Primary healthcare

As World Health Day focuses global attention on the right to health, the ICRC’s report serves as a reminder that in Afghanistan this right remains fragile.

Bangladesh is facing a rapidly escalating measles outbreak that has already claimed the lives of at least 38 children this year.

Hospitals are accused of admitting patients without medical necessity and inflating bills, while helicopter companies allegedly falsified flight records.

With sustained vigilance and coordinated action, officials expressed confidence that India is on track to declare HIV/AIDS under control by 2027.

While approximately 90 per cent of the land identification process has been completed, displaced communities remain uncertain about when permanent housing will become available. For many survivors, the prolonged wait for safe housing continues to compound the trauma of the disaster.

This incident is far from isolated in Nepal, a Himalayan nation where road accidents claim hundreds of lives annually. Poor infrastructure, overloaded vehicles, and inadequate enforcement of safety regulations are perennial issues.

If the country maintains low infection levels through the year, Nepal will join the small group of nations that have defeated one of the world’s deadliest parasitic diseases as a public-health threat.

CSR cannot replace public healthcare investment, nor should it try to. But when aligned carefully with government priorities and community realities, it can support systems in ways that are practical and sustainable. That, in the long run, tends to matter more than high-profile but short-lived initiatives.