Tilganga inaugurates community eye hospital in Madhesh Province The Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology (TIO), in partnership with The Fred Hollows Foundation, has officially inaugurated the Nijgadh Tilganga Community Eye Hospital - the first community eye care facility in Madhesh Province, today. Nepal 13 Nov, 2024
HMs to nominate next WHO regional director Health ministers and senior officials from member countries are meeting here next week to deliberate on priority health issues and nominate the next World Health Organisation Regional Director for South- East Asia. Nepal 29 Oct, 2023
'Urgent efforts needed for universal eyecare' The World Health Organisation today called for accelerated action to provide quality, affordable, integrated, and people-centred comprehensive eyecare for everyone, for addressing the increasing and disproportionate burden of vision impairment and blindness in the WHO South-East Asia Region, which also includes Nepal. Nepal 22 Feb, 2023
Nepal, among countries urged to ensure eye care On the occasion of World Sight Day, the World Health Organisation has urged countries, including Nepal, in the South-East Asia Region to accelerate efforts to ensure that everyone has equitable access to high-quality and comprehensive eye health services in line with the newly adopted Regional Action Plan for integrated people-centred eye care (2022-2030). Nepal 14 Oct, 2022
Nepal among countries accelerating NCD prevention The member countries of WHO South-East Asia Region, including Nepal, on Wednesday accelerated progress for prevention and control of non-communicable diseases, including oral and eye care. Nepal 08 Sep, 2022
Health ministers of South-East Asia meeting in Paro The 75th Regional Committee Session of the World Health Organisation South- East Asia — the annual governing body meeting of WHO in this region — being hosted by Bhutan this year is set to be held in Paro of Bhutan from September 5 to 9. Kathmandu 04 Sep, 2022
Health ministers to discuss pandemic, reinvigorate essential health services The health ministers of the member countries of World Health Organisation South- East Asia Region will deliberate next week to expedite the key issues regarding the ongoing pandemic and measures in a bid to reinvigorate essential health services and achieve universal health coverage. Nepal 05 Sep, 2021
WHO stresses access for all to clean water to eliminate tropical diseases Kathmandu, March 22 Access for all to clean and safe water is fundamental to controlling and eliminating neglected tropical diseases from across the South-East Asia Region, said a press release issued by the New Delhi-based World Health... Horoscopes 23 Mar, 2019
Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh reappointed regional director of WHO SEAR Kathmandu, January 28 Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh has been appointed Regional Director for World Health Organisation South-East Asia, for a second five-year term. The WHO Executive Board yesterday unanimously endorsed Dr Khetrapal Singh, who was... Travel 29 Jan, 2019
Trachoma eliminated from Nepal: WHO Kathmandu, November 22 The World Health Organisation handed over trachoma elimination certificate to the government amidst a function here today. Trachoma, a leading cause of blindness among people worldwide, is one of the world’s oldest... Horoscopes 23 Nov, 2018
The right to sight: Ensuring eye care for all For equitable and holistic eye care services, leadership and governance, health service delivery, access to drugs, health workforce, information system and health financing should be strengthened Every year World Sight Day is observed on the... 15 Oct, 2018
EDITORIAL: Children at risk Awareness at the grassroots level and strong vigilance at border points is a must to minimise the number of children from missing It is shocking to see that a total of 15,875 children were reported missing in the past nine years from fiscal 2009/10 to... 24 Sep, 2018
