Public Health Update

The government is observing February as National Iodine Month with an aim of creating awareness among people about consumption of iodized salt. Iodine is an essential element for thyroid function, necessary for …

World Leprosy Day takes place on the last Sunday in January, The day aims to raise awareness of a disease that many people believe to be extinct. It was chosen …

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 in …

25 January 2016 World Health Organization The Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity (ECHO) presented its final report to the WHO Director-General today, culminating a two-year process to address the alarming …

Late Post At a WHO-sponsored event in Kathmandu organized as a part of ‘16 days of activism against gender based violence’ (GBV) from 25 November to 10 December, WHO Nepal’s …

14 JANUARY 2016 | LIBERIA – Today, WHO declares the end of the most recent outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Liberia and says all known chains of transmission have …

Thehimalayantimes (1/5/2016)

Kantipur (16th Dec 2015) IOM Notice

Human Development Index (HDI): A composite index measuring average achievement in three basic dimensions of human development—a long and healthy life, knowledge and a decent standard of living.  See Technical …

Universal health coverage is defined as ensuring that all people have access to needed promotive, preventive, curative and rehabilitative health services, of sufficient quality to be effective, while also ensuring …