Public Health

World Glaucoma Week, March 6-12, 2022

Overview World Glaucoma Week is celebrated on March 6-12, 2022. World Glaucoma Week is a global initiative of…

March 7, 2022

World Obesity Day 2022: Everybody Needs to Act!

Overview The World Obesity Day is a unified day of action that calls for a cohesive, cross-sector response…

March 3, 2022

World Hearing Day 2022: To hear for life, listen with care!

Overview The World Hearing Day is held on 3 March each year aims to raise awareness on how to…

March 2, 2022

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

World Birth Defects Day: Calls for More Prevention, Research and Care for Babies

Overview The World Birth Defects Day (WBDD) is observed on March 3 each year. WBDD unites stakeholders working in…

March 2, 2022

Rare Disease Day 2022: Equity for People Living with a Rare Disease

Overview Rare Disease Day is observed every year on 28 February (or 29 in leap years)—the rarest day…

February 28, 2022

More than half of parents and pregnant women exposed to aggressive formula milk marketing – WHO, UNICEF

WHO NEWS The report, How marketing of formula milk influences our decisions on infant feeding, draws on interviews with…

February 23, 2022

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 Condom Day 2022: ‘Condoms are always in fashion’

Overview The International Condom Day is celebrated on February 13 every year, one day before Valentine’s Day. The…

February 13, 2022

Standard Treatment Protocol (STP) For Basic Health Services (BHS) Package 2078

Overview The Curative Service Division, DoHS, Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) has disseminated the Standard Treatment Protocol…

February 11, 2022