Saima voted as new WHO regional director

FE Team | Published: November 02, 2023 00:03:26

Saima Wazed

Bangladesh candidate Saima Wazed has been nominated as World Health Organisation's (WHO) new regional director for South East Asia region for a five-year term beginning from 2024 in an election, defeating lone candidate from Nepal, the global health organization said in a statement on Wednesday, reports BSS.
"Member states voted to nominate Saima Wazed during a closed meeting at the seventy-sixth session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia Region," the statement read.
Saima, incidentally the daughter of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, is known for her global campaign on mental health with extra focus on autism.