Public Health Update

Experts call for action on the commercial determinants of health and health equity

Research highlights the urgent need for a global response WHO 24 March 2023  The private sector has a…

March 25, 2023

World Oral Health Day: Accelerate action to achieve universal coverage for oral health

By Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia On World Oral Health Day, WHO is…

March 20, 2023

WHO publishes recommendations on two new types of insecticide-treated nets

Since 2005, over 2 billion insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) have been distributed worldwide to prevent malaria. All of these…

March 14, 2023

Economic impact of overweight and obesity to surpass $4 trillion by 2035

World Obesity Atlas 2023 highlights Global study predicts that more than half the global population will be living…

March 4, 2023

The Montreux Charter on Patient Safety galvanizes action to address avoidable harm in health care

The Fifth Global Ministerial Summit on Patient Safety was held in Montreux, Switzerland on 23 and 24 February…

March 1, 2023

Five billion people unprotected from trans fat leading to heart disease

Five billion people globally remain unprotected from harmful trans fat, a new status report from WHO has found,…

January 24, 2023

WHO urges action to protect children from contaminated medicines

WHO is releasing an urgent call to action to countries to prevent, detect and respond to incidents of…

January 24, 2023

Notice for Upgrade of Health Workers (Form and Required Documents)

The Department Health Services (DoHS) invites application for the update of health workers under Nepal Health Service Regulation…

December 31, 2022

List of Federal Hospitals in Nepal

Here is the list of federal hospitals in Nepal. Source of Information: NATIONAL JOINT ANNUAL REVIEW MEETING PRESENTATION…

December 4, 2022

Republic of Korea achieves the highest WHO level for regulation of medicines and vaccines

29 November 2022  Geneva/Manila/Seoul The World Health Organization (WHO) announces that the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety,…

December 1, 2022