Govt begins HPV vaccination for over 1.4 million girls aged 10–14 (rep 12/05/2025)

Nepal plans nationwide screening for non-communicable diseases from new fiscal year : Officials say they have proposed allocating a budget at all 753 local units to screen for diabetes, high blood pressure, kidney disease, and body mass index (kp 09/05/2025)

Health division urges action against hospitals charging patients for free services : Officials have found some health facilities to be charging patients despite pays by government and insurance board, by Arjun Poudel (kp 08/05/2025)

Government received 2 million doses of vitamin A capsules, therapeutic milk from UNICEF last month : Fear of CIAA scrutiny deters officials from purchasing essential medicines and commodities at a higher price. Officials say that the cost of most medicines and commodities has risen internationally due to the rise in the US dollar price, by Arjun Poudel (kp 07/05/2025)

Month-long campaign targets unvaccinated children : At least four percent children under two years of age have received no vaccines. Experts stress targeted plans to close the gap and avert new outbreaks (kp 02/05/2025), Govt to vaccinate unimmunized children under five on May 14 (rep 02/04/2025)

Health Minister Paudel proposes cigarette price hike from Rs 10 to Rs 30 (rep 29/04/2025)

Acute blood shortage in Kavre leaves patients at risk (kh 24/04/2025)

Nepal HIV prevention efforts grind to halt after USAID pullback : Pre-exposure medications and outreach efforts for sex workers, drug users, and vulnerable groups have been stalled, by Arjun Poudel (kp 23/04/2025)

Health Minister Pradip Paudel’s free burn treatment pledge falls flat : Only Kirtipur Hospital received the fund and has already spent it. Poor patients at other hospitals are still footing the bill, by Arjun Poudel (kp 22/04/2025), It’s only words : Rather than make lofty promises, the health ministry should look to improve the existing burn care system (kp 23/04/2025)

Mission: Stop smoking: Enforce the rules, by Simone Galimberti (ht 22/04/2025)

As snakes slither to higher climes, Nepal expands snakebite treatment centres to hill districts : Eighty percent of deaths are caused by delayed treatment. Nepal aims to reduce present snakebite deaths by 50 percent within 2030, by Arjun Poudel (kp 21/04/2025)

Nationwide study being conducted on soil-transmitted intestinal worm infections : The World Health Organisation will provide financial and technical support for the study, officials say (kp 17/04/2025)

2.2 million children being administered Vitamin A (rn 17/04/2025), Children across the country being given vitamin A today and tomorrow (kh 19/04/2025)

MoHP releases updated information on free health services (kh 12/04/2025)

Strengthening Public Health Surveillance in Nepal: A Call to Action, by Sanjaya Dhakal (rep 01/04/2025)

Despite funds crunch, Gangalal National Heart Centre to continue free treatment for children : The hospital administration has decided to explore new funding sources for continuing the free treatment programme (kp 27/03/2025)

Nepal’s eye care services attract thousands from India, Bangladesh and Bhutan (kh 26/03/2025)

KMC to begin free breast and cervical cancer screening (rep 21/03/2025)

Over 200,000 girls aged 11-14 unaccounted for in HPV vaccination drive : Uptake low in Madhesh province and big cities. Officials unable to locate the missing recepients (kp 18/03/2025)

A burning problem that needs solutions : 60,000 Nepalis are burned every year, but most suffer far from treatment centres in Kathmandu, by Marty Logan (nt 14/03/2025)

Health ministry mulls virtual meetings, training as US aid freeze saps resources : Officials doubt effectiveness of virtual training, say life-saving skills cannot be taught online, by Arjun Poudel (kp 14/03/2025)

How to save your kidneys: Detect the disease early on, by Pukar Chandra Shrestha (ht 14/03/2025)

Doctors urge regular colon screenings to prevent colon cancer, by Pabitra Sunar (rep 14/03/2025)

Investing in returnee migrants’ health : A portion of remittances should be set aside for their healthcare and well-being, by Ayushman Bhagat and Kamal Thapa Kshetri (kp 09/03/2025)

553 locals benefit from health camp in Kalikot (kh 07/03/2025)

Healthcare remains out of reach for many Nepali migrant workers : Lack of screening for mental and physical health problems puts thousands of them at risk, by Arjun Poudel (kp 05/03/2025)

The gift of sight in Hetauda : A visit to an eye camp in Hetauda where eyesights have been restored to thousands of elderly Nepalis since 1997, by Lisa Choegyal (nt 28/02/2025)

Govt to crack down on tobacco ads at fairs and festivals (kh 26/02/2025)

HPV vaccination drive starting in Manang and Mustang next week : Winter delayed drive in some mountain districts. Humla and Dolpa will follow in mid-March (kp 25/02/2025)

