ImmunizationInfant and young child feedingHealth financingHealth workforceHealth data and health information systemsTraditional medicineEssential Medicinesby Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO Regional Director for South-East AsiaOn World Hand Hygiene Day, WHO is highlighting the urgent need for countries in the South-East Asia Region and across the world to rigorously implement hand hygiene at the point of health care delivery, accelerating progress made throughout the COVID-19 response. Across the Region, countries continue to intensify action to improve quality of care, patient safety and IPC at the primary health care (PHC) level, in line with the recommendations of another WHO-supported meeting in October 2022, as well as the Region’s overall focus on reorienting health systems towards quality, accessible, affordable and comprehensive PHC to build health system resilience and achieve UHC. For that, communities of actors in health care and civil society must come together to identify gaps, challenges and opportunities at the point of care, with a focus on avoiding duplication and fragmentation, and maximizing resource efficiency