Public Health News

WHO releases updated guidelines on TB preventive treatment

The World Health Organization’s Global Tuberculosis Programme has released updated guidelines on TB preventive treatment (TPT), featuring one new…

September 9, 2024

Delhi Declaration on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion (Safety 2024)

The 15th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion (Safety 2024) was held between 2nd-4th September 2024…

September 7, 2024

New research flags the urgent need for research and evidence on the impact of climate change on neglected tropical diseases and malaria

22 May 2024 | Geneva – The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Task Team on Climate Change, Neglected Tropical Diseases…

May 22, 2024

Call for actionable steps in response to the rising threat of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)

The Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Platform Action Group on the High-Level Meeting urges the United Nations Members…

May 14, 2024

World Day for Safety and Health at Workplace 2024

By Saima Wazed, WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia We mark the World Day for Safety and Health…

April 27, 2024

WHO launches first ever Patient Safety Rights Charter

WHO launched a Patient Safety Rights Charter at the Global Ministerial Summit on Patient Safety. It is the…

April 26, 2024

Major step in malaria prevention as three West African countries roll out vaccine

25 April, Cotonou/Freetown/Monrovia – In a significant step forward for malaria prevention in Africa, three countries—Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone—launched…

April 26, 2024

WHO prequalifies new oral simplified vaccine for cholera

A new oral vaccine for cholera has received prequalification by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 12 April.…

April 20, 2024

World Health Day 2024 Art Competition

To celebrate World Health Day 2024, the World Health Organization South-East Asia Regional Office is organizing an art…

March 12, 2024

Vaccine Preventable Diseases Surveillance Plan (Polio Transition Plan)

The Family Welfare Division, DoHS, MoHP, releases a new Vaccine Preventable Diseases Surveillance Plan (Polio Transition Plan) for…

February 16, 2024