Vaccine
crisis in Lumbini province drives dog bite
victims to Indian hospitals : Federal
government supplies anti-rabies vaccines for
free, but last year only 1,160 vials of the
vaccine were sent to Lumbini, while the demand
exceeds 69,000, by Madhav Dhungana (kp
07/12/2024)
Nepal’s
success in
typhoid
vaccine trial
:
International
conference in
Kathmandu to
showcase
path-breaking
research in
prevention and
treatment of
the disease,
by Sonia Awale
(nt
06/12/2024)
KMC
offers free
ultrasound :
The city
office has
hired 108
staff,
including
physiotherapists,
radiographers,
lab
technicians,
and nurses. It
has also
started health
campaigns in
32 wards
(kp
04/12/2024)
Government
task force
urges health
screening
reforms to
protect Nepali
migrant
workers :
Calls for
setting up a
Centralisd
Digital
Repository
System for
thorough
health checks
in line with
international
standards,
by Hom Karki
(kp
30/11/2024)
As
winter sets
in, doctors
recommend flu
shots for
children,
elderly, and
comorbid :
Influenza
cases have
been rising
since October,
and doctors
warn of
further surge
in the coming
days, by
Arjun Poudel
(kp
27/11/2024)
Daily routine of
elephantiasis
patients
becoming
easier with
self-care
training
(kh
27/11/2024)
310 people
benefitted
from free
health camp in
Jumla (kh
26/11/2024)
Health
camp in
Kalikot aims
to support
individuals
with
disabilities :
A health camp
related to
disability
identification
has been run
in Kalikot. A
two-day health
camp was
conducted in
Narharinath
Rural
Municipality
of Kalikot
district to
screen
children under
the age of 18
for physical
disabilities,
by Lalit Bista
(rep
25/11/2024)
Knee surgery
performed on
34 patients
(kh
23/11/2024)
Antimicrobial
resistance
widespread
among
intensive care
patients in
Nepal : Misuse
of antibiotics
in healthcare
and
agriculture is
fuelling a
‘silent
pandemic,’
experts warn
(kp
21/11/2024)
Health
camp brings
vital medical
services to
remote Sinja
village :
Specialist
doctors
provide free
treatment to
remote
villagers,
by DB Budha
(kp
17/11/2024)
Free HPV
vaccination to
1.7 million
adolescent
girls against
cervical
cancer (kh
14/11/2024)
Children below two years
fully
immunized in
all 77
districts
(rn
13/11/2024)
Call
for awareness,
training to
reduce
snakebite
deaths : Nepal
has committed
to reducing 50
percent of
deaths and
disabilities
through
snakebite
envenomation
by 2030. Each
year, around
2,700 people,
die of
snakebites in
the country
(kp
09/11/2024)
Poor
roads hinder
patients’
access to
health
facility : Two
roads lead to
Madane
Community
Health Centre
in remote
Gulmi village,
but both are
impassable for
vehicles due
to lack of
timely
maintenance,
by Gaganshila
Khadka (kp
31/10/2024)
Government
pledges free
cancer
treatment for
children,
experts flag
critical gaps
: Patients are
forced to
travel to
India for PET
scans,
immunohistochemistry,
and bone
marrow
transplants,
by Arjun
Poudel (kp
29/10/2024)
Immunization
efforts come
short as
people
continue to
suffer from
Tetanus
(rep
28/10/2024)
GAVI
to supply HPV
vaccine for
February
campaign :
Over 1.68
million girls
between 10 and
14 will be
immunised
during the
campaign.
