Quality Improvement & Infection Prevention

Overview Every year, World Health Day on 7th April highlights a critical issue for global health. In 2025, it will kick off a year-long campaign on maternal and newborn health …

WHO launched a Patient Safety Rights Charter at the Global Ministerial Summit on Patient Safety. It is the first Charter to outline patients’ rights in the context of safety, and …

The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) Nepal has released the National Health Care Quality Assurance Framework to provide guidance for policymakers, program managers, and health planners at the national, …

The Fifth Global Ministerial Summit on Patient Safety was held in Montreux, Switzerland on 23 and 24 February with the slogan “Less Harm, Better Care – from Resolution to Implementation” …

Overview The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) has endorsed a new guideline on Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) 2079. This guideline has been prepared by NSSD, DoHS as per …

Overview The Minimum Service Standards (MSS) for Ayurveda health institutions is the readiness tool that sets in minimum set of standards to be fulfilled by the Ayurveda Hospital, Health Centre …

The 5 Moments for Medication Safety are the key moments where action by the patient or caregiver can greatly reduce the risk of harm associated with the use of their …

Overview The World Patient Safety Day is a global campaign to improve patient safety, celebrated each year on 17th September. Recognizing patient safety as a global health priority, all 194 WHO Member States at The …

Overview Infectious disease outbreaks and epidemics are increasing in frequency, scale and impact. Health care facilities can amplify the transmission of emerging infectious diseases or multidrug-resistant organisms (MDRO) within their …

Newly established global estimate on hygiene reveals the risk of disease spread and infections to patients and health care providers 30 August 2022  Joint News Release Geneva, New York Half …