Overview World Glaucoma Week is celebrated on March 6-12, 2022. World Glaucoma Week is a global initiative of the World Glaucoma Association (WGA) aims to raise awareness on glaucoma. ‘The …
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World Obesity Day 2022: Everybody Needs to Act!
Overview The World Obesity Day is a unified day of action that calls for a cohesive, cross-sector response to the obesity crisis takes place on 4 March. It was convened …
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World Hearing Day 2022: To hear for life, listen with care!
Overview The World Hearing Day is held on 3 March each year aims to raise awareness on how to prevent deafness and hearing loss and promote safe listening. The World Hearing …
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World Birth Defects Day: “Many Birth Defects, One Voice”
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 …
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World Birth Defects Day: Calls for More Prevention, Research and Care for Babies
Overview The World Birth Defects Day (WBDD) is observed on March 3 each year. WBDD unites stakeholders working in the field of birth defects, also known as congenital anomalies, congenital disorders …
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Rare Disease Day 2022: Equity for People Living with a Rare Disease
Overview Rare Disease Day is observed every year on 28 February (or 29 in leap years)—the rarest day of the year. Rare Disease Day is the official international awareness-raising campaign …
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More than half of parents and pregnant women exposed to aggressive formula milk marketing – WHO, UNICEF
WHO NEWS The report, How marketing of formula milk influences our decisions on infant feeding, draws on interviews with parents, pregnant women and health workers in eight countries. It uncovers systematic …
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Nepal Burden of Disease 2019: A Country Report based on the Global Burden of Disease 2019 Study
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, …
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International Condom Day 2022: ‘Condoms are always in fashion’
Overview The International Condom Day is celebrated on February 13 every year, one day before Valentine’s Day. The day is a fun, tongue-in-cheek way of reminding people to practice safety …
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Standard Treatment Protocol (STP) For Basic Health Services (BHS) Package 2078
Overview The Curative Service Division, DoHS, Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) has disseminated the Standard Treatment Protocol (STP) for Basic Health Services (BHS) Package 2078. The STP includes guidance …
