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
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
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
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
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
Kathmandu, July 26 -- year-old Sunita Kumari from Bara district was admitted to the Shahid Gangalal National Heart Centre in Kathmandu for the fourth time to undergo heart valve replacement and repair... Read More
Kathmandu, July 24 -- Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital and Manmohan Cardiothoracic Vascular and Transplant Centre have resumed services under the government health insurance scheme, which had be... Read More
Kathmandu, July 20 -- Ninety women who underwent random cervical cancer screening carried out by the Kathmandu Metropolitan City have tested positive for human papillomavirus (HPV). According to offi... Read More
Kathmandu, July 16 -- With environmental samples of wild birds collected from the zoo premises testing negative for avian influenza, also known as the bird flu virus, the Central Zoo is all set to reo... Read More
Kathmandu, July 15 -- Last month, on a Sunday, a 29-year-old woman from Abu Dhabi, UAE, called the hotline for the telemedicine service run by the Bir Hospital. The woman, who hails from Kailali dist... Read More