New Delhi, Broadcasting News Corporation : Saima Wazed has been nominated as the Regional Director of the South East Asia Regional Organization (SEARO) of the World Health Organization (WHO). She will lead for the next five years in this capacity. Member States voted to nominate Saima Wazed during a closed meeting at the seventy-sixth session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia Region. She bagged 8 votes in the bid while the other candidate Dr. Shambhu Prasad Acharya, nominated by the Government of Nepal, secured 2 votes. The nomination will be submitted to the WHO Executive Board during its 154th Session, taking place on 22-27 January, 2024 in Geneva, Switzerland. The newly appointed Regional Director will take office on 1 February 2024.