After this,
the vaccine
will be added
to the routine
immunisation
list (kp
24/10/2024)
Most
hospitals
having burn
care provide
only minor
treatment :
Experts stress
a specialised
facility, at
least one in
the country,
that could
ensure the
safety of burn
victims who
cannot afford
to get
airlifted to
India or other
countries for
treatment
(kp
22/10/2024)
Power
shortages
cripple
healthcare in
remote Karnali
districts :
Thirteen local
units in the
province are
without power,
forcing medics
to rely on
torchlight for
treatment
after dark,
by Tripti
Shahi (kp
19/10/2024)
Nationwide
vitamin A and
deworming
drive kicks
off : It is
estimated that
regular
supplementation
campaigns have
reduced deaths
among children
under five by
23 percent
(kp
19/10/2024)
Tilganga
Institute of
Ophthalmology
advises
regular eye
check-ups for
children
(kh
11/10/2024)
Diagnostic
Accuracy For
Patient Safety
(rn
25/09/2024)
Senior
citizens now
eligible for
50% healthcare
discount at 64
hospitals
across Nepal
(kh
19/09/2024)
KMC
gives
Annapurna
Neuro Hospital
one week to
improve
hazardous
waste
management
practices
(kh
19/09/2024)
Poison
Information
Centre on the
brink due to
funds crunch :
Health workers
in remote
areas rely on
the centre’s
hotline for
crucial advice
from national
and
international
experts,
by Arjun
Poudel (kp
16/09/2024)
Nationwide
HPV
vaccination
drive to be
held in
February :
Over 1.68
million girls
between 10 and
14 will
receive the
HPV vaccine
during the
campaign.
After this,
the vaccine
will be added
to the routine
immunisation
list (kp
10/09/2024)
Cancer treatment services
expanded to
three
provincial
hospitals
(rn 04/09/2024
Cabinet
directs health
ministry to
run OPD
services on
public
holidays
(rep
01/09/2024)
Health
authorities
mull mass
vaccination
against
cholera : At
least 50
people have
contracted
cholera across
country so far
this year.
Contamination
of all water
sources poses
a challenge in
containing
spread of
deadly
disease,
officials say,
by Arjun
Poudel (kp
14/08/2024)
Nepal Needs Dedicated
Burn Centre,
by Shyam P
Lohani (rn
11/08/2024)
World
Ophthalmologist
Day:
Insufficient
workforce to
provide
services
(rep
08/08/2024)
A
life of
service :
After losing
her mother at
a young age,
Yangzom Sherpa
founded the
Ghunsa
Foundation to
address
healthcare
challenges in
her remote
village in
Taplejung,
by Rishika
Dhakal (kp
05/08/2024)
Valley
polio drive hits 104% coverage, but
experts warn of gaps : Refugees,
floating populations, and slum
dwellers main challenge to effective
immunisation, officials say, by
Arjun Poudel (kp 31/07/2024)
Special
polio vaccination campaign starts in
Kathmandu Valley (kh
24/07/2024), Crush
it again : A decade since Nepal was
declared polio-free, the potentially
debilitating virus is back. It must
be nipped in the bud (kp
24/07/2024)
2.8
million girls aged 10-19 years to be
given iron-folic acid : Studies show
that 39 percent of girls aged 10 and
19 years and 21 percent of boys of
the same age group suffer from
anaemia in Nepal (kp 17/07/2024)
COVAX
supplying Covid vaccines to Nepal
every day since Sunday : The vaccine
doses are likely to be administered
to vulnerable groups from July-end
(kp 03/07/2024)
Madhesh
to be declared fully immunised.
