Public Health News

Overview World Health Worker Week (WHWW) observed from 4 to 8 of April each year. is the chance to elevate the voices, roles, and needs of health workers around the world.  Theme This year’s theme…

25 March 2022 News release Geneva The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Government of India today signed an agreement to establish the WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine. This global knowledge…

21 March 2022 News release  On World TB Day, WHO calls for an urgent investment of resources, support, care and information into the fight against tuberculosis (TB). Although 66 million lives…

Office of Municipal Executive, Waling Municipality, Syangja has released it’s local public health act as per the mandate of Constitution of Nepal, Public Health Service Act, 2075 (2018), and Local…

Out of 28 countries formally assessed by WHO, Singapore is the first to have achieved the highest maturity level (ML 4) in WHO’s classification of regulatory authorities for medical products.…

By Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia On World Birth Defects Day, WHO and its Member States in the South-East Asia Region and globally are raising…

The World Health Organization launched  ‘Quit Tobacco App’ to help people kick the cigarette butt and give up use of tobacco in all forms – including smokeless and other newer…

Overview The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study is a systematic effort to quantify the comparative magnitude of health loss due to diseases, injuries, and risk factors by age, sex,…

Overview The World Health Organization (WHO) Eleventh Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) has now come into effect, with the latest update going online today. The ICD provides…

Epidemiology and Disease Control Division (EDCD) has releases a new orientation manual on COVID-19 Management in Portal of Entry (POE). This manual aims to provide a guidance to orientation of…