time and temperature in Kathmandu:

Nepal Research : Website on Nepal and Himalayan Studies P.O. Box 5065, Jorpati, Kathmandu, Nepal. Phone: +977-1-2142058, Fax: +977-1-4821016, E-mail: sherpaintl@enet.com.np home             health epidemics healthcare HIV/AIDS hospitals mental nurses     nutrition pharmaceutics physicians reproductive traditional veterinary

Press articles (used media abbreviations)

SC upholds women’s abortion right (ht 05/08/2008)

The Pain Of Many Women, by Kamala Ahikari and Uma Lohani (rn 25/07/2008)

Health governance: Delivery of Death!, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp 18/07/2008)

‘Abortion right leads to women’s empowerment’ (kp 13/07/2008)

Free maternity services being mooted: Minister (kp 12/07/2008)

The right to plan, by Ugochi Daniels (kp 11/07/2008)

Measures sought to bring down maternal mortality (ht 08/07/2008)

UNFPA to honor Nepali woman (kp 21/06/2008)

Medical and late abortions in the offing, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 16/06/2008)

Population policy in development plans, by Nir Bahadur Karki (kp 30/05/2008)

Low Use Of Health Professionals In Obstetric Care, by Gitanjali Pradhananga (rn 29/05/2008)

Reducing Maternal Mortality, by Neelam Pradhananga (rn 22/05/2008)

Fetal alcohol syndrome, by Sudhamshu KC (kp 11/05/2008)

Invest more on midwives: UNFPA (kp 05/05/2008)

Indian women throng to Nepal for Depo Provera shot (kp 26/04/2008)

G8 leaders urged to fulfill health commitments (kp 23/04/2008)

Preventing maternal mortality (kp 20/04/2008)

Nepal stands highest in maternal death rate in South Asia (Xinhua 15/03/2008), Safe delivery a far cry for many moms: Study (ht 16/03/2008), Why Maternal Mortality Is High In Nepal, by Sitanjali Pradhananga (rn 24/03/2008)

60 babies, six mothers die here every day: Survey (kp 09/03/2008), Mama’s grief (ht 10/03/2008)

Women use contraceptives, husbands unaware, by Amrita Anmol (kp 01/03/2008)

Sex no longer taboo subject in Baitadi schools, by Rajendra Nath (kp 24/02/2008)

Near half of Nepali women use contraception (kp 16/02/2008)

Women join safe motherhood classes, by Amrita Anmol (kp 12/02/2008)

Nepal child mortality tumbles (kp 25/01/2008), Child mortality down by 2/3rd in Nepal: UNICEF (nn 25/01/2008)

Uterus prolapse goes untreated, by Dil Bahadur Chhatyal (kp 21/01/2008)

Fistula: A malady dogging rural women, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 15/01/2008)

Contraceptive distribution job okay for Muslim girl, by Upendra Lamichhane (kp 13/12/2007)

2 more births even after sangini (kp 12/12/2007)

Teenage girls instruct public on condom use, by Pradeep Meyangbo (kp 27/11/2007)

Why should women die while giving birth?, by Suveckshya Shah (kp 25/11/2007)

Absence of surgeons threatens maternal health, by Lava Dev Dhungana (kp 19/11/2007)

Male involvement in reproductive health, by Ruby Rauniyar (kp 04/11/2007)

98-day maternity leave proposed in civil service, by Kiran Chapagain (kp 02/10/2007)

Prenatal son selection skews sex ratios (kp 01/11/2007) [see UNFA report]

Million women suffer from uterine prolapse (nn 09/10/2007)

Nepal records increasing frequency of aborting female foetuses (Monster and Critics 14/08/2007)

Uterus prolapse patients increasing, by Saraswati Karki (kp 06/08/2007)

Male As Partners: Parliament members have shown interest to learn the new emerging phenomenon of population management (sp 03/08/2007)

‘Don’t victimize women over abortion’ (kp 28/07/2007)

Men’s role stressed for female reproductive health (kp 13/07/2007), Men In Maternal Health (sp 13/07/2007), “Maternal Health Situation Can’t Improve Without Cooperation From Male”, interview with Dr. Ram Hari Aryal, Chief of Population Division of Ministry of Health (sp 13/07/2007)

Test tube generation (kp 11/07/2007), In-vitro-fertilization (kp 12/07/2007)

Chepangs breaking old practices, by Dipendra Baduwa (kp 07/07/2007)

Battle for a child’s gender status (kp 23/06/2007)

Survey: Women volunteers boost mother, child health (kp 05/06/2007)

600,000 women with uterus prolapse (kp 02/06/2007)

