World TB Day is observed on the 24th of March annually. Tuberculosis (TB) is the world’s deadliest infectious killer. Every day, almost 30,000 people fall ill due to TB and over 4,000 people lose their lives to TB. Global efforts to combat TB have save an estimated 58 million lives since TB is a preventable and [...]
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the European Union (EU) convened a video conference on Friday, 20 March 2020 to discuss the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). The video conference was co-chaired by Singapore’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan and Senior Minister of State for Health and Transport Dr Lam Pin Min, [...]
WE, the ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM), gathered in Da Nang, Viet Nam, on 10 March 2020 for the 26th AEM Retreat: EXPRESS our deep concern over the outbreak of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), which has affected the lives of peoples as well as economies around the world; Download the full statement here. [...]
