Nepal receives first shipment of essential childhood cancer medicines under GPACCM Nepal received the first batch of essential cancer medicines under the Global Platform for Access to Childhood Cancer Medicines (GPACCM) on Saturday, as part of an initiative led by the World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with UNICEF. Nepal 16 Feb, 2025
HPV vaccination campaign launched The government has launched a vaccination campaign against the human papillomavirus (HPV), which causes cervical cancer, starting today. Nepal 05 Feb, 2025
WHO chief asks countries to push Washington to reconsider its withdrawal The World Health Organization chief asked global leaders to lean on Washington to reverse President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the U.N. health agency, insisting in a closed-door meeting with diplomats last week that the U.S. will miss out on critical information about global disease outbreaks. Nepal 03 Feb, 2025
Trump wants to pull the US out of the World Health Organization again. Here's what may happen next US President Donald Trump used one of the flurry of executive actions that he issued on his first day back in the White House to begin the process of withdrawing the US from the World Health Organization for the second time in less than five years World 21 Jan, 2025
HPV vaccines distributed across all provinces: MoHP The government is set to launch a nationwide program from February 4 to 18 to administer the HPV vaccine to 1.688 million girls aged 10-14 years. Nepal 16 Jan, 2025
RFK Jr. as Health Advisor: Maverick or menace to public health? President-elect Donald Trump announced his nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in November 2024. Opinion 06 Jan, 2025
Another health emergency may be looming in the horizon Monkey Pox alias mpox was declared a new global health emergency by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on August 14, 2024, after assessing its increasing spread in Africa. Nepal 31 Dec, 2024
Anti-cancer 'HPV' vaccine doses made available in Nepal Ministry of Health and Population has imported 'Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)' vaccines administered against cervical cancer with the assistance of 'Global Alliance for Vaccine and Immunization (GAVI)'. Health 19 Dec, 2024
Uterine cancer screening to commence nationwide in Nepal from February 13 According to a WHO report, uterine cancer accounted for over 7,700 of the 14,000 cancer-related deaths in Nepal in 2022. Nepal 02 Dec, 2024
Trump picks Jay Bhattacharya, who backed COVID herd immunity, to lead National Institutes of Health The decision to choose Bhattacharya for the post is yet another reminder of the ongoing impact of the COVID pandemic on the politics on public health. World 27 Nov, 2024
Health Minister Paudel pledges drug prices will be adjusted within a month Minister for Health and Population Pradip Paudel has said that the prices of all categories of medicines will be adjusted within a month. Nepal 19 Nov, 2024
US health officials report 1st case of new form of mpox in a traveler Health officials said Saturday they have confirmed the first U.S. case of a new form of mpox that was first seen in eastern Congo. Health 17 Nov, 2024