Child health: Pat On The Back (sp 25/05/2007), Strides made in child, maternal health: Report (kp 25/05/2007), Remarkable reduction in child, maternal mortality rate: Survey (nn 27/05/2007), MMR and CMR declines (sp 01/06/2007)

Fallen Womb, Painful Shame: Lack of awareness drives high rate of prolapse in Nepal, by Kamala Panthi (on 24/05/2007)

Reproductive Health in Conflict (Scoop 22/05/2007)

Nepal hailed for progress in child survival rate (nn 16/05/2007), Nepal 4th in reducing child mortality (kp 18/05/2007)

Nepal family stigmatised for child's indeterminate sex (wi 15/05/2007)

Uterine prolapse: prevalent amnong Nepalese women who were deprived of general health services, excerpts from a booklet on uterine prolapse; received through Sancharika Samuha Nepal (tg 09/05/2007)

Triplets born 6 years after family planning, by D R PANT (kp 03/05/2007)

Sexual health chapter in class 6 (kp 19/04/2007)

Late delivery causes Down's Syndrome (kp 22/03/2007)

Menopausal symptoms can mean serious health problems, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 15/03/2007)

Nepal One of Deadliest Places to Give Birth: Superstition, lack of health facilities causes high maternal and neonatal mortality in Nepal, by Kosh Raj Koirala (on 05/03/2007)

Majority of women hide uterus prolepse (samn 18/02/2007)

It’s expensive being poor in Nepal: A balanced diet is the only medicine most children in Nepal need, by Aruna Uprety (nt 16/02/2007)

35-yr-old mom readies for 15th child, by Pratap Bista (kp 31/01/2007)

Govt mulls plan to check child mortality (samn 28/01/2007)

Doctors complete complex surgery (kp 27/01/2007)

Muslim women flock to maita for minilap, by Chetan Adhikari (kp 31/12/2006)

Shot at a new life: For mothers and newborns, tetanus is a silent killer, by Naresh newar (nt 29/12/2006)

Men still shun vasectomy, by Dilliram Khatiwada (kp 22/12/2006)

Nepal among "deadliest" places to give birth, by Gopal Sharma (Relief Web 19/12/2006), Nepal: Maternal mortality is silent killer (Relief Web 20/12/2006), Maternal deaths go down dramatically, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 22/12/2006)

Shyness worsens women’s woes, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 12/12/2006)

Incentives for expecting moms pay off (samn 12/12/2006)

MDGs & maternal mortality, by Maina Dhital (kp 03/12/2006)

'10% women suffer from uterine prolapse' (samn 30/11/2006), Over 600,000 suffer uterine prolapse, by Ankali Subedi (kp 09/12/2006)

Nepal to achieve MDG on child mortality (samn 29/11/2006)

Maternity leave, by Suvechha Poudel (kp 22/11/2006)

Women gifting condoms to dear ones (kp 17/11/2006)

Nepal registers progress in reducing child mortality, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 01/11/2006)

Micro-credit to combat violence during pregnancy, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 28/10/2006),  Micro-credit to combat violence (samn 29/10/2006)

Nepal provides allowance to women to promote safe maternity services (pd 07/10/2006), Pregnant mothers to get govt grant (samn 08/10/2006)

Uneven delivery: All women are not equal for Nepal’s abortion program, by Marty Logan (nt 29/09/2006)

Nepal successful in cutting down child mortality rate, despite conflict: UNICEF (nn 19/09/2006)

‘24 hours maternity service a must’ (kp 18/09/2006)

Women health volunteers save children's lives in Nepal, by Jane O'Brien (Rekief Web 15/09/2006)

Women’s Health Mired In Conflict (sp 15/09/2006)

Uterine prolapse widespread (kp 31/08/2006)

Conflict hampers maternal and child health (kp 28/08/2006)

'Dead' newborn found alive (kp 26/08/2006), Action sought against errant docs (kp 27/08/2006), 'Staff guilty for declaring dead a live baby', by Prem Nepali (kp 30/08/2006)

Delivering mobile reproductive health outreach services to conflict affected populations: UNFPA Nepal project funded by European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid department (Relief Web 02/08/2006), UNFPA to launch mobile health camps (nn 02/08/2006), UNFPA to launch health project for Nepal's conflict-hit patients (Xinhua 03/08/2006)

Nepal observes breast feeding week (pd 01/08/2006), Neglecting breast-feeding can lead to cancer, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 01/08/2006), Protecting Breast-feeding (rn 01/08/2006), Breastfeeding drive sees little success (samn 01/08/2006)

Death as a right denied: Don’t expect the legalisation of abortion to have impact on maternal mortality any time soon, by Aruna Uprety (nt 21/07/2006)

Family Planning Making: A Better Future For Nepal, by Donald Clark (rn 12/07/2006)

Maternal deaths (kp 12/07/2006)

