# WHO South-East Asia Region

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## Timeline

- **2026-09**: JP Nadda addresses WHO RC79 roundtable — Union Health Minister JP Nadda presented India's medical workforce expansion during the Ministerial Roundtable on Human Resources for Health at the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia in Dili, Timor-Leste.
- **2025-09**: Seat-expansion schemes extended — The Government of India extended schemes for increasing medical seats, targeting 10,000 additional postgraduate seats by 2028-29 with priority for underserved areas and shortage specialties.
- **2014**: Baseline medical education capacity — India began its reported expansion from 387 medical colleges, 51,348 MBBS seats, and 31,185 postgraduate seats.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### India's 176.69% PG Seat Rise Targets Specialized Care Gaps by 2028
2026-09-09 03:53:26 · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 5/10 · Sources: 3

India reported postgraduate medical seats rose 176.69% from 31,185 to 86,287 since 2014, and it is targeting 10,000 more by 2028-29 for shortage specialties. The announcement came at the WHO South-East Asia Regional Committee, where equity in specialized care was the core agenda for Universal Health Coverage.
Full story: https://gethealthbrief.com/story/india-176-pg-seat-rise-health-specialized-care

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