WHO South-East Asia Region announces winners of Public Health Champion Awards

The Female Community Health Volunteers of Nepal, disability inclusion champion Dr. Satendra Singh, and the Lepra Society, were today announced as winners of the newly instituted WHO South-East Asia Region’s Award for Public Health Champion.

The Female Community Health Volunteers (FCHVs) are being recognized for their transformative role in improving maternal and child health, increasing immunization coverage, promoting nutrition, and managing disease outbreaks, even in Nepal’s most geographically and socially challenged regions.