Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Friday.

During the meeting held at the Prime Minister's official residence in Baluwatar, Prime Minister Deuba said that that Nepal has been organizing various programs to make the country's health service more effective.

He also thanked the World Health Organization for providing humanitarian aid to Nepal to fight the Covid-19 pandemic.

On the occasion, Tedros praised Prime Minister Deuba for vaccinating almost all the people against the Covid-19.

He was of the opinion that the Nepal government's strategy was effective in controlling the Covid-19.

Tedros also thanked the government for starting to campaign to vaccinate children against typhoid.