Public Health

The World Patient Safety Day is a global campaign to improve patient safety, celebrated each year on on 17th September. Recognizing patient safety as a global health priority, all 194 WHO Member States …

Bangkok, 9 September 2020The Seventy-third Regional Committee Session of WHO South-East Asia Region began today with health leaders emphasising on greater investments for strengthening health systems and continued efforts and collaboration …

8 September 2020 News release Geneva The World Health Organization’s first global report on sepsis finds that the effort to tackle millions of deaths and disabilities due to sepsis is hampered by serious gaps …

The First International Day of Clean Air! The United Nations General Assembly has designated 7 September as the International Day of Clean Air for blue skies. This first International Day …

World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) is observed on September 10 each year to promote worldwide action to prevent suicides. WSPD provides the opportunity for people, across the globe, to raise …

Global Week for Action on NCDs Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are the #1 cause of death and disability in the world, accounting for 70% of all deaths and more than three out …

Cervical cancer is the most common cancer of women in Nepal, accounting for 21.4 percent of all cancer among 34–64 year old women. The national guidelines on cervical cancer screening …

The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study is the largest and most comprehensive effort to quantify health loss across places and over time. It draws on the work of more …

Nepal Public Health Association is going to organize the First Public Health Conference in Nepal on 26-27 September, 2020 with the theme: “Health Sector Reform in Federalism: Lessons from COVID-19 …