𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸, 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗡𝗖𝗗𝘀 Her Excellency Lyonpo Dasho Dechen Wangmo attended the event “Walk the Talk, Beat NCDs” organized by the Youth Development Fund (YDF) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health (MoH) and World Health Organization (WHO) Bhutan Country Office.

Bhutan joins the global community yet again on this special day, recognizing the significance of blood donor’s role in saving many lives every second of the day. The occasion is also being observed at Mongar, Gelephu, Phuentsholing and Wangdiphodrang.

𝗔𝘇𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮 𝗕𝗵𝘂𝘁𝗮𝗻 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗟𝘁𝗱. 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵, 𝗥𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗵𝘂𝘁𝗮𝗻

𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟑𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐣𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐲𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐆𝐲𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡, 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬.

Apart from the routine country engagement in the World Health Assembly, Her Excellency Dasho Dechen Wangmo attended a series of bilateral discussion with the international agencies like COVAX, Global Fund, International Alliance of Patients’ Organization (IAPO), International Committee for Red Cross, WHO Programme for Antimicrobial Resistance, Health Emergencies, Mental Health and substance abuse, etc.

𝗦𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝗘𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴

The cervical and breast cancer screening camps under the Health Flagship Program are underway in Haa, Samtse, Thimphu Thromde, Trashigang, Trongsa, Trashiyangtse and Wangdue Phodrang where more than 20,000 women availed these services.

𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝟐𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐

Coinciding with the birth anniversary of Third Druk Gyalpo, the Ministry has expanded the Bhutan Emergency Aero-medical Services (BEAR) along with the inauguration of a new base of Royal Bhutan Helicopter Service Limited (RBHSL) at Bumthang Domestic Airport.