria elimination: epidemiology summary, volume 26 April–June 2024</h3> </a> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__description"> <p>The Mekong Malaria Elimination (MME) programme is an initiative aimed at supporting Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) countries – Cambodia, Lao People's... </p> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__actions"> <div class="sf-publications-item__file"> <a class="download-url " href="https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/380087/B09193-eng.pdf?sequence=1" aria-label="Download" target="_blank">Download</a> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__url"> <a href="/southeastasia/publications/i/item/B09193" class="page-url" aria-label="Read More">Read More</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item list-item col-sm-3"> <div class="sf-publications-item__container"> <figure class="sf-publications-item__figure"> <img src="https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/379829/SEA-Immun-162.pdf.jpg?sequence=6" alt="Fifteenth Meeting of the WHO South-East Asia Regional Immunization Technical Advisory Group" /> </figure> <div class="sf-publications-item__body"> <div class="sf-publications-item__header"> <div class="sf-publications-item__date"> <span>16 December 2024</span> </div> <a href="/southeastasia/publications/i/item/sea-immun-162"> <h3 class="sf-publications-item__title">Fifteenth Meeting of the WHO South-East Asia Regional Immunization Technical Advisory Group</h3> </a> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__description"> <p>The Fifteenth Meeting of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) South-East Asia Regional Immunization Technical Advisory Group (SEAR-ITAG) was held... </p> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__actions"> <div class="sf-publications-item__file"> <a class="download-url " href="https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/379829/SEA-Immun-162.pdf?sequence=4" aria-label="Download" target="_blank">Download</a> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__url"> <a href="/southeastasia/publications/i/item/sea-immun-162" class="page-url" aria-label="Read More">Read More</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="section-heading"> <h2>Related health topics</h2> </div> <div class="list-view horizontal-list matching-height"> <div class="list-view--item horizontal-list-item matching-height--item"> <a href="https://www.who.int/southeastasia/health-topics/antimicrobial-resistance" class="link-container" aria-label="Antimicrobial resistance" role="link"> <div class="thumb"> <div class="background-image background-image--small" data-image="/images/default-source/searo---images/health-topics/antimicrobial-resistance/waaw-2018-home-2.tmb-768v.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=14678853_1" style="background-image: url('/images/default-source/searo---images/health-topics/antimicrobial-resistance/waaw-2018-home-2.tmb-549v.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=14678853_1')"></div> </div> <div class="info"> <div class="date"> <div class="sf-tags-list"> <div class="sf-tags-list-item">Physical environment</div> </div> </div> <p class="heading text-underline">Antimicrobial resistance</p> </div> </a> </div> <div class="list-view--item horizontal-list-item matching-height--item"> <a href="https://www.who.int/southeastasia/health-topics/hepatitis" class="link-container" aria-label="Hepatitis" role="link"> <div class="thumb"> <div class="background-image background-image--small" data-image="/images/default-source/wpro/health-topic/hepatitis/f4-14102015-la-00044.tmb-768v.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=a0176d9c_3" style="background-image: url('/images/default-source/wpro/health-topic/hepatitis/f4-14102015-la-00044.tmb-549v.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=a0176d9c_3')"></div> </div> <div class="info"> <div class="date"> <div class="sf-tags-list"> <div class="sf-tags-list-item">Communicable diseases</div> </div> </div> <p class="heading text-underline">Hepatitis</p> </div> </a> </div> <div class="list-view--item horizontal-list-item matching-height--item"> <a href="https://www.who.int/southeastasia/health-topics/hiv-aids" class="link-container" aria-label="HIV/AIDS" role="link"> <div class="thumb"> <div class="background-image background-image--small" data-image="https://cdn.who.int/media/images/default-source/big-stories/ten-threats-to-global-health/hiv.tmb-768v.jpg?sfvrsn=7697577e_6" style="background-image: url('https://cdn.who.int/media/images/default-source/big-stories/ten-threats-to-global-health/hiv.tmb-549v.jpg?sfvrsn=7697577e_6')"></div> </div> <div class="info"> <div class="date"> <div class="sf-tags-list"> <div class="sf-tags-list-item">Communicable diseases</div> </div> </div> <p class="heading text-underline">HIV/AIDS</p> </div> </a> </div> <div class="list-view--item horizontal-list-item matching-height--item"> <a href="https://www.who.int/southeastasia/health-topics/malaria" class="link-container" aria-label="Malaria" role="link"> <div class="thumb"> <div class="background-image background-image--small" data-image="https://cdn.who.int/media/images/default-source/hero-images/malaria-net-india-young-woman.tmb-768v.jpg?sfvrsn=4e2c3415_24" style="background-image: url('https://cdn.who.int/media/images/default-source/hero-images/malaria-net-india-young-woman.tmb-549v.jpg?sfvrsn=4e2c3415_24')"></div> </div> <div class="info"> <div class="date"> <div class="sf-tags-list"> <div class="sf-tags-list-item">Diseases and conditions</div> </div> </div> <p class="heading text-underline">Malaria</p> </div> </a> </div> <div class="list-view--item horizontal-list-item 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