Experts say it may backfire : Child
health experts doubt claims that all
eligible children in Madhesh have
been administered the routine
vaccines, by Arjun Poudel (kh
28/06/2024)
KMC
Putting A Ban On Tobacco Again,
by Ballav Dahal (rn 24/06/2024)
Authorities
promote open-air gyms, alternative
medicines to fight rising
non-communicable diseases :
Non-communicable diseases have risen
alarmingly in Nepal, accounting for
around 80 percent of all deaths
(kp 22/06/2024)
Heart-stricken
children in Bajhang delaying
treatment due to poverty : Eight
students of Balmandir Basic School
were diagnosed with heart
conditions, with some requiring
immediate surgery, but their
guardians plan to start treatment
once they have raised enough funds,
by Basant Pratap Singh (kp 21/06/2024)
Australian
Embassy and Tilganga Institute
launch new book to promote eye
health among children (rep
18/06/2024)
100,000
immunocompromised children aged 5-11
years to receive Covid vaccine : Out
of 2.5 million doses promised by
Covax for 2024, 1.6 million will
arrive by June-end (kp
15/06/2024)
Increasing Investment In
Women’s Health, by Shyam P
Lohani (rn 02/06/2024)
KMC urges citizens for
preventive measures against dengue
(rn 02/06/2024)
Health
authorities fail to track over 1,500 girls who
missed second HPV vaccine dose : The government,
in its new policies and programmes, has
committed to administering the HPV vaccine to
all eligible girls in the new fiscal year
(kp 23/05/2024)
Children
to receive missed inactivated polio vaccine from
next week : Nepal added IPV to routine
immunisation programme in 2014. But, due to
shortage, kids born from April 2016 to October
2018 missed the jab (kp 21/05/2024)
Govt
ensures regular vaccination against cervical
cancer from next fiscal year (rep
09/05/2024)
Doctors,
health workers get NCD screening training :
Patients seeking treatment at state-run local
health facilities in Kathmandu will be screened
for non-communicable diseases (kp
09/05/2024)
Shift
in Nepal’s healthcare trend: 58 percent of women
in dentistry, by Pabitra Sunar (rep
05/05/2024)
People
in 7 districts to be given anti-elephantiasis
medicine : A two-week-long campaign starting
Sunday could be the last in Nepal (kp
27/04/2024)
Over
1,000 people receive free health treatment
services in Bhojpur (kh 26/04/2024)
Health
ministry to conduct ‘search and vaccinate’
campaign on May 13 (rep 24/04/2024)
Lack
of gender affirmation healthcare results in raft
of problems for trans people : Gender
affirmation surgery not available in Nepal.
Post-op problems are common but treatment hard
to come, by Manushree Mahat (kp 21/04/2024)
Health
workers to visit schools to jab over 3,000
girls, who missed second HPV vaccine dose : The
girls between 14 and 15 years received the first
dose but did not show up for the second shot
(kp 19/04/2024)
KMC
organizing cancer screening camp from today
(kh 17/04/2024)
Around
3.2 million children under 5 to be given vitamin
A : 2.9 million children above one year will be
administered deworming tablets. Campaign is
estimated to have reduced deaths among children
under five by 23 percent (kp 15/04/2024), National Vitamin
‘A’ campaign to be conducted on April 18 and 19
(kh 16/04/2024)
Plastic
And Reconstructive Surgery In Nepal, by
Pushpa Raj Joshi (rn 13/04/2024)
What
were they thinking? The budget cut has had a
devastating impact on Bir Hospital, much to the
dismay of poor patients (kp 10/04/2024)
Muktinath
pilgrims undergo health checks to prevent
altitude sickness (rep 08/04/2024)
Over
6,600 people benefit from extensive health camp
in Khotang (kh 06/04/2024)
Eleven
people died of rabies at Teku Hospital in last
eight months : Experts warn the country’s lax
approach may jeopardise the goal to end
dog-transmitted rabies by 2030 (kp
01/04/2024)
Addressing
Healthcare Inefficiency In Nepal, by Bachchu
Kailash Kaini (rn 29/03/2024)
Nepal
joins the Global Platform for Access to
Childhood Cancer Medicines : As a member of the
