Vaccine Equity

Overview The Government of Nepal, Ministry of Health and Population, Department of Health Services, Family Welfare Division, Teku, Kathmandu, has published a Protocol for the Clinical Management of Acute Encephalitis …

Agencies call for sustained investments in immunization efforts amidst looming funding cuts. 24 April 2025 | Geneva/New York – Immunization efforts are under growing threat as misinformation, population growth, humanitarian crises, …

Overview The International Vaccine Institute (IVI) invites applications for its 24th International Vaccinology Course, titled “Vaccines in a Changing World: Innovation and Access.” The course will take place from 8-12 …

Overview Each year, World Immunization Week is observed in the last week of April with the aim of highlighting the collective action needed and promoting the use of vaccines to …

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. …