Nepal Netrajyoti Sangh to Receive WHO Public Health Champion Award
Summary
The WHO Southeast Asia Regional Office will present Nepal Netrajyoti Sangh with its Public Health Champion Award for five decades of work in blindness prevention in Nepal. The organization says blindness in Nepal has dropped from 0.84 percent in 1981 to 0.28 percent in 2020/21.
Key Points
- WHO’s Southeast Asia Regional Office will honor Nepal Netrajyoti Sangh with the Public Health Champion Award in the public health category.
- The award recognizes the Sangh’s five-decade contribution to blindness prevention in Nepal.
- Nepal Netrajyoti Sangh has provided eye treatment services to 50,204,89 people and performed surgery on 5,659,624 people.
- WHO says the blindness rate in Nepal fell from 0.84 percent in 1981 to 0.28 percent in 2020/21.
