Kathmandu, Feb. 13:The meeting of health secretaries of South East Asian Nations Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand concluded in New Delhi.
India was elected chairman and Nepal vice chairman for the operation of the meeting.
Health secretary Srikanta Regmi had led the Nepalese delegation which included director general of the Health Services Department and chief of the Health Ministry planning division Dr Ben Bahadur Karki.
The meeting discussed the progress made in the health sector with the assistance of the World Health Organisation (who) basically focussed on the state of public health in the 21st century, initiatives being taken to eradicate polio and control of tuberculosis, and took various decisions.
Health secretary Regmi had informed the meeting that Nepal particularly in areas of tb control and polio eradication has been carrying out work satisfactorily.
Mr Regmi spoke of the need of technical and financial assistance in setting up a well-organised training institution for providing training in public health.