The World Health Organization South-East Asia Regional Office invites individuals of all ages to join an art competition being organized on the occasion of World Health Day, celebrated to mark the foundation of the World Health Organization on 7 April 1948.
International Condom Day (ICD) is an informal holiday usually observed on February 13 in conjunction with Valentine’s Day. ICD promotes safer sex awareness in a fun and creative way while encouraging people to use condoms.
World Cancer Day is the only day on the global health calendar where we can all unite and rally under the one banner of cancer in a positive and inspiring way.
World Leprosy Day is observed on the last Sunday of January. The theme of World Leprosy Day 2019 is ending discrimination, stigma and prejudice.
Kathmandu, Jan. 15: Several programmes are being held throughout the country to observe the Fourth National Yoga Day today.
Jan 13 2019, Today is the 8th anniversary of the last case of wild poliovirus in World Health Organization South-East Asia Region. The last case of wild polio was seen in a two-year-old girl in Howrah, West Bengal, India.
An intense response by Government of India, WHO and partners ensured it remained the last case of wild poliovirus in the country and the Region. This paved the way for polio-free certification of WHO South-East Asia Region on 27 March 2014.
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