Nine sterilized couples honored (kp 12/07/2006)

‘Gender inequality mars safe motherhood’, by Post B. Basnet (kp 10/06/2006)

6000 women die of pregnancy complication (samn 02/05/2006)

UNICEF Urge All to Think of Children's Future (nln 13/04/2006)

Malnutrition claims 135 children per day (samn 10/04/2006)

Conflict Causes High Maternal Mortality in Nepal: Media not sensitive to the issue, by Chanda Thapa (Ohmy News 15/03/2006)

Nepali families fight poverty with condoms, pills, by Terry Friel and Gopal Sharma (an 10/03/2006)

One woman dies every 2 hrs (kp 07/03/2006)

Nepal’s first test tube baby is 1 (kp 05/03/2006)

Comprehensive abortion care, by Meeta Singh and Rajeshree Jha (kp 04/03/2006)

Execute reproductive health programmes: Experts (nn 23/01/2006)

Nepal to start DNA tests on paternal lineage (Xinhua 14/01/2006), DNA Test for Paternity Identification from Sunday (nln 14/01/2006)

Women deprived of abortion services (samn 13/01/2006)

Child mortality rate lowering in Nepal (Xinhua 07/01/2006)

Achham’s cruel abortions (kp 21/12/2005), Nepal: In Prison, For No Crime, by Sudeshna Sarkar (One World 23/12/2005)

'Sexual ignorance isn’t bliss' (samn 16/12/2005)

Nepal Conflict Aggravates Women's Reproductive Health Risks UNPFA Seeks $2 Million for Safe Motherhood, Adolescent Counselling (UNFPA 30/11/2005)

Complications in abortion law (kp 30/11/2005)

Poverty no hindrance to children's heart treatment (kp 18/11/2005)

Women in dark over safer abortion (samn 11/11/2005), ‘Many still resorting to unsafe abortion’ (kp 12/11/2005)

Breast-feeding crucial for infants (kp 30/10/2005)

Unwanted pregnancies, by Swagat Raj Pandey (kp 25/10/2005)

Nowhere to hide those ubiquitous French letters, by Nitya Nanda Timsina (kp 22/10/2005)

Youths get limited sex information (kp 01/10/2005)

“MDGs Cannot Be Achieved If Questions Of RH Are Not Squarely Addressed”, interview with Junko Sazaki, Representative UNFPA (sp 09/09/2005)

Poverty Blamed for Unsafe Child Bearing: Women's risk of dying in childbirth is high in developing nations such as Nepal, by Ram Hari Sapkota (Ohmy News 24/08/2005)

Number of child patients increasing in Far West (rn 02/08/2005)

Crucial for child's immune system (kp 01/08/2005)

Child mortality still high in Nepal (samn 31/07/2005)

Discrimination leaves negative impact on reproductive health (rn 15/07/2005)

Eighteen children in 18 years of marriage (kp 13/07/2005)

‘Sexual and reproductive health a must for MDGs’ (kp 13/07/2005)

Only 18 percent births are attended by health personnel: UNFPA (nn 12/07/2005)

'Legalizing flesh trade can improve adolescent health' (kp 05/07/2005)

'Domestic violence seriously affecting pregnant women' (kp 01/07/2005)

Nine per cent women suffer from uterus prolapse: Study (rn 01/07/2005)

Nepali Women & Reproductive Rights, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rn 10/06/2005)

Mothers’ meetings: reducing neonatal mortality in Nepal (One World 13/05/2005)

Maternity benefits in offing (kp 16/04/2005)

Nepali ama: The number of women dying in childbirth exceeds the number of Nepalis killed in conflict many times over, ba Naresh Newar (nt 25/03/2005)

People unaware abortion is legal (kp 07/01/2005)

Kanti Children’s Hospital begins free neo-natal care (07/01/2005)

55 abortions carried out in Seti Hospital (rn 31/12/2004)

Govt working to save lives of moms, newborn: PM (ht 04/12/2004), Govt takes safe motherhood seriously: PM (rn 04/12/2004)

Want your kids to have a nice set of pearlies? Breastfeed them, by Prasanna Chitrakar (ht 24/11/2004)

SC order on panels to promote breast-feeding (ht 06/11/2004)

68% mothers die from delayed delivery service (rn 01/11/2004)

Wife battered for suggesting family planning (kp 01/11/2004)

Need to promote condoms in rural areas stressed (ht 29/10/2004), Condom Day being marked from today (rn 29/10/2004), Condom use still needs promoting (kp 30/10/2004), Condom Day observed (kp 31/10/2004)

Contraceptive supply far short of demand, by Archana Parajuli (kp 21/10/2004)

Only 24pc women in Morang sought healthcare during delivery: Survey (ht 16/10/2004)

