Following reports of #conjunctivitis among flood-affected people in #Nuwakot, @WHO & partners helped prevent further spread & provided care to nearly 150 people, alongside practical guidance on #HandHygiene & #EyeHealth
#NepalFloodResponse #BhotekoshiFloods #Nepal
WHO-supported health teams remain on the ground, working with local health authorities to help maintain essential health services for #flood-affected communities 🙏
#NepalFloodResponse #BhotekoshiFloods #Nepal
WHO Nepal retweeted
⚠️ खेलौनालगायत घरमा प्रयोग हुने केही सामान्य वस्तुमा लेड (सिसा) हुन सक्छ, जसले विशेषगरी बालबालिकाको स्वास्थ्यमा गम्भीर हानि पुर्याउँछ ।
🔎 लुकेको जोखिम चिनौँ, बालबालिकाको स्वास्थ्य जोगाऔँ !
#LeadPoisoning #ILPPW2026 #Nepal
🤝🇳🇵 On #WorldPolioDay, @WHONepal Rep. a.i. recognizes the health workers, communities & partners who helped protect #Nepal’s polio-free status for more than a decade & emphasizes the need to sustain essential health systems as the country advances its #Polio Transition Plan.
के तपाईंलाई थाहा छ 👉 केही मसलामा समेत लेड (सिसा) पाइने जोखिम हुन्छ? लेड (सिसा) को विषाक्तता आँखाले देखिँदैन र यो घरमा प्रयोग हुने विभिन्न वस्तुमा पनि हुन सक्छ।
#LeadPoisoning #ILPPW2026 #Nepal
⚠️ लेड (सिसा) को सम्पर्कले हाम्रो स्वास्थ्य र बालबालिकाको विकासमा गम्भीर असर पार्न सक्छ।
🏛️ यो जोखिम घटाउन प्रभावकारी नीति, कडा नियमन र नियमित अनुगमन महत्त्वपूर्ण छन् । नीति निर्माताले सिसाको विषाक्तता रोक्न के गर्न सक्छन्?
#LeadPoisoning #ILPPW2026 #Nepal
लेड (सिसा) को विषाक्तता आँखाले देखिँदैन, तर यसको असर गम्भीर हुन सक्छ । त्यसैले नेपालमा 🇳🇵सिसाको विषाक्तताको अवस्था र तथ्याङ्क बुझौँ।
👉 थप जानौँ, सचेत बनौँ, सिसाको विषाक्तताविरुद्ध जुटौँ!
#LeadPoisoning #ILPPW2026 #Nepal
⚠️ विभिन्न वस्तुहरूमा पाइने तर आँखाले देख्न नसकिने लेड (सिसा) ले बालबालिकाको शारीरिक र मानसिक विकासमा गम्भीर असर पुर्याउन सक्छ।
लेडको जोखिमबाट बच्न र बचाउन सचेत बनौँ। बालबालिकाको उज्यालो भविष्यका लागि आजैबाट सावधानी अपनाऔँ 🙏
#LeadPoisoning #ILPPW2026 #Nepal
Today, @WHO joined a UN team in Gorkha to conduct preliminary field assessments following the floods that hit the Budhi Gandaki River area earlier this week. The assessments will help identify urgent needs and inform ongoing relief efforts to support affected communities.
📍Reporting live from #Gorkha
Families along the #BudhiGandaki are living with what the floods left behind.
Today, a joint @UN_Nepal team to/w @NDRRMA_Nepal sat down with them to hear what they need most.
Their priorities will shape our support to local authorities.
🧠💙 Nothing about us without us.
Marking #WorldMentalHealthDay (observed on 10 October), @MoHFS_Nepal & @WHONepal reaffirmed the importance of placing lived experience at the heart of #MentalHealth policies & services.
🙏 A key highlight was the presentation of a memorandum developed by people with lived experience to the Honourable Health Minister, calling for more accessible, inclusive & person-centred services.
#WorldMentalHealthDay #MentalHealth #Nepal
🆕 The National Guideline on Suicide Risk Assessment & Management 2083 was also launched to strengthen #SuicidePrevention. The event also recognized four civil society organizations for their contributions to #MentalHealth & psychosocial support.
#WorldMentalHealthDay #Nepal
नेपालमा 🇳🇵 आर्थिक वर्ष २०८२ र २०८३ मा आत्महत्याका कारण ७,१४० जनाले जीवन गुमाएका छन्।
आत्महत्या रोकथामका प्रयासलाई थप प्रभावकारी बनाउन @MoHFS_Nepal ले आज ‘आत्महत्या जोखिम मूल्याङ्कन तथा व्यवस्थापनसम्बन्धी राष्ट्रिय निर्देशिका, २०८३’ सार्वजनिक गरेको छ।
#MentalHealth #Nepal
This year’s #WorldMentalHealthDay theme, “Lived experiences heard: real voices, real change”, reminds us that #MentalHealth decisions should be informed by the people most affected by them.
@WHO calls for lived experience to be recognized as expertise.
WHO Nepal retweeted
For flood survivors in Rasuwa losing family, home & debt is making each loss heavier than the other.
Therefore recovery must address both grief & the debt.
On #MentalHealthDay today, read The damage You Cannot See:
🔗nepal.un.org/en/324110-damag…
@UNFPANepal @unicef_nepal @WHONepal
🗨️ #MentalHealth care works better when people are heard.
On #WorldMentalHealthDay, Dr Allison Gocotano, Acting WHO Representative to Nepal, reflects on this year’s theme and why person-centred, rights-based care matters, especially during emergencies.
#Nepal