Finding Solutions to Plastic Pollution
National Guideline on IPC Disseminated in Koshi and Madhesh Provinces
Bloomberg Public Health Prize Awarded
Nepal Conducts the First Integrated Review Mission of its National Malaria, Kala-azar, Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination, and Dengue Control Programmes
National Guideline on Infection Prevention and Control disseminated
Workshop on Integration of Oral Cholera Vaccine (OCV) in Emergency and Preventive Contexts held
Review of National Programme on Tuberculosis
Hypertension Care Cascade Initiative Launched
ToT for Management of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome held
Joint Review of National Programmes on Vector-borne Diseases Held
Regional Workshop to Strengthen Risk Communication and Community Engagement Held
Nepal hosts regional meeting to strengthen water quality and sanitation safety
Interaction program held with journalists to commemorate World Malaria Day
Interaction Meeting held for World Immunization Week and National Immunization Month
Nepal Successfully Concludes Joint Review Mission for Tuberculosis
Nepal Successfully Completes Mass Drug Administration Campaign against Lymphatic Filariasis in 15 Districts
Electronic Medical Recording System Launched in Gandaki Province
National Strategic Plan for Hepatitis Disseminated
Remarks by WHO Representative to Nepal for World Health Day 2023
Workshop to develop National Immunization Strategy 2030 held
District Level Review Meeting on COVID-19 Vaccination and Routine Immunization held
Key Stakeholders in Nepal Review Dengue Preparedness and Response Plan for 2023
45,000 Nicotine Gums handed over
Solar Power Generation System handed over
Training on Biosafety and Risk Assessment held
World Tuberculosis Day 2023 Commemorated in Nepal
Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) Regional Partners Meeting held
WHO and WFP hand over the Severe Acute Respiratory Infections Treatment Facility to Government of Nepal
Severe Acute Respiratory Infections (SARI) Treatment Facility handed over
Regional Tuberculosis Workshop held
Timor-Leste: 50,000 people with hypertension and diabetes on standard care by 2025
India: 75 million people with hypertension or diabetes on standard care by 2025
Scale-up efforts to prevent, detect and control hypertension: WHO
Bangladesh eliminates lymphatic filariasis
International Day of the Midwife and International Nurses Day: Accelerate Region-wide improvements in the nursing and midwifery workforce
World Hand Hygiene Day: Accelerate action together
WHO SEAR and Country Offices Emergency Readiness Training and Simulation Exercise, 25-28 April 2023, Colombo Sri Lanka
World Malaria Day 2023: Time to deliver zero malaria – Invest, Innovate, Implement
Regional Meeting on Strengthening People Centered Mental Health Care and Community-Based Mental Health Networks in the South-East Asia Region
Heroes of Public Health awards
WHO marks 75 years, emphasizes on Health for All
World TB Day: Yes! We can End TB!
Harness digital health for Universal Health Coverage
World Oral Health Day: Accelerate action to achieve universal coverage for oral health
Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) Regional Partners Meeting
International Women’s Day: Achieve access for all women and girls to digital innovations and technologies
We need food, not tobacco – focus of World No Tobacco Day 2023
World Birth Defects Day: Many birth defects, one voice
Urgent, accelerated efforts needed for universal eye coverage, vision for all: WHO
Regional Action Plan for prevention and control of snakebite envenoming in South-East Asia 2022–2030 published in New Delhi
World Cancer Day: Close the care gap
World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day: Act Now. Act Together. Invest in Neglected Tropical Diseases
Urgently address gaps in leprosy services and accelerate efforts towards zero leprosy infection and disease: WHO
On polio last case anniversary, WHO calls on countries in South-East Asia to accelerate measures to also eliminate measles
Strengthening field entomology and integrated vector management capacity for vectorborne diseases of public health importance in the WHO South-East Asia
Simulation Exercise on Emergency Response, 12-15 December 2022, Dhaka, Bangladesh
International Universal Health Coverage Day: Achieve Health for All through All for Health
World AIDS Day: Equalize to end the AIDS epidemic
Regional Forum for Primary Health Care-Oriented Health Systems launched to strengthen implementation-focused learning and cooperation
Focus on capacity building at WHO’s Global School on Refugee and Migrant Health in Dhaka
Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC): No time to lose as famine stalks millions in Sudan amid intense fighting and access denials
Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly – Daily update: 30 May 2024
Global partners celebrate 50 years of immunization progress
Member States reaffirm commitment to immunization at seventy-seventh World Health Assembly
New report highlights critical gaps in immunization coverage in middle-income countries
Sudan’s children trapped in critical malnutrition crisis, warn UN agencies
Progress update on the WHO–US FDA collaborative project on the review and use of online repository for difficult-to-treat infections
Countries commit to recover lost progress in maternal, newborn & child survival
Advancing biomanufacturing workforce training for global health equity - Key takeaways and future directions
Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly – Daily update: 29 May 2024
New report maps efforts to improve adolescent health and well-being
World Health Assembly endorses resolution on social participation
New global strategy and action plan to be developed on emergency, critical and operative care
WHO Member States agree way forward to conclude Pandemic Agreement
WHO’s investment case launch draws expressions of support, pledges to sustainably finance four-year strategy
WHO General Programme of Work 2025–2028 prioritizes climate change and health
Global report reveals major gaps in menstrual health and hygiene in schools
Launch of the Group of Friends of the WHO Academy on the sidelines of the World Health Assembly
Global transport ministers call for new road safety assessment framework for business
Over 8000 people, including sports and health champions, join 5th WHO Walk the Talk in Geneva
Director-General’s Award for Global Health goes to Prime Minister of Barbados and developers of mRNA vaccines for COVID-19
WHO launches its first Investment Round to sustainably finance its Health for All mandate
WHO announces winners of the 5th Health for All Film Festival
WHO releases Global strategy and action plan on oral health
WHO Member States agree to share outcomes of historic IHR, pandemic agreement processes to World Health Assembly
Shipment of newest malaria vaccine, R21, to Central African Republic marks latest milestone for child survival
WHO releases a strategic framework for enhancing prevention and control of mpox
COVID-19 eliminated a decade of progress in global level of life expectancy
Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) supports the implementation of WHO's extended 13th General Programme of Work with flexible funding
Tobacco and nicotine industry tactics addict youth for life
