The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced the MVA-BN vaccine as the first vaccine against mpox to be added to its prequalification list. The prequalification approval is expected to facilitate…
15 May 2024-Geneva: A new vaccine for dengue received pre-qualification from the World Health Organization (WHO) on 10 May 2024. TAK-003 is the second dengue vaccine to be prequalified by WHO.…
A new oral vaccine for cholera has received prequalification by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 12 April. The inactivated oral vaccine Euvichol-S has a similar efficacy to existing vaccines…
The Family Welfare Division, DoHS, MoHP, releases a new Vaccine Preventable Diseases Surveillance Plan (Polio Transition Plan) for 2079-2086 to sustain Nepal’s polio-free status and maintain continuity of polio-related activities…
Overview The measles outbreak investigation, outbreak response immunization (ORI), and root cause analysis (RCS) of the measles outbreak were conducted in 10 districts: Banke, Morang, Bajura, Kailali, Surkhet, Bardiya, Dang,…
Overview The Family Welfare Division, Department of Health Services (DoHS), releases a new guideline on HPV Vaccine Demonstration 2080 to provide guidance on the HPV vaccine demonstration program in Nepal.…
Overview The Government of Nepal, Ministry of Health and Population, has decided to conduct a nationwide Measles-Rubella (MR) Vaccination Campaign from 25 February to 20 March 2024. The guideline on…
The World Health Organization South-East Asia Region today complimented member countries for scaling up childhood immunization coverage to pre-pandemic levels and called for continued intensified efforts with a focus on…
Overview Missed Opportunities for Vaccination is a strategy to Increase routine immunization coverage by making better use of existing vaccination sites; health facilities and immunization clinics (WHO). MOV is not only…
9 November 2022 News release (WHO) WHO’s Global Vaccine Market Report 2022, shows that inequitable distribution is not unique to COVID-19 vaccines, with poorer countries consistently struggling to access vaccines that are…
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