Breaking Ground in Maternal Mental Health Care in Nepal
WHO and NHRC sign MoU to establish National Online Ethical Review System
Nepal holds high-level meeting on HPV vaccination campaign
Strengthening Nepal’s fight against vector-borne diseases with comprehensive Indoor Residual Spraying training
Provincial orientations on National Antimicrobial Treatment Guidelines begins
Simulation exercise conducted in Lumbini Province
Gulmi Hospital launches Electronic Medical Records system
World Cancer Day observed with focus on public awareness and multisectoral collaboration
WHO South-East Asia Regional Committee Session begins
The Seventy-eighth session of WHO South-East Asia began today with health leaders committing to a healthier, equitable and resilient Region, amidst ongoing multifaceted challenges. ...
WHO South-East Asia Regional Youth Council launched
At an event jointly organized with the Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka, WHO South-East Asia today launched its Regional Youth Council, an advisory platform for the Organization, in C ...
78th WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia begins in Colombo next week
Healthy Ageing through strengthened primary health care and combating smokeless tobacco are among key priorities that health leaders would deliberate upon at the Seventy-eighth Reg ...
Tobacco use falls fastest in South-East Asia, yet 322 million people still at risk: WHO
The WHO South-East Asia Region has made the fastest progress globally in reducing tobacco use, according to the latest ‘WHO global report on trends in prevalence of tobacco use 200 ...
Medical Product Alert N°5/2025: Substandard (contaminated) oral liquid medicines
This WHO Medical Product Alert refers to three substandard (contaminated) oral liquid medicines identified in India and reported to WHO on 8 October 2025. The affected products ...
WHO upgrades its public health intelligence system to boost global health security
Today, the World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with key partners and supporters, launched version 2.0 of the Epidemic Intelligence from Open Sources (EIOS) system, us ...
Maldives becomes the first country to achieve ‘triple elimination’ of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B
In a landmark public health achievement, the World Health Organization (WHO) has validated the Maldives for eliminating mother-to-child transmission (EMTCT) of hepatitis B, while m ...
WHO warns of widespread resistance to common antibiotics worldwide
