Kathmandu, Oct. 13 -- In a bid to promote a healthy lifestyle and reduce the burden of the major risk factors for non-communicable diseases, the Department of Ayurveda plans to provide training on yoga and Ayurveda to teachers and students.

All teachers of selected schools and students of grades eight, nine and ten would get training in the first phase, the department's top official.

"We plan to start the training in five districts, including in Kathmandu, in the first phase," Dr Vasudev Upadhyaya, director general at the Department of Ayurveda, told the Post. "We would extend the programme to other districts after reviewing the results of the training in the first phase."

The World Health Organization has provided financial assistance...