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Karnali
short on Depo-Provera for months, supply uncertain
: Officials ask health facilities with surplus of
the birth control shots to share with those facing
shortages (kh 21/7/2025)
Prioritising
postpartum mental health : It not only harms
mothers but can also impede the child’s cognitive
and emotional development, by Pallavi Koirala
(kp 06/07/2025)
Family
protests after postpartum woman dies following
delivery (rep 05/07/2025)
Target
2030 for maternal and newborn health : Nepal's
healthcare community is striving to reach the UN's
Sustainable Development Goals, focusing on
high-risk districts, by Marty Logan (nt
04/07/2025)
Mother’s
woes : Among pregnant and postnatal women in
Nepal, mental health issues are more severe today
than ever. (kp 01/07/2025)
Supply
delays deprive women and girls of iron,
folic acid : Pregnant women, new mums, and
girls aged 10-19 years have been deprived of
the vital supplements since February. No
relief before December (kp 26/06/2025)
Govt
seeks input on relaxing abortion laws (kh
25/06/2025)
Many
elderly women in Achham found suffering alone from
uterine prolapse and other illnesses : At a recent
health camp, two women in their 80s revealed years
of silent suffering from uterine prolapse,
worsened by poverty and family neglect, by
Menuka Dhungana (kp 23/06/2025)
Alarming
fertility gap in Nepal (ae 19/06/2025)
Nepal
drops plan to expand maternal and perinatal death
tracking : Officials say tight budget prevents
scaling up vital health programmes, and even when
new programmes are approved, funds are halted
later (kp 19/06/2025)
Current
abortion law in Nepal leading to unsafe practices,
by Pabitra Sunar (rep 17/06/2025)
Over
70% of Nepali men, 67% of women affected by sexual
dysfunction (kh 16/06/2025)
Far-western
Women’s Health In Peril, by Mahendra P Joshi
(rn 05/06/2025)
Nepal
lacks male reproductive health specialists,
putting men's health at risk, by Pabitra Sunar
(rep 26/05/2025)
Institutional
delivery rate declines sharply : 190 maternal and
1,907 perinatal deaths recorded in fiscal 2023-24.
The drop in institutional delivery rate might be
similar to a drop in fertility rate, officials say
(kp 24/05/2025)
Nepal
lagging in safe motherhood : Faced with USAID
cuts, maternal health needs systemic change to
meet United Nations targets, by Sudiksha
Tuladhar (nt 23/05/2025)
Over 25 million condoms imported in 10
months (kh 22/05/2025)
'52%
of abortions unsafe in country' (rn
21/05/2025)
Kin
protest against hospital after woman succumbs to
postpartum complications, by Binay Aazad (kp
11/05/2025)
Baglung
mums bear brunt of crumbling maternity care : With
birthing centres out of reach, medical equipment
failing, and roads often impassable, home births
remain a dangerous norm in remote villages, by
Prakash Baral (kp 29/04/2025)
33
children die every day in Nepal before age 5:
Let's invest in a system that works for all
children, by Shoyana KC (ht 28/04/2025)
Say
No to Illegal Abortion (rep 22/04/2025)
Protecting
our future : The country should be able to look
after the well-being of our mothers and children
(kh 16/04/2025)
Nepal
has reduced maternal deaths by 70 percent since
2000, but the progress is at risk, WHO warns :
Amid unprecedented aid cuts by the US, the UN
health body stresses the need for sustained
investment to protect the progress (kp
10/04/2025)
Nepal
health facilities run out of birth control shot
Depo-Provera : Experts warn of a rise in
unintended pregnancies and unsafe abortions. New
procurement will take 3 months, by Arjun
Poudel (kp 30/03/2025)
Free
helicopter rescues saving rural women from
childbirth complications : Over 808 women from 44
districts have been airlifted since 2019, under
the President’s Women Uplift Programme, by
Jyotee Katuwal (kp 18/03/2025)
A
case for sexual and reproductive health : Although
Nepal has committed to protecting women, many lack
access to SRH rights, by Ojaswi KC (kp
16/03/2025)
Maternal
deaths halve at Thapathali hospital, neonatal
mortality still high : Health Ministry says 118
maternal deaths have been reported from 51
districts since the start of the ongoing fiscal
year (kp 10/03/2025)
WHO
reconfirms Nepal’s maternal and neonatal
tetanus-free status Nepal first eliminated
maternal and neonatal tetanus in 2005 (kp
27/02/2025)
Pregnant woman
rescued by helicopter after excessive bleeding
(kh 23/02/2025)
Trump’s
aid cut jeopardises neonatal health: Experts. Over
2,000 neonates die in Nepal each year. Child
health experts warn the halt in crucial programmes
threatens years of progress in child health,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 03/02/2025)
‘Nepal
advances in SRHR but needs more investment’,
interview with Anu Kumar (rep 29/01/2025)
In
Nepal’s far
west, mothers
still face
life-or-death
deliveries,
by Pawan
Mudbhari (kh
24/01/2025)
Postpartum
woman and her
newborn die on
their way to
hospital in
Bajhang
(rep
07/01/2025), Deaths
of Bajhang mum
and newborn
expose cracks
in maternal
health system
:
Complications
were diagnosed
at a local
health post,
but cost
concerns and
lack of
awareness led
to home
delivery,
by Arjun
Poudel (kp
10/01/2025)
Negligent
surgeries
leave women in
Nepal with
lifelong
consequences,
by Pabitra
Sunar (rep
25/12/2024)
A
maternity
waiting home
provides a
lifeline in
remote Baglung
village :
Around 160
expecting and
postpartum
mothers have
used the free
facility at
Bohoragaun
over the past
17 months,
by Prakash
Baral (kp
13/12/2024)
Maternity
hospital’s
human milk
bank is saving
lives of
vulnerable
infants : The
Thapathali-based
hospital has
also been
supplying
breast milk to
underweight
infants in
several other
hospitals
(kp
06/12/2024)
Access
denied: Unsafe
abortion
continues
despite
legalisation
22 years ago.
