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GAVI fund cuts threaten life-saving immunisation programme in Nepal

Kathmandu, Nov. 28 -- Nepal's immunisation programme, which has prevented hundreds of thousands of deaths in the country, could be affected as the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) ... Read More


Foreign aid cut causes sharp drop in HIV testing in Nepal

Kathmandu, Nov. 28 -- HIV testing in Nepal declined alarmingly in the first half of 2025, a drop that experts say could reverse years of progress against the disease. According to data from the Natio... Read More


Early winter chill fuels respiratory cases

Kathmandu, Nov. 27 -- Respiratory wards at Kathmandu's Bir Hospital and the TU Teaching Hospital are overwhelmed as cases of asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), pneumonia, and other ... Read More


Early winter chill fuels surge in respiratory illnesses

Kathmandu, Nov. 26 -- Respiratory wards at Kathmandu's Bir Hospital and the TU Teaching Hospital are overwhelmed as cases of asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), pneumonia, and other ... Read More


Essential medicines are free, but most patients in need are without them

Kathmandu, Nov. 25 -- year-old woman from Maijubahal in Kathmandu reached the Gaurighat-based urban health promotion centre to get the medicines for hypothyroidism. Health workers serving there told h... Read More


Most patients reach hospital after taking multiple antibiotics

Kathmandu, Nov. 23 -- Last week, an 11 year-old girl from the Chabahil area of Kathmandu was rushed to the clinic of Dr Ganesh Rai, former director at the Kanti Children's Hospital, as the girl was su... Read More


Why waste obstruction at Bancharedanda recurs and what the new deal means

Kathmandu, Nov. 22 -- Garbage collection in Kathmandu Valley and parts of Kavrepalanchok district has resumed after authorities signed an 11-point agreement on Thursday evening with locals of Nuwakot ... Read More


How Nepal's data reshaped global vaccine policy

Kathmandu, Nov. 9 -- Until 2005, Nepal had to rely on evidence from studies on childhood illnesses carried out in foreign countries. However, with the generation of homegrown data from 2005 through co... Read More


Life-saving anti-rabies vaccine in short supply across Nepal

Kathmandu, Nov. 7 -- A few months ago, a woman in her early 30s from outside the Kathmandu Valley was rushed to Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital after she exhibited rabies symptoms. H... Read More


Health facilities across the country without birth control shots for months

Kathmandu, Nov. 6 -- There are only 200 Depo-Provera, a birth control shot, and 350 intrauterine devices, also a birth control means which health workers insert into the uterus, in the store of the He... Read More