Public Health Emergency

The declaration of a COVID-19 public health emergency three years ago changed the lives of millions by offering increased health care coverage, beefed-up food assistance and universal access to coronavirus vaccines and tests.

Residents of less-developed regions are bearing the brunt of strict covid lockdowns as food and medicine shortages have been common in such regions.

The United States on Thursday declared Monkeypox a Public Health Emergency which indicates that the virus has a significant risk for Americans

The annual regional committee meeting of the World Health Organisation (WHO) is taking place on September 6-10 in Kathmandu.