Public Health News

WASHINGTON, April 28, 2023 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved $100 million in financing for the Nepal Quality Health Systems Program operation. The Program will improve the quality of healthcare services …

WHO 26 April 2023 News release To help countries better prepare for future pandemics, WHO launched a new initiative today that provides guidance on integrated planning for responding to any respiratory …

World Immunization Week The World Immunization Week observed each year in the last week of April. It aims to promote the use of vaccines to protect people of all ages …

19 April 2023 WHO The World Health Organization (WHO) has just released for the first-time – the WHO standard: Universal access to rapid tuberculosis diagnostics, setting benchmarks to: achieve universal access to …

17 April 2023 News release The World Health Organization (WHO) has appointed five new senior figures to its headquarters leadership team in Geneva. The new appointments follow the reappointment of Dr …

Overview World Malaria Day, which takes place on 25 April each year, is an internationally recognized day, highlighting the global efforts to control malaria and celebrating the gains that have been made. The …

The Office of the Auditor General (OAG) was established with the appointment of the first Auditor General as per the Constitution of the Kingdom of Nepal, 1958. The Office of …

A critical lesson from the COVID-19 pandemic is that we must invest in strengthening the health workforce to enable equitable pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response and deliver essential health services. …

3 April 2023 – WHO is organizing the Fifth Global Forum on Human Resources for Health from 3 to 5 April 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland. The Forum, the largest gathering of the health workforce …

Overview The World Health Organization will complete 75 years on April 7, 2023 – World Health Day. Countries joined efforts in 1948, to establish WHO to promote health, keep the …