The Regional Director of the WHO South-East Asia Region has established the WHO South-East Asia Award for Public Health Champion to recognize and honour exceptional contributions to improving public health …
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- Maternal, Newborn and Child HealthNational Plan, Policy & GuidelinesResearch & PublicationVaccine Preventable Diseases
Surveillance Manual and Clinical Management Protocol of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome / Japanese Encephalitis 2025
Overview The Government of Nepal, Ministry of Health and Population, Department of Health Services, Family Welfare Division, Teku, Kathmandu, has published a Protocol for the Clinical Management of Acute Encephalitis …
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Polio Advanced Course in Vaccinology (PVAC ) 2025
Overview Polio Advanced Course in Vaccinology (PVAC ) is co-organized by the University of Geneva, the Qatar University in Doha (for the session in English), and the Cheikh Anta Diop …
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What You Need to Know from the 78th World Health Assembly (#WHA78)
Overview The Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly (WHA78), the premier decision-making body of the World Health Organization (WHO), concluded on 27 May 2025 in Geneva, marking a week of major public …
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International Day of the Midwife 2025: “Midwives: critical in every crisis”
Overview The International Day of the Midwife (IDM) is observed globally on 5th May to advocate for investment in quality midwifery care around the world, improving sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, …
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World Hand Hygiene Day 2025: It might be gloves. It’s always hand hygiene.
Overview World Hand Hygiene Day is observed every year on 5 May to promote and improve adherence to hand hygiene practices in health care settings, thereby protecting health care workers …
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World Asthma Day 2025: Make Inhaled Treatments Accessible for ALL
Overview World Asthma Day is an annual event initiated by the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) to raise awareness, improve asthma care, and advocate for equitable access to essential treatments. …
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Increases in vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks threaten years of progress, warn WHO, UNICEF, Gavi
Agencies call for sustained investments in immunization efforts amidst looming funding cuts. 24 April 2025 | Geneva/New York – Immunization efforts are under growing threat as misinformation, population growth, humanitarian crises, …
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National Tuberculosis Patient Cost Survey in Nepal 2024
Overview Tuberculosis remains the seventh leading cause of deaths in Nepal, posing a substantial public health and socioeconomic challenge. The Government of Nepal has adopted the End TB Strategy, which …
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World Malaria Day 2025: Malaria Ends with Us: Reinvest, Reimagine, Reignite
Overview The World Malaria Day is observed annually on 25 April to highlight the critical need for continued investment and sustained political commitment in the prevention and control of malaria. …