Neonatal care stressed (ht 15/10/1004)

Woman dies after health worker performs abortion (rn 13/10/2004)

Lessons Through Ignorance, by Babita Basnet (rn 08/10/2004)

Intended love and unintended labor, by Bindu Chaudhary (tg 29/09/2004)

Call to implement abortion law (ht 27/09/2004), ‘Ensure women’s reproductive rights’ (kp 27/09/2004), 15 women in jail, irony of abortion law (rn 27/09/2004)

Maternal mortality rate stands at 539 in every 100,000 (rn 24/09/2004)

Contraceptive supply inadequate (kp 19/09/2004)

Night Blindness (rn 11/09/2004)

Anemia in pregnant Nepali women: Staggering facts, by Ayushma Pandey (kp 11/09/2004)

Abortion cases on the rise (ht 08/09/2004)

Jhapa youths have unsafe sex (ht 03/09/2004)

Maternal mortality figures staggering, by Nitya Nanda Timsina (kp 28/08/2004)

Legal implications of IVF treatment, by Kirti Bilas Pant (kp 17/08/2004)

Youngsters resorting to ‘unsafe sex’, by Prasanna Chitrakar (ht 15/08/2004), Risky indulgence (ht 16/08/2004)

Reproductive health sector needs improvement (rn 05/08/2004)

Every 2 hrs, a mother dies in Nepal (ht 28/07/2004), Unsafe mothers (ht 29/07/2004)

A glimpse of maternal mortality, by Pitambar Poudel (kp 24/07/2004)

Early pregnancy and childbirth leading cause of death in teens (ht 18/07/2004), Children’s health, no child’s play (ht 18/07/2004)

Condoms no longer to be doled out as freebies, by Nitya Nanda Timsina (kp 10/07/2004)

OM Hospital selects 17 women for test-tube baby (rn 15/06/2004), Advanced IVF technique arrives in Nepal, by Archana Parajuli (kp 10/07/2004), Test tube baby service begins (ht 11/07/2004), Nepal has 3 tube babies, says doctor, by Prasanna Chitrakar (ht 13/07/2004)

Can social marketing meet the need for family planning? by Vivek Raj Singh (ht 13/06/2004)

‘Abortion women’s natural right’ (ht 07/06/2004)

PSI reproductive health products launched (ht 05/06/2004), PSI’s new family planning products (kp 05/06/2004)

19 daughters, still hoping for a son: A lot more needs to be done to bring Nepal’s fertility rate down (nt 04/06/2004)

Villages lack abortion services (ht 01/06/2004)

Most of Ramechhap women bound to give birth to babies at homes (rn 29/05/2004)

Family Planning, Women & Development, by Bishan B. Wagle (sp 28/05/2004)

Hotline counselling on sex a big boon, by Prasanna Chitrakar (ht 30/04/2004)

Rights Or Wrongs?, by Keshab Poudel (sp 30/04/2004)

Test tube babies in Nepal from July (ht 25/04/2004)

Stress laid on reproductive rights of women (kp 17/04/2004)

Pesticide nearly imperils pregnant woman, by Pratap Bista (kp 14/04/2004)

Post-partum bleeding leading cause of maternal mortality (ht 11/04/2004)

Legal abortion services outside valley soon (kp 10/04/2004)

Antenatal care for Nepali women short of global standards, by Nitya Nanda Timsina (kp 08/04/2004)

Reproductive health care and rights, by Savitree Gurung & Tej Adhikari (kp 04/04/2004)

Change behaviour for safe motherhood (rn 01/04/2004)

Rise in abortion services (kp 28/03/2004), Legal abortion services to be extended (kp 01/04/2004)

Many little steps: The abortion bill was a giant leap, but many more small steps are needed to make motherhood safe, by Aruna Upreti (nt 19/03/2004), Abortion rights comes into practice, by Archana Parajuli (kp 20/03/2004), Abortion and education (kp 22/03/2004)

Awareness to be generated on reproductive health issues (kp 17/03/2004)

Family planning gains ground (ht 14/03/2004)

Reproductive health programs on anvil (kp 12/03/2004)

Maternal communication affects reproduction, by Sarala Joshi (kp 07/03/2004)

‘Pregnant women visit health centre regularly’ (rn 03/02/2004)

Early marriage: Issue of reproductive health, by Uma Koirala (kp 01/02/2004)

Reproductive health and responsibility, by Ishwar Raj Mainali (kp 16/01/2004)

Breast-feeding: An effective cure for many child-related diseases (kp 07/01/2004)

37 pc births unwanted, says report (ht 04/01/2004)

Government apathy delays implementation of abortion laws (kp 04/01/2004)

For older links see archive

Background