Colombo: The 78th session of WHO South-East Asia concluded on Wednesday with member states adopting resolutions on key public health challenges to accelerate health for all.

The highlight of the three-day annual governing body meeting, hosted by Sri Lanka, was the " Colombo Declaration " on "Healthy Ageing through strengthened primary health care", adopted at a ministerial round table, a statement by WHO said.

The declaration aims at health and well-being of the ageing population, expected to double in South-East Asia by 2050.

WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Officer-In-Charge for WHO South-East Asia, Dr Catharina Boehme, felicitated Maldives for achieving triple elimination of mother-to-child transmission of Hepatitis B, HIV and Syphilis, the first country

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