HPV vaccination campaign extended in low uptake areas : So far, 90 percent of the target has been achieved, but uptake in Madhesh Province and Kathmandu Valley remains low, Health Ministry says (kp 18/02/2025), 1.41 million girls vaccinated in nationwide HPV campaign, by Pabitra Sunar (rep 19/02/2025)

After the burn : Good facilities for burn treatment in Nepal are few and far between (kp 18/02/2025)

WHO-backed initiative delivers first batch of childhood cancer medicines to Nepal (kh 17/02/2025)

870 people benefit from health camp in Myanglung (kh 16/02/2025)

Public resistance to elephantiasis medicine hinders eradication efforts in Banke : Elephantiasis is the second leading cause of long-term disability after leprosy in Nepal, by Rupa Gahatraj (kp 15/02/2025)

Free cancer treatment for children: Will Nepal deliver?, by Sunoor Verma (ht 13/02/2025)

Health Ministry to offer free tests for non-communicable diseases, by Purushottam Poudel (kh 12/02/2025)

Funds shortage puts free cardiac care for children at risk : Gangalal heart centre says without extra funding it may have to stop offering free treatment to children, by Arjun Poudel (kp 10/02/2025), Have some heart : There can be no bigger health priority than saving the lives of children with timely cardiac care (kp 11/02/2025)

Printing warning message, pictures on tobacco products guidelines passed (rn 06/02/2025)

Relief for cancer patients, first cyclotron facility in Nepal (rep 05/02/2025)

HPV vaccination campaign begins in Nepal (kh 04/02/2025), Nationwide HPV immunisation drive kicks off (kp 04/02/2025), 140,000 teenage girls vaccinated on first day of HPV campaign (rep 05/02/2025)

Purbanchal Cancer Hospital and Yeti Airlines team up to support cancer patients with free travel (kh 02/02/2025)

School dropout girls, anti-vaxxers key challenges to upcoming HPV drive : An estimated around 160,000 girls between 11 and 14 years are out of school, mostly in Madhesh Province (kp 01/02/2025)

Unauthorised pharmacies, quacks thriving in Bajhang district : Patients dying after failing to reach health institutions on time is a near-daily occurrence in Sudurpaschim district, by Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 29/01/2025)

Health Ministry makes hearing tests for newborns mandatory (rep 26/01/2025)

Treat Hemophilia Holistically (rep 25/01/2025)

Kathmandu metropolis launches free cervical cancer screening : Officials say they are negotiating with Civil and Bir hospitals to provide free treatment for cervical cancer (kp 21/01/2025)

Accessible Healthcare (rn 21/01/2025)

Promoting Pain Relief Services, by Uttam Maharjan (rn 21/01/2025)

Kidney patients deprived of dialysis service at Karnali Academy of Health Sciences : Patients from remote areas are forced to go health institutions in Surkhet, Nepalgunj, Kathmandu or elsewhere for the service and some die in lack of timely treatment, by DB Budha (kp 19/01/2025)

Cold weather and snowfall may delay HPV drive in some mountain districts : Officials plan to postpone the vaccination campaign in affected areas to March, when snow melts (kp 15/01/2025)

Over 17,000 adolescent girls being given HPV vaccine in Bhaktapur (rn 14/01/2025)

Girls aged 10-14 to get single-dose HPV shot from February : The vaccine provides crucial protection against cervical cancer, which is a leading cause of death among Nepali women (kp 03/01/2025)

NPHL starts next-generation sequencing for breast cancer : With the validation of the service in Nepal, doctors no longer need to send specimens of suspected breast cancer patients to India for testing (kp 01/01/2025)

Making sense of the government’s many commitments on healthcare : Several programmes—access to the HPV vaccine, screening for the mental health of jailbirds and pregnant women, promotion of open gyms, yoga and free cancer treatment for children—have been planned for 2025, by Arjun Poudel (kp 01/01/2025)

Burn victims forced to foot costly medical bills despite ‘free care’ pledge : As mercury dips, burn cases rise significantly. Doctors advise caution while using fire to keep warm, by Arjun Poudel (kp 30/12/2024)

Health Ministry hosting conclave for strengthening healthcare (kh 26/12/2024)

Negligent surgeries leave women in Nepal with lifelong consequences, by Pabitra Sunar (rep 25/12/2024)

Month-long free screening drive for non-communicable diseases next year : Officials at the Health Ministry say free testing for hypertension, diabetes, renal function, will be available nationwide from February 13 to March 13 (kp 24/12/2024)

Nepal receives 460,940 doses of HPV vaccine : Over 1.68 million girls between 10 and 14 years will be immunised in a nationwide HPV vaccination campaign (kp 19/12/2024)

Health Ministry launches online system to connect organ donors and patients (kh 16/12/2024)

Health ministry includes HPV vaccine in routine immunisation drive : Around 350,000 girls aged 10 years will be administered the HPV vaccine at their schools, official says (kp 16/12/2024)

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)