Success Stories

The World Health Organization has validated Myanmar for eliminating trachoma.

Maldives and Sri Lanka were today verified for having eliminated rubella, making them the first two countries in WHO South-East Asia Region to achieve measles and rubella elimination ahead of the 2023 target.

The bumpy road to better health: How embedded research strengthened health services in Ghana Ghana’s success story For over 20 years, Ghana’s CHPS programme has been the focus of the…

Flattening the curve on COVID-19: What is the secret of Korea’s successful response? With the spread of COVID-19, the world is facing an unprecedented economic, social and political crisis. Global…

Global Health Bright Spots 2019- World Health Organization Few bright spots for 2019 are listed in official Medium channel of the World Health Organization; World leaders from 193 countries adopted…

Sri Lanka has eliminated mother to child transmission of HIV and syphilis Dec 4, 2019  Sri Lanka is being declared as a country which has eliminated mother to child transmission…

Mosquito sterilization offers new opportunity to control dengue, Zika and chikungunya A technique that produces sterilized male mosquitoes using radiation will soon be tested as part of global health efforts…

A milestone for humanity: Two strains of polio are now eradicated Global eradication of wild poliovirus type 3 declared on World Polio Day 24 October 2019 (WHO) In an historic…

Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Thailand achieve Hepatitis B control: WHO New Delhi, July 26, 2019:  Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Thailand have become the first countries in WHO South-East Asia Region…