KATHMANDU, APRIL 20

Director-General of the World Health Organisation Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus will arrive here today at the invitation of the Minister for Health and Population Birodh Khatiwada.

The Director-General is scheduled to land here at 12:15pm tomorrow.

During his stay here, he will pay a courtesy call on President Bidhya Devi Bhandari.

The meeting between the head-of-state and the WHO Director-General will take place on April 22 at Shital Niwas, the Office of the President said.

Prior to visiting the president, he will call on Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba.

During the visit, the WHO director-general will meet National Assembly Chair Ganesh Prasad Timilsena, Health Minister Birodh Khatiwada and Minister of Foreign Affairs Narayan Khadka, senior officials at the ministry, WHO representatives in Nepal, and representatives of the United Nations.

According to Secretary at the Ministry of Health and Population Dr Roshan Pokhrel, the WHO director-general will be arriving here on a three-day goodwill visit.

'During his visit, he will observe the ongoing vaccination campaign against typhoid and the National Public Health Laboratory,' said Minister Khatiwada's press adviser Shantaram Bidari.

He will also visit Patan Secondary School, Hanuman Dhoka Square and Patan Durbar Square.

A version of this article appears in the print on April 21, 2022, of The Himalayan Times