WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia

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WHO regional office international organization body

The WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia is the World Health Organization’s regional body responsible for coordinating international public health efforts and supporting health systems across countries in the South-East Asia region.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia	2
WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia canonical	2
WHO SEARO	1
WHO South-East Asia Region	1
WHO South-East Asia Region Member States	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T33726 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia
Context triple: [World Health Organization, hasRegionalOffice, WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia]

A. World Health Organization
The World Health Organization is a specialized international agency that directs and coordinates global health efforts, including disease control, health policy, and emergency response.
B. Academy of Sciences for the Developing World
The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World, now known as The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), is an international organization that supports scientific excellence and capacity building in developing countries.
C. United Nations Development Programme
The United Nations Development Programme is the UN’s global development agency that works to eradicate poverty, reduce inequalities, and support sustainable development in countries worldwide.
D. UNESCO
UNESCO is a specialized agency of the United Nations that promotes international cooperation in education, science, culture, and communication to foster peace and sustainable development.
E. United Nations Economic and Social Council
The United Nations Economic and Social Council is a principal UN body responsible for coordinating international economic, social, and related work of the organization and its specialized agencies.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia
Target entity description: The WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia is the World Health Organization’s regional body responsible for coordinating international public health efforts and supporting health systems across countries in the South-East Asia region.

A. World Health Organization
The World Health Organization is a specialized international agency that directs and coordinates global health efforts, including disease control, health policy, and emergency response.
B. Academy of Sciences for the Developing World
The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World, now known as The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), is an international organization that supports scientific excellence and capacity building in developing countries.
C. United Nations Development Programme
The United Nations Development Programme is the UN’s global development agency that works to eradicate poverty, reduce inequalities, and support sustainable development in countries worldwide.
D. UNESCO
UNESCO is a specialized agency of the United Nations that promotes international cooperation in education, science, culture, and communication to foster peace and sustainable development.
E. United Nations Economic and Social Council
The United Nations Economic and Social Council is a principal UN body responsible for coordinating international economic, social, and related work of the organization and its specialized agencies.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	WHO regional office ⓘ international organization body ⓘ
affiliation	United Nations ⓘ
focusArea	HIV and hepatitis ⓘ communicable disease control ⓘ emergency preparedness and response ⓘ environmental health and climate change ⓘ health security and International Health Regulations implementation ⓘ health systems strengthening ⓘ immunization ⓘ malaria and neglected tropical diseases ⓘ maternal and child health ⓘ mental health ⓘ noncommunicable disease prevention and control ⓘ nutrition ⓘ tuberculosis control ⓘ universal health coverage ⓘ
governingBody	WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia ⓘ linked to: WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia
headquartersCountry	India ⓘ
headquartersLocation	New Delhi ⓘ linked to: New Delhi, India
mandate	coordinate international public health activities in the South-East Asia Region ⓘ support health systems strengthening in member states ⓘ support implementation of WHO policies and programmes in the region ⓘ
memberState	Bangladesh ⓘ linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) Bhutan ⓘ Democratic People’s Republic of Korea ⓘ linked to: North Korea India ⓘ Indonesia ⓘ Maldives ⓘ Myanmar ⓘ Nepal ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ Thailand ⓘ Timor-Leste ⓘ
numberOfMemberStates	11 ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
parentOrganization	World Health Organization ⓘ
partOf	World Health Organization ⓘ
regionServed	South-East Asia ⓘ linked to: Southeast Asia
reportsTo	WHO Executive Board ⓘ linked to: Executive Board of the World Health Organization World Health Assembly ⓘ
role	adapt global WHO strategies to regional context ⓘ coordinate regional responses to health emergencies ⓘ monitor and evaluate regional health trends ⓘ provide technical assistance to ministries of health in member states ⓘ support development of national health policies and plans ⓘ
shortName	WHO SEARO ⓘ linked to: WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia
website	https://www.who.int/southeastasia ⓘ

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