Lawmakers from federal and provincial parliaments have pledges prioritizing issues of children in forthcoming policy, programmes and budget.
Air pollution has increased in Kathmandu Valley. Air quality, which had improved after rainfall, has declined to 'very unhealthy' level all of sudden.
A 15-bed Vyas Municipal Hospital building was constructed at Dumsibazaar in Vyas Municipality, Tanahun.
The Mayor of Ratnanagar Municipality, Prahlad Sapkota, has offered health insurance to 37 poor and economically underprivileged households from his salary and benefits. The beneficiaries were selected on the basis of recommendations from concerned ward offices.
The police held two doctors on Wednesday in addition to three chemists taken under control on Tuesday following registration of case by relatives of Gita Pande, a pregnant woman who died during abortion process.
The measles outbreak that spread in the Dhorpatan area in Baglung nearly two months ago has come under control. The infection was reported in Wards 7, 8, and 9 of Dhorpatan Municipality on February 20, the officials said.
Around 2.3 million children aged up to 59 months were included in the National Vitamin 'A' Programme launched by the Ministry of Health and Population on April 19-20.
Delivering welcome remarks, Chargé d'affaires Roshan Khanal highlighted the importance of wellness in saving lives, reducing financial burden on healthcare and strengthening global health systems, ultimately contributing to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals,
The 'Fifth Cancer Conference' was organised at BP Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital here with the participation of specialist doctors from three countries.
The 15th conference of the South Asian Federation of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (SAFOG) and the 18th conference of Nepal Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has concluded in Kathmandu.
Ministry of Health and Population has decided to grant two-day public holiday in public hospitals on Saturday and Sunday.
Assuming the office today, she said that the Committee would work in line with the suggestion from the experts on education, health and information technology by raising above the mindset of ruling party or the opposition party.