Nepal's cities lag rural areas in vaccinating children

Kathmandu, July 2 -- In April this year, immunisation workers deployed from the Public Health Office, Dolpa travelled four days to reach Chharka Bhot, one of the highest permanent human settlements in... Read More

Labour shortage slows culling at bird flu-hit Valley farms

Kathmandu, June 30 -- As many as three separate teams of veterinary technicians were deployed to Panauti Municipality of Kavrepalanchowk district on Tuesday to cull chickens at bird flu-hit poultry fa... Read More

Hospitals in the hills and mountains seek anti-venom

Kathmandu, June 29 -- The spread of venomous snakes into Nepal's hills and mountains has prompted hospitals to prepare for a medical emergency once largely confined to the southern plains. Sotang Pri... Read More

Kathmandu Metropolis provides 1,800 vials of anti-rabies vaccine to Sukraraj Hospital

Kathmandu, June 28 -- The Health Department of the Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has provided 1,800 vials of anti-rabies vaccine to the Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital after the ... Read More

DDA seizes suspected counterfeit asthma medicine in nationwide crackdown

Kathmandu, June 26 -- In a major crackdown on illicit and counterfeit drugs being sold in Nepal under the name of a leading Indian pharmaceutical company, the Department of Drug Administration has sei... Read More

Three in four maternal deaths in Nepal occur in health facilities or in transit

Kathmandu, June 24 -- year-old woman carrying twins delivered her first child through normal delivery at the Karnali Provincial Hospital in Surkhet on Tuesday night. Moments later, her condition deter... Read More

Kathmandu Valley battles bird flu outbreaks

Kathmandu, June 22 -- The Department of Livestock Services on Monday deployed four separate rapid response teams of veterinary technicians to cull chickens and ducks, in firms hit by avian influenza v... Read More

Weeks after dog bite, man dies of rabies

Kathmandu, June 21 -- year-old man from Chandragiri Municipality who was admitted to Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital on Friday, succumbed to rabies infection on Saturday. Doctors tr... Read More

Madhesh leads in wasting, Karnali in stunting

Kathmandu, June 18 -- Nutrition conditions have deteriorated sharply in Nepal, as more than 200,000 children under five years of age are suffering from acute malnutrition, a recent study carried out b... Read More

Nepal cancer patients fight for survival as chemotherapy drugs are nowhere to be found

Kathmandu, June 17 -- Janak Khatiwada, a resident of Galchhi Rural Municipality-3, in Dhading reached various places of Bhaktapur, Lalitpur, and Kathmandu on Tuesday seeking a single dose of cisplatin... Read More

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