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Government received 2 million doses of vitamin A capsules, therapeutic milk from UNICEF last month

Kathmandu, May 7 -- With all its efforts failed to purchase Vitamin A capsules on time, the Ministry of Health and Population has received two million capsules of the micronutrient from the United Nat... Read More


Nepal's anaemia fight stalls as iron and folic acid supplies run out

Kathmandu, April 26 -- Hundreds of thousands of pregnant women, new mothers, and girls between 10 and 19 have been deprived of iron and folic acid for months, as state-run health facilities across the... Read More


Health Minister Pradip Paudel's free burn treatment pledge falls flat

Kathmandu, April 22 -- Burn victims seeking care at Bir Hospital and their family members often ask doctors why they are being charged for treatment, even though the health minister had declared that ... Read More


As snakes slither to higher climes, Nepal expands snakebite treatment centres to hill districts

Kathmandu, April 21 -- At least four snakebite victims were receiving in-patient care at the Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital in Kathmandu on Sunday. Along with Sukraraj Hospital, th... Read More


Nepal postpones malaria elimination deadline to 2030

Kathmandu, April 16 -- Nepal has once again missed its malaria elimination deadline, which has now been postponed to 2030. But as new cases of both indigenous and imported malaria continue to rise ea... Read More


Fund crunch threatens Nepal's Safe Motherhood programme

Kathmandu, April 15 -- The Family Welfare Division under the Department of Health and Services said it requires Rs380 million immediately to reimburse hospitals providing services under the 'Safe Moth... Read More


Nepal faces health crisis as budget cuts threaten vital services

Kathmandu, April 8 -- In a planning meeting held a few days ago, officials from the National Centre for AIDS and STD Control complained that the budget ceiling for the upcoming fiscal year is too low ... Read More


Wildfires fuel burn, respiratory cases. Valley hospitals full

Kathmandu, April 7 -- Nepal Cleft and Burn Centre, also known as Kirtipur Hospital, sends several burn victims to other hospitals every day as all allocated beds have been occupied. Along with genera... Read More