Public Health

The 73rd World Health Assembly, through its decision to strengthen Code implementation and to designate 2021 as the YHCWs reflects a collective vision on the health and care workforce. During the …

World Cancer Day 2021: I Am And I Will! Together, all of our actions matter. World Cancer Day, every 4 February is the global uniting initiative led by the Union …

Iodine Month National Iodine Month has been celebrated in February each year to raise awareness on the use of two child-logo salt for optimum iodine intake to combat iodine deficiency …

Yohei Sasakawa, WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination Over the past year, the headlines have been dominated by COVID-19. It is easy to overlook other diseases, especially a disease such …

27 January 2021 | GENEVA – The definition of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) has been revised by the World Health Organization (WHO)’s Global TB Programme, who have also defined pre-XDR-TB for the …

World Leprosy Day 2021 #BeatLeprosy The World Leprosy Day (WLD) takes place on the last Sunday of January worldwide except India. In India, WLD is celebrated on 30 January, the …

Determinants of Maternal Health and Family Planning Service Coverage in Nepal: Modelling of Routine Data (Determinants of Maternal Health and Family Planning Service Coverage in Nepal) Objectives This analysis identifies …

The World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Day is an international awareness day for NTDs observed on 30 January. It was originally announced by the Crown Prince Court of Abu Dhabi at the …

The National Yoga Day is observed each year on Magh 1st (Maghe Sankranti). Yoga day has been celebrated in Nepal since 15 January 2016. Objectives To promote yoga, and its …

The National Climate Change Policy, 2019 has been introduced with the objective of providing policy guidance to various levels and thematic areas towards developing a resilient society by reducing the …