A single shot can prevent JE, but Nepal's vaccination programme leaves adults out

Kathmandu, Aug. 21 -- Sayal Rai was just 12 years old when he contracted Japanese encephalitis. Now 14, he remains in a permanent vegetative state and has been on ventilator support ever since, first ... Read More

Nepal probes foreign doctors over suspected ghost faculty at medical colleges

Kathmandu, Aug. 20 -- The same doctor, the same time, but working in two countries simultaneously. The Nepal Medical Council has formed a committee to investigate the credentials and employment statu... Read More

Flu and fever spread in Jajarkot camps sheltering Saturday's landslide survivors

Kathmandu, Aug. 18 -- Dozens of landslide survivors in Jajarkot have fallen ill with flu and fever, officials say, as 691 people displaced by Saturday's landslides were forced to take shelter at tempo... Read More

TB treatment is free in Nepal, but 51 percent of affected families face crippling costs: Report

Kathmandu, Aug. 18 -- Laxmi Chaudhary from Dhangadhi Sub-metropolitan City in Kailali district has been living in Kathmandu for the past one year for treatment of gland TB, medically known as tubercul... Read More

It's annual baby boom season at Nepal's maternity hospitals

Kathmandu, Aug. 13 -- For Nepal's maternity hospitals, this is the busiest time of year. As many as 142 women gave birth through normal delivery at Thapathali-based Paropakar Maternity and Women's Ho... Read More

Diarrhoeal infections nearly tripled in three years

Nepal, Aug. 12 -- Drinking water supplied to schools and public offices in the three local units of Lalitpur district-Lalitpur Metropolitan City, Mahalaxmi Municipality and Godawari Municipality-has b... Read More

Health facilities short of essential vaccines, medicines for months

Kathmandu, Aug. 12 -- Patients across Nepal are being deprived of essential vaccines, medicines and health supplements as prolonged procurement and supply problems leave government health facilities w... Read More

Past outbreaks offer little lesson as Japanese encephalitis deaths rise

Kathmandu, Aug. 9 -- At least nine people have died and 37 others have been infected with Japanese encephalitis (JE) virus in less than a month, and health officials warn that the toll could rise as t... Read More

JE kills nine, infects 37 in less than a month

Kathmandu, Aug. 9 -- At least nine people have died and 37 others have been infected with Japanese encephalitis (JE) virus in less than a month, and health officials warn that the toll could rise as t... Read More

Thapathali hospital cuts neonatal deaths by over two-thirds in five years

Kathmandu, Aug. 8 -- Neonatal deaths at the Paropakar Maternity and Women's Hospital, Thapathali have fallen by more than two-thirds over the last five years, thanks to a series of measures the hospit... Read More

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