Ten percent of
women are
denied
abortion
services, and
42 percent
with
pregnancies
beyond 10
weeks are
turned away,
new report
says, by
Arjun Poudel
(kp
29/11/2024)
No
more delivery
at home in
Beni
municipality
(kh
26/11/2024)
Over-the-counter
abortion pills
endanger
women’s lives
in rural
Madhesh :
Patients often
reach hospital
in critical
condition with
haemoglobin
levels
dangerously
low, by
Aarati Ray (kp
22/11/2024)
Safe
motherhood
programme
faces funding
crisis : Rs400
million is
immediately
required to
sustain the
programme,
by Arjun
Poudel (kp
20/11/2024)
Nurses
deployed at 18
hospitals to
promote
exclusive
breastfeeding
: A 2022
survey showed
a steady
decline in
breastfeeding
rates, from 70
percent in
2011, to 56
percent in
2021 (kp
10/11/2024)
Women
in rural
Madhesh face
uphill battle
to access
sexual,
reproductive
care : When
rural women
lack basic
health
literacy,
common
gynaecological
issues go
unchecked,
leading to
complications.
The barriers
also include
outdated
beliefs and
superstitions,
by Aarati Ray
(kp
01/11/2024)
Unsafe
motherhood :
Without
communicating
their
importance,
just
introducing
maternal
health
services is
not enough
(kp
16/10/2024)
Road
disruptions
raise risk of
more home
deliveries in
districts :
Experts call
for urgent
measures to
protect
mothers and
newborns.
Officials say
they have
started risk
mapping
(kp
04/10/2024)
Women
in Jumla villages resort to home
deliveries due to lack of access
to birthing centres,
transportation : Women from the
highlands of Guthichaur,
Patarasi, Tila, and
Kanakasundari are worried about
their limited access to
maternity care services, by
DB Budha (kp 28/09/2024)
90
women from 51 districts died from
birth-related complications last fiscal
year : Health officials say that the
actual number of maternal deaths may be
much higher, as surveillance is limited
to just 51 districts, by Arjun
Poudel (kp 24/09/2024)
Third-party
authorization for abortion in Nepal.
Where do we stand?, by Bishal
Bajgain (ae 28/08/2024)
Harms
of emergency contraceptives : Globally,
the increasing use of ECPs has been
described as an epidemic, by Pallavi
Koirala (kp 26/07/2024)
District
hospitals struggle with budget cuts for
family planning programmes : Experts
warn funding shortfall could trigger a
rise in unwanted pregnancies, unsafe
abortions, and maternal and child
deaths, by Arjun Poudel (kp
23/07/2024)
Free
screening of cervical cancer to be limited to a
few local units of 11 districts due to
insufficient funds : The budget for free
screening can purchase around 130,000 test kits.
This means onlythat number of women can be
screened, says chief of the reproductive health
section, by Arjun Poudel (kp 19/07/2024)
Health
ministry launches safe delivery app : The app
will help improve the quality of emergency
obstetric and newborn care, and the main users
will be frontline health workers (kp
10/07/2024)
Thapathali
Maternity Hospital to hold healthy baby contest
: Doctors will assess baby growth, health,
feeding practices, breastfeeding, immunisation,
and parenting practices at the competition
(kp 06/07/2024)
Destigmatising
Medical Abortion, by Shyam P Lohani (rn
30/06/2024)
Baglung
villages achieve zero home delivery milestone :
Investments in health facilities and staff lead
to improvements in rural lives, by Prakash
Baral (kp 22/06/2024)
Nursing
staff, paramedics being trained to treat
malnutrition : Ministry of Health and Population
to launch nationwide awareness drive to boost
exclusive breastfeeding practice, which has been
declining of late (kp 21/06/2024)
Nepal
aims to reduce neonatal deaths to 13, but
experts sceptical about the goal’s success :
Deaths haven’t declined since 2016, and Nepal’s
target for SDGs is to reduce these to 12 per
1,000 live births by 2030, by Arjun Poudel
(kp 03/06/2024)
Birthing
centres in four mountain districts to have
underfloor heating : Officials say the measure
will help reduce postpartum, neonatal deaths due
to hypothermia in high-altitude regions (kp
19/05/2024)
Ministry
plans to screen pregnant women for mental health
problems : A significant number of maternal
deaths, during pregnancy or after childbirth,
are suicