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Highlights from Nepal

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2 March 2026
Highlights

Nepal’s push to eliminate lymphatic filariasis by 2030
23 February 2026
Highlights

National Public Health Laboratory and WHO Nepal collaborate to expand provincial MR laboratory surveillance networks
16 February 2026
Highlights

How early action contained a measles outbreak in Nepal’s Sarlahi
9 February 2026
Feature story

Transforming plans into action: Strengthening coordination for enhanced health emergency preparedness and response across Nepal

Brief News from Nepal

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26 February 2026
Departmental update

Nepal expands laboratory diagnostics for detection and reporting of drug-resistant pathogens at subnational level
20 February 2026
Departmental update

Orientation on Antimicrobial Stewardship Programme held
16 February 2026
Departmental update

WHO hands over medical gas analyzers to the MoHP
13 February 2026
Departmental update

Nepal finalizes IHR annual report

News from the South-East Asia Region

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9 March 2026
Departmental update

Bhutan completes consultation to finalize National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS)
8 March 2026
Statement

International Women's Day

Across the WHO South-East Asia Region, progress on women’s health and wellbeing is slow. Adolescent birth rates remain high, and the use of modern contraceptive methods has stalled ...

2 March 2026
Departmental update

WHO South-East Asia Region Unity Studies Network Activities Report (2024–2025)
25 February 2026
Departmental update

TCV introduction in Bangladesh: October-November 2025

WHO South-East Asia Regional Office, in collaboration with WHO Headquarters and the Prasanna School of Public Health at the Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), and with sup ...

Global News

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9 March 2026
Departmental update

WHO recommends near point-of-care tests, tongue swabs, and sputum pooling for TB diagnosis

WHO is issuing, for the first time, recommendations on new near-point-of-care (NPOC) molecular tests for the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB); easy-to-collect tongue swab samples to ...

6 March 2026
Departmental update

Communities at the centre: advancing social and economic protection for preparedness and response

Communities are at the centre of health emergencies across all hazards, as well as need- and risk-based interventions. Many countries are facing multiple and/or prolonged crises co ...

4 March 2026
News release

Chile becomes the first country in the Americas to be verified by WHO for the elimination of leprosy

The World Health Organization (WHO), together with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), congratulates Chile for becoming the first country in the Americas – and the second ...

4 March 2026
Statement

Statement of the Forty-fourth Meeting of the Polio IHR Emergency Committee

The 44th meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (IHR or Regulations) on the international spread of poliovirus was convened by the WHO Direct ...