platform, the country will receive 35 types of
childhood cancer medicines free of cost for four
years (kp 29/03/2024)
Elevating
healthcare sector: Challenges and opportunities,
by Lochan Karki (ae 27/03/2024)
MC
to start health insurance program from mid-May
(rep 26/03/2024)
Himalayan
Rescue Association deputes doctors in
Solukhumbu, Manang (rep 23/03/2024)
Nepal
starts providing second dose of HPV vaccine :
Plan is to jab around 1.7 million girls between
10 and 14 years. Over 9,900 girls were
vaccinated last year (kp 22/03/2024)
Hooked
up to a machine : Nepal provides free dialysis
to poor patients, but psychological counselling
is missing, by Nimisha Gautam (kp
16/03/2024)
Measles
and Rubella Immunization campaign: All children
of 413 local levels vaccinated (kh
11/03/2024), Measles-rubella
vaccination to start soon in around 160 local
units : Vaccination has been delayed due to cold
and snowfall. Around 4 million children
throughout the country are inoculated with MR
vaccine in the ongoing campaign (kp
12/03/2024)
Nearly
17,000 children receive measles, rubella
vaccines in Doti (rn 10/03/2024)
Want
orthodontic treatment? Beware of dental quackery
: Dental patients get disfigured, lose huge
money as they end up at quacks’, by
Arjun Poudel (kp 08/03/2024)
Five
more districts lag behind in achieving full
vaccination status (rep 27/02/2024)
A
roadmap for eradicating TB, by Jhabindra
Bhandari (ae 27/02/2024)
WHO
asks SEARO countries to speed up tobacco control
measures : Tobacco consumption in the South-East
Asian region continues to be the highest
globally (kp 21/02/2024)
Vaccination
campaign against measles-rubella across Nepal
from Feb 25 (rep 21/02/2024), Nationwide
Measles-Rubella Vaccination Campaign targets 5.7
million children (kh 25/02/2024), Over
156,000 children in Lalitpur to be vaccinated
against measles-rubella (rep 26/02/2024)
Refrigerated
trucks for vaccines handed over to the
government : The trucks, which can carry four
million vaccine doses each, will support the
government’s efforts to strengthen its
immunisation programme (kp 20/02/2024)
‘50%
children with cancer are out of medical
services’ (kh 16/02/2024)
Combatting
the threat of rising NCDs in Nepal, by Merry
Jha (nlt 12/02/2024)
Govt
receives over six million doses of rubella and
measles vaccines from GAVI (nlt 05/02/2024)
CRM
Nepal conducts lab test of CAR-T cell therapy :
This is the first time the treatment technology
is tested successfully in Nepal, the
organisation says (kp 04/02/2024)
Measles-rubella
campaign to be launched in 75 districts from
February 25 : Around 5.7 million children will
be inoculated in the three-week long campaign
(kp 01/02/2024)
As
mercury dips, burn cases rise significantly :
The number of burn victims has been rising at an
alarming rate, but the country is ill-equipped
to treat them (kp 29/01/2024)
Report
reveals 65 percent of patients in Nepal given
antibiotics without prescription : The study
shows educational intervention was successful in
reducing the use of antibiotics without
prescription (kp 27/01/2024)
Impact
Of Federalisation On Healthcare, by Pallav
Bhusal (rn 19/01/2024)
Anti-elephantiasis
jabs being given in 7 districts : The
two-week-long campaign will be launched in
Feb-March (kp 19/01/2024)
Govt
to expand treatment service for non-communicable
diseases (kh 16/01/2024)
Govt
steps up health surveillance along Nepal-India
border in Birgunj amid rise in COVID-19 cases in
India (rep 15/01/2024)
Government
providing second dose of HPV vaccine in March :
Over 9,900 girls aged 14 and 15 years were given
the first doses of human papillomavirus vaccine
last September (kp 13/01/2024)
Mammogram
comes into operation in Bir Hospital (rep
10/01/2024)
Ambulance
to be equipped with GPS (kh 07/01/2024)
Saving
kidneys to save Nepal : How to urgently address
and better navigate the epidemic of renal
failures in the country, by Rishi Kumar
Kafle (nt 05/01/2024)
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