Public Health

Scale-up routine immunization along with COVID-19 vaccination: WHO

Press release 1763 Kathmandu, 8 September 2021 – The World Health Organization today urged countries in South-East Asia…

September 8, 2021

The 2nd International Day of Clean Air for blue skies

Overview The United Nations General Assembly has designated 7 September as the International Day of Clean Air for blue skies. The…

September 7, 2021

The Global Week for Action on NCDs 2021 #ActOnNCDs

Overview The Global Week for Action on NCDs aims to unite the NCD movement each year under a specific theme,…

September 7, 2021

WHO South-East Asia Regional Committee meeting begins

Press release 1761 Kathmandu, 6 September 2021:  The Seventy Fourth Regional Committee meeting of WHO South-East Asia Region, began today…

September 6, 2021

Global Patient Safety Action Plan 2021-2030

What is patient safety? Patient safety is: “A framework of organized activities that creates cultures, processes, procedures, behaviours,…

September 4, 2021

Health Ministers from WHO South-East Asia Region to discuss pandemic, rebuilding essential health services for UHC

3 September 2021 News release SEARO SEAR/PR/1760 New Delhi/Kathmandu:  The ongoing pandemic and measures to ‘build back better’ essential health services…

September 3, 2021

World Suicide Prevention Day 2021: ‘Creating Hope Through Action’

Overview World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) was established in 2003 in conjunction with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and…

September 2, 2021

World Field Epidemiology Day: Strengthening health surveillance systems to detect public health threats early

World Field Epidemiology Day: Strengthening health surveillance systems to detect public health threats early The World Field Epidemiology…

September 2, 2021

Official UN General Assembly Side Event on progress and multisectoral action towards achieving global targets to End TB

Background: Despite progress over the last decades, TB remains among the leading infectious killers worldwide, claiming nearly 4000…

September 2, 2021

WHO, Germany open hub for pandemic and epidemic intelligence in Berlin

New hub’s mission is to provide the world with better data, analytics and decisions to detect and respond…

September 1, 2021