The Department of Drug Administration (DDA) has decided to approve ‘COVISHIELD’ COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in Nepal. DDA provided the conditional permission for emergency authorisation of COVISHEILD vaccine against …
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Marking a decade since last polio case: WHO SEAR countries gear up for massive vaccination campaign – this time for COVID-19 virus
New Delhi, 13 January 2021 – On this day in 2011, WHO South-East Asia Region reported its last case of wild poliovirus from West Bengal in India. A decade later, …
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WHO issues its first emergency use validation for a COVID-19 vaccine
WHO issues its first emergency use validation for a COVID-19 vaccine and emphasizes need for equitable global access. The World Health Organization (WHO) today listed the Comirnaty COVID-19 mRNA vaccine …
The year 2020 was a devastating year for global health. The pandemic threatens to set back hard-won global health progress achieved over the past two decades – in fighting infectious diseases, for …
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Gandaki Youth Declaration to #EndTB
The first-ever Provincial Youth Summit to End Tuberculosis (TB) Gandaki, was organized virtually on 23 and 24 December 2020 by TB Free World with NYMAT-Nepal and Youth for TB Free …
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COVAX Advance Market Commitment (AMC)-Eligible economies
COVAX Advance Market Commitment (AMC)-Eligible economies. The 92 low- and middle-income economies are eligible to have their participation in the COVAX Facility supported by the COVAX AMC. What is COVAX? …
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Principles for sharing COVID-19 Vaccine doses with COVAX
COVAX is a bold international initiative to ensure fair and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines for all countries regardless of wealth. The COVAX Facility (Facility) is responsible for securing the …
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The top 10 causes of death
Noncommunicable diseases now make up 7 of the world’s top 10 causes of death, according to WHO’s 2019 Global Health Estimates, published today. This is an increase from 4 of …
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WHO launches year-long campaign to help 100 million people quit tobacco
WHO today launches a year-long global campaign for World No Tobacco Day 2021 – “Commit to Quit.” The new WHO Quit Challenge on WhatsApp and publication “More than 100 reasons to quit tobacco” are …
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UNAIDS calls on countries to step up global action and proposes bold new HIV targets for 2025
As COVID-19 pushes the AIDS response even further off track and the 2020 targets are missed, UNAIDS is urging countries to learn from the lessons of underinvesting in health and …
