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Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina’s daughter Saima Wazed appointed WHO’s South-East Asia chief – Firstpost

by NEWSROOM


The executive board of the ‘World Health Organisation’ (WHO ) in Geneva on Tuesday confirmed Saima Wazed, the daughter of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as the next regional director of the WHO’s Southeast Asia Region.

Wazed, a psychologist and mental health professional, will be the first from Bangladesh and the second woman regional director of the Southeast Asia Region after India’s Poonam Khetrapal Singh who held the position since 2014.

Ms Wazed begins a five-year term on 1 February 2024. She is the first from Bangladesh…



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