The 79th Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia (RC79) in Dili, Timor-Leste, adopted the Dili Declaration on Human Resources for Health: Equity in Specialized Care. It targets shortages and uneven distribution of specialists in rural and underserved areas through better recruitment, retention, training, referral systems and telemedicine. India noted that its medical colleges have grown from 387 to 858 since 2014, MBBS seats from 51,348 to 1,42,464 and PG seats from 31,185 to 86,287. India won two WHO regional awards, for sustaining maternal and neonatal tetanus elimination and for NCD control through primary healthcare.