Nepal marks World Leprosy Day 2025: Progress and challenges ahead On the occasion of the 72nd World Leprosy Day, Dr. Rajesh Sambhajirao Pandav, WHO Representative to Nepal, highlighted Nepal's significant progress in combating leprosy while urging continued efforts to eliminate the disease entirely. Nepal 26 Jan, 2025
Dreams shattered by lymphatic filariasis: Nepali workers deported from Malaysia Pancha Ram Chaudhary Tharu, a 30-year-old construction worker from Kapilvastu, Nepal, returned home after being deported from Malaysia for testing positive for lymphatic filariasis, commonly known as "Hatti Paile" in Nepal. His story mirrors that of... Opinion 30 Apr, 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
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
Neglected tropical diseases Neglected tropical diseases are parasitic, viral or bacterial diseases causing illness for more than one billion population globally. However, it specifically traps people under the poverty line. Blogs 08 Apr, 2021
Anti-filariasis drug campaign launched The government started a mass drug campaign against lymphatic filariasis in 12 districts of the country, on Friday - Nepal 03 Apr, 2021
Anti-filariasis campaign to begin from February 25 Kathmandu, February 3 The Epidemiology and Disease Control Division has said the mass drug administration campaign against filariasis will begin from February 25. It also said that the campaign aimed to reduce prevalence of the disease from 1.47... Horoscopes 04 Feb, 2020
Elephantiasis on the rise in Lamjung; elimination target hard to meet by 2020 LAMJUNG: In contrary to the government’s aim of abolishing Lymphatic Filariasis, commonly known as elephantiasis, within 2020, patients ailing from the condition are on the rise in Lamjung district. The ailment that has been eliminated in the... Travel 03 Feb, 2020
'Health system needs to be restructured' Over the years, the country has seen a surge in dengue and scrub typhus cases. Recently, a patient suspected of contracting novel coronavirus was admitted to a hospital. Whenever these cases surface, people start panicking because they do not fully... Travel 20 Jan, 2020
�Plan needed to combat tropical and infectious diseases� More than a billion people across the world, mostly in low and lower- Middle income countries, are affected by neglected tropical diseases, according to World Health Organisation. Among the six WHO regions, South-East Asia region bears the second... Travel 23 Sep, 2019
EDITORIAL: Make reforms in JC The Judicial Council must reform from within so that the lower court judges can act independently without fear of its reprisal The veracity of the Judicial Council (JC) has been questioned after it took punitive actions against three judges of the... 19 Aug, 2019
