Public Health Update

What is World TB Day? World TB Day is held each year on March 24th and aims to build public awareness for tuberculosis. A disease which despite being curable, remains …

The International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP) is the largest forum on AIDS held in the Asia and the Pacific region. Since the first ICAAP was …

The Nepal Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) was carried out in 2014 by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) as part of the global MICS programme. Technical and financial support …

Netherlands Fellowship Programme (NFP) (Master’s program & Short course) (NFP deadline 15 March 2016) New Zealand Development Scholarships (NZDS) Application deadline: 30 April 2016 OFID SCHOLARSHIP AWARD Deadline is May …

Kantipur (3/4/1016)

26th Feb 2016  Pokhara HPV Vaccination program as the latest pilot project (covering Chitwan and Kaski district) to prevent cervical cancer has begun here today from Pokhara, Kaski. This has …

International Childhood Cancer Day is celebrated annually on 15 February to raise awareness and to express support for children and adolescents with cancer, survivors and their families. Each year, more …

World Cancer Day is the one singular initiative under which the entireworld can unite together in the fight against the global cancer epidemic. World Cancer Day World Cancer Day is …

Zika virus is an emerging mosquito-borne virus that was first identified in Uganda in 1947 in rhesus monkeys through a monitoring network of sylvatic yellow fever. It was subsequently identified …