19 April 2023 WHO The World Health Organization (WHO) has just released for the first-time – the WHO standard: Universal access to rapid tuberculosis diagnostics, setting benchmarks to: achieve universal access to …
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Key leadership appointments made to drive WHO strategic direction and initiatives
17 April 2023 News release The World Health Organization (WHO) has appointed five new senior figures to its headquarters leadership team in Geneva. The new appointments follow the reappointment of Dr …
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Health Related Findings of the Auditor General’s 60th Annual Report 2023
The Office of the Auditor General (OAG) was established with the appointment of the first Auditor General as per the Constitution of the Kingdom of Nepal, 1958. The Office of …
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WHO steps up the Director-General’s flagship initiative to combat tuberculosis
On the occasion on World TB Day (24 March), the World Health Organization (WHO) is announcing the expanded scope of the WHO Director-General’s (DG) Flagship Initiative on tuberculosis over the period from …
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Five cities recognized for public health achievements at Partnership for Healthy Cities Summit
Partnership for Healthy Cities award recipients include Montevideo, Uruguay for food policy; Mexico City, Mexico for road safety; Vancouver, Canada for surveillance; Athens, Greece for overdose prevention, and Bengaluru, India …
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Urgent, accelerated efforts needed for universal eye coverage, vision for all: WHO
The World Health Organization today called for accelerated action to provide quality, affordable, integrated and people-centered comprehensive eye care for everyone, for addressing the increasing and disproportionate burden of vision …
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Five billion people unprotected from trans fat leading to heart disease
Five billion people globally remain unprotected from harmful trans fat, a new status report from WHO has found, increasing their risk of heart disease and death. Since WHO first called …
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Republic of Korea achieves the highest WHO level for regulation of medicines and vaccines
29 November 2022 Geneva/Manila/Seoul The World Health Organization (WHO) announces that the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, Republic of Korea, has achieved maturity level four (ML4), the highest level …
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WHO urges more effective prevention of injuries and violence causing 1 in 12 deaths worldwide
29 November 2022 News release Geneva, Switzerland Injuries and violence take the lives of some 12 000 people around the world each day. As reflected in a new World Health Organization …
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WHO recommends new name for monkeypox disease
28 November 2022 News release Geneva, Switzerland Following a series of consultations with global experts, WHO will begin using a new preferred term “mpox” as a synonym for monkeypox. Both …
