Lumbini province's child nutrition crisis shows no improvement

Kathmandu, Dec. 10 -- Two percent of children aged six to 59 months in Nawalparasi-West district of Lumbini province have been found suffering from severe acute malnutrition, a preliminary report of a... Read More

Nepal 'cannot end' malaria until India does so

Kathmandu, Dec. 6 -- Nepal's fight against malaria is complicated by the ongoing presence of the disease in India, experts say, as the latest report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) shows a shar... Read More

Nepal cannot end malaria until India has it

Kathmandu, Dec. 5 -- Nepal's fight against malaria is complicated by the ongoing presence of the disease in India, experts say, as the latest report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) shows a shar... Read More

Hypertension and diabetes driving eye crisis in Kathmandu Valley

Kathmandu, Dec. 1 -- communicable diseases, especially hypertension and diabetes, are fueling an alarming rise in eye problems, a new study by the Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology shows. The repor... Read More

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

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