Press Release
Thirty Second Governing Board (GB) Meeting of SAARC Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS Centre (STAC)
28-29 October 2024
SAARC Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS Centre (STAC) hosted its Thirty Second Governing Board (GB) Meeting from 28-29 October 2024 at the Hilton Hotel, Kathmandu, Nepal. The meeting was organized under the Chairmanship of Dr. Rajendra P. Joshi, Additional Medical Superintendent from Lady Hardinge Medical College, Government of India.
Governing Board Members of SAARC Member States participated both in person and virtually. The distinguished Board Members who represented their esteemed Member States virtually at the Governing Board Meeting were from the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Royal Government of Bhutan, Republic of India, Republic of Maldives, Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. While the Board Members from host Country Nepal and Director Social Affairs from the SAARC Secretariat as representative of the Secretary General attended the meeting in person.
The meeting concluded successfully with useful, constructive observations and recommendations from all the GB Members. These recommendations from the GB Members are aimed to strengthen the Centre’s performance and ensure the effective implementation of its programs in the next year.
The Board also thanked STAC for excellent arrangement and well-prepared presentations during the course of the two-day GB Meeting and further wished for the successful achievement and conducting of its proposed programes for the Year 2025, which aimed to keep the South Asian region free from Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS and to achieve the targets set by the Member States.
Kathmandu
29 October 2024
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