Nepal, Sept. 22 -- The World Health Organization (WHO) South-East Asia Regional Office has announced the winners of its newly instituted Public Health Champion Awards. Nepal's Female Community Health Volunteers (FCHVs), disability inclusion advocate Dr. Satendra Singh and India's LEPRA Society were recognized for their contributions to public health, the organizers said in a press release.

The FCHVs of Nepal were honored for their transformative work in maternal and child health, immunization, nutrition, and disease outbreak management, especially in the country's most remote and underserved regions. Their efforts have helped reduce maternal mortality from 901 per 100,000 live births in 1990 to 151 in 2021, and under-five mortality from ...