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Singapore medicines regulator world’s first to achieve highest maturity level in WHO classification

Out of 28 countries formally assessed by WHO, Singapore is the first to have achieved the highest maturity…

March 2, 2022
World Birth Defect Day

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…

March 2, 2022
WHO App

World Health Organization (WHO) launches Quit Tobacco App

The World Health Organization launched  ‘Quit Tobacco App’ to help people kick the cigarette butt and give up…

February 20, 2022
Nepal Burden of Disease 2019 A Country Report based on the 2019 Global Burden of Disease study

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…

February 14, 2022
International Classification of Diseases

WHO’s new International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) comes into effect

Overview The World Health Organization (WHO) Eleventh Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) has now come…

February 11, 2022
Orientation Manual on COVID-19 Management in POE

Orientation Manual on COVID-19 Management in POE

Epidemiology and Disease Control Division (EDCD) has releases a new orientation manual on COVID-19 Management in Portal of…

January 16, 2022
World Prematurity Day: Zero Separation Act now!

World Prematurity Day 2021: Zero Separation Act now!

Overview The World Prematurity Day (WPD) is observed each year on 17 November. This day is one of the…

November 17, 2021

World Stroke Day 2021: Minutes can Save Lives!

Overview World Stroke Day is held on 29th October each year. The annual event was started in 2006…

October 28, 2021
Top economists call for radical redirection of the economy to put Health for All at the centre in the run-up to G20

Top economists call for radical redirection of the economy to put Health for All at the centre in the run-up to G20

26 October 2021 News release (WHO) The COVID-19 Pandemic has brought into focus the stark reality of the large…

October 26, 2021
M8 Alliance Declaration: From Words to Action World Health Summit 2021

M8 Alliance Declaration: From Words to Action World Health Summit 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic is far from over and we have to explore and implement innovative and effective measures…

October 26, 2021