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Editorial:

    Health Status of Nepal–That was then & This is now

National News:

• World Tuberculosis Day: Nepal on track to meet MDG target

• 15 percent women say hubby sexually violent

• Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) to field 10,000 volunteers for ‘clean Kathmandu’ campaign

• Treatment a far cry for patients

• Doti health post scales the heights

• Centers for abortion come under scanner– Govt to cancel permits of those flouting guidelines

• Safe abortion services in Nepal
  

World Health Day (2012) Special

Regional Director’s Message on World Health Day 2012

World Malaria Day (2012)

Global Health:

• Avian influenza – situation in Egypt – update

• Protect your world: Get vaccinated

• Measles strategy misses targets– New plan to control and eliminate measles and rubella

• 3D images of tissue may help spot and treat cancer

• Scaling up the fight against malaria

• USAID Launches 5th Birthday Campaign
  

Journal Watch:

• Diet among People in the Terai Region of Nepal, an Area of Micronutrient Deficiency

• Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Related to Avian Influenza among Poultry Workers in Nepal: A Cross Sectional Study
  

WHO Publications:

• Bulletin of WHO Vol. 90, No. 04, 2012

• Alcohol in the European Union

• Electronic Recording and Reporting for Tuberculosis Care and Control
  

Being Healthy:

   You can Prevent Pneumonia

Miscellaneous:

    Pictogram of Road Traffic Accident (RTA)