Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina's daughter Saima Wazed, a psychologist, has been nominated as the next regional director of World Health Organization's (WHO) South-East Asia region. Wazed has served as chairperson of Bangladesh’s National Advisory Committee on Neurodevelopmental Disorders since 2012. Wazed will succeed India's Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, who was the first woman to hold the office.