National IHR Plan Workshop using the NAPHS tool held in Kathmandu
World AMR Awareness Week 2025: WHO Nepal holds media interaction on AMR
WHO hands over prefabricated office facility to the Ministry of Health and Population
Strengthening AMR response through awareness and education in Nepal
Refresher training on bacteriology held
Nepal accelerates lymphatic filariasis elimination efforts through MDA campaign in Kapilvastu
MoHP and WHO forum charts new path to strengthen urban primary health care for universal health coverage
Workshop on public health patent provisions in Nepal held
Sri Lanka Floods and landslides – Cyclonic storm Ditwah November 2025
WHO provides emergency funds to scale up health response in cyclone-hit Sri Lanka
As Sri Lanka faces rapidly worsening conditions triggered by a cyclonic storm, the World Health Organization today provided US$ 175 000 as emergency funds to support essential heal ...
World AIDS Day
Across the WHO South-East Asia Region, the burden of HIV remains substantial. Last year 88,000 people were newly infected, and approximately 50,000 people died of HIV-related cause ...
16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence
Violence online is also real violence, and safety, respect, and dignity must extend everywhere including digital spaces. Just as we work offline to improve the health and well-bein ...
New tools saved a million lives from malaria last year but progress under threat as drug resistance rises
This year’s report provides a critical and up-to-date snapshot of efforts to control and eliminate malaria across 80 countries. The report also presents the threat posed by antimal ...
WHO launches new, unified plan for countries to manage coronaviruses: COVID-19 and beyond
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a new strategic plan for the management of coronavirus disease threats, including COVID-19, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS- ...
WHO issues global guideline on the use of GLP-1 medicines in treating obesity
To address the growing global health challenge of obesity, which affects more than 1 billion people, WHO has released its first guideline on the use of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 (GLP ...
Lenacapavir approved in Zambia and Zimbabwe in record time through WHO Collaborative Registration Procedure
