Small private clinics driving female foeticide in Nepal

Kathmandu, Jan. 7 -- selective abortions are rampant in Nepal, especially in big cities and semi-urban areas of Nepal, as data on boys to girls birth ratio indicate. Government officials as well as p... Read More

DDA took 11 months to test substandard drug. Patients may have already taken it

Kathmandu, Jan. 6 -- The Department of Drug Administration (DDA) has recalled a third-generation antibiotic, Levoflox-500 tablet, after the medicine was found substandard in laboratory testing. The m... Read More

Contraceptive shortages are driving up abortions in Nepal

Kathmandu, Jan. 2 -- Amid a shortage of family planning commodities, including birth control shots and implants, health facilities across the country are reporting a sharp rise in abortions. Accordin... Read More

Village nurses are saving mothers despite government lowering mortality targets

Kathmandu, Dec. 29 -- year-old woman from ward 5 of Champadevi Rural Municipality in Okhaldhunga district reached a nearby health post with ectopic bleeding and pelvic pain. Health workers there perfo... Read More

Village nurses and midwives are saving mothers despite government lowering mortality targets

Kathmandu, Dec. 28 -- year-old woman from ward 5 of Champadevi Rural Municipality in Okhaldhunga district reached a nearby health post with ectopic bleeding and pelvic pain. Health workers there perfo... Read More

Burn cases spike as temperatures dip

Kathmandu, Dec. 24 -- The Nepal Cleft and Burn Centre also known as Kirtipur Hospital on Wednesday decided to expand an additional eight beds in its burn unit, as all 35 beds of the unit have been occ... Read More

Nepal scales back key SDG health targets

Kathmandu, Dec. 19 -- The National Planning Commission has reset almost all of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) targets, scaling back international commitments the government earlier promised ... Read More

Lumbini province's child nutrition crisis shows no improvement

Kathmandu, Dec. 10 -- Two percent of children aged six to 59 months in Nawalparasi-West district of Lumbini province have been found suffering from severe acute malnutrition, a preliminary report of a... Read More

Nepal 'cannot end' malaria until India does so

Kathmandu, Dec. 6 -- Nepal's fight against malaria is complicated by the ongoing presence of the disease in India, experts say, as the latest report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) shows a shar... Read More

Nepal cannot end malaria until India has it

Kathmandu, Dec. 5 -- Nepal's fight against malaria is complicated by the ongoing presence of the disease in India, experts say, as the latest report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) shows a shar... Read More

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