Peak snakebite season is here, but treatment centres are running out of antidote

Kathmandu, Aug. 3 -- Amid the peak snakebite season, hospitals and snakebite treatment centres across the country are facing critical shortages of anti-snake venom. As a result, hundreds of snakebite ... Read More

Nepal stands out in South Asia for reducing teen pregnancy

Kathmandu, Aug. 2 -- Nepal has reduced adolescent pregnancy and childbirth rates by 35 percent within two decades, outperforming many countries with similar socio-economic conditions, including India,... Read More

As demand for human milk grows, ministry to operate van for collecting surplus from mothers at home

Kathmandu, Aug. 1 -- In a bid to address a growing demand for human breast milk from maternity and children's hospitals, the Ministry of Health and Food Safety is preparing to mobilise a van in the Ka... Read More

Nepal's health worker shortage is driving doctor-patient conflict

Kathmandu, July 30 -- On Wednesday, a doctor serving at a primary health care centre in Dolpa district called Dr Bishwa Raj Dawadi, general secretary of the Nepal Medical Association, with a dilemma. ... Read More

Doctors end protest after shutting down health services across Nepal for two days

Kathmandu, July 29 -- Nepal Medical Association has called off its nationwide strike after shutting down all hospital services except emergency care for two days as it reached a five-point agreement w... Read More

Patients denied treatment as doctors across Nepal shut outpatient care over assaults on medics

Kathmandu, July 29 -- Hundreds of thousands of Nepalis were deprived of medical care on Tuesday as doctors across the country boycotted services except emergency care to protest against rising inciden... Read More

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