The year 2020 marked the end of the Fourth United Nations Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2011−2020 or informally called the Istanbul Programme of Action. During...
E-2020 initiative: a brief overview The WHO Global technical strategy for malaria 2016–2030, endorsed by the World Health Assembly in May 2015, is designed to guide and support all malaria-affected...
OVERVIEW BACKGROUND Today’s generation of young people is the largest in human history: globally, 1.8 billion people are aged between 10-24 years, accounting for a quarter of the world’s population...
INDIA, New Delhi, April 21 - A new report reveals how laws on rape in South Asian countries are insufficient, inconsistent, and not systematically enforced, putting women and girls at heightened risk...
Foreword Grappling with their fair share of development challenges, countries supported by the International Development Association (IDA) are also highly vulnerable to the impacts of a changing...
Evolving and overlapping global crises hit the world’s most vulnerable nations the hardest. Now, more than ever, world leaders must demonstrate solidarity and support with concrete action. Question:...
Nepal is vaccinating refugees over the age of 65 as part of its national vaccination rollout. By Deepesh Das Shrestha in Kathmandu, Nepal Laxmi Maya Regmi, 72, a refugee from Bhutan, never thought...
24 March 2021: The partnership between the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is aimed at supporting Bhutan’s National COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment Plan...
Kathmandu/Bangkok, 19 March 2021 Refugees in Nepal are receiving COVID-19 jabs during the rollout of the country’s national vaccination campaign, becoming the first refugees known by UNHCR, the UN...
The time series of 2010-2019 of the drought severity and frequency was used to represent the drought and its trends. Considering only the decade 2010-2019 and combining severity and frequency, it is...