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Sri Lanka has been given the honour of hosting this year’s globally, recognized World Health Day. During the ongoing 142nd Session of the Executive Board of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Geneva, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director General announced on Monday that the World Health Day 2018 will be celebrated in Sri Lanka under the theme “Universal Health Coverage (UHC)”. The DG, congratulating Sri Lanka which celebrates the 70th anniversary of its independence next month, said "there is no more fitting place for this event, as you know, Sri Lanka has a long history of providing free healthcare for its people.” In response Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine, Dr. Rajitha Senaratne, who is attending the WHO Executive Board as a member, thanked the Director General of the WHO on the selection of Sri Lanka to celebrate this important event. He said Sri Lanka looks forward to welcoming Dr. Tedros and high-level officials of the WHO including the Regional Director, SEAR to this event, according to a media release issued by the Sri Lanka mission in Geneva. – ENDS -
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काठमाडौँ — विश्व स्वास्थ्य संगठन (डब्ल्यूएचओ) का महानिर्देशक डा. टेड्रोस अधानोम गेब्रेयसस तीनदिने औपचारिक भ्रमणका लागि भोलि नेपाल आउने भएका छन् । वैशाख ८ देखि १० गतेसम्म हुने भ्रमणको क्रममा महानिर्देशकका साथ (डब्ल्यूएचओ) को दक्षिण पूर्व एशिया क्षेत्रीय कार्यालयका क्षेत्रीय निर्देशक डा. पुनम खेत्रपाल र डब्ल्यूएचओका अन्य अधिकारीहरू पनि नेपाल आउने परराष्ट्र मन्त्रालयले जनाएको छ । नेपाल भ्रमणको क्रममा गेब्रेयससले राष्ट्रपति विद्यादेवी भण्डारी, प्रधानमन्त्री शेरबहादुर देउवा र राष्ट्रियसभाका अध्यक्ष गणेशप्रसाद तिमिल्सिनासँग बेग्लाबेग्लै शिष्टाचार भेट गर्ने कार्यक्रम छ । उनले परराष्ट्रमन्त्री डा. नारायण खड्का र स्वास्थ्य तथा जनसंख्यामन्त्री खतिवडासँग पनि भेट गर्ने कार्यक्रम छ ।