Global Health

Overview Leprosy, also known as Hanssen’s disease, is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, an acid-fast, rod-shaped bacillus. Following continuous efforts from the Government of Nepal, leprosy was eliminated …

Total registered Birthing Center Service Sites in Nepal: 2848functional: 2831 S.N. Name Province District Palika 1 OKHALDHUNGA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL_OKHALDHUNGA Koshi Province Okhaldhunga Siddhi Charan 2 FPAN_ DHANKUTA_DHANKUTA Koshi Province Dhankuta …

Theme: Protecting children from tobacco industry interference The World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for nominations to the World No Tobacco Day Awards of individuals or organizations in each of the …

The Government of Nepal has endorsed a Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) Strategy for the Health Sector 2080. This strategy is an upgraded version of the Gender Equality and …

Background On 12 December 2012, the United Nations General Assembly endorsed a resolution urging countries to accelerate progress toward universal health coverage (UHC) – the idea that everyone, everywhere should have access …

The Thailand Annual International Training Courses (AITC) is accepting application from eligible candidates for 2024 session. The AITC aims at sharing Thailand’s best practices and experiences in key areas; Sufficiency …

“We stand committed to breaking the destructive cycle of climate change and air pollution and its disastrous effects on public health in urban centers” Statement by eight Partnership for Healthy …

The World Health Organization (WHO) is releasing today new data that show a low global rate of taxes being applied to unhealthy products such as alcohol and sugary sweetened beverages …

Historic Focus on Climate Health Impacts The ‘Putting Health at the Center of Climate Agenda’ session of the World Climate Action Summit on 2nd December, combined multiple transformative climate health …

In the run-up to COP28, the World Health Organization (WHO) together with the global health community, is raising its voice to ensure that the impact of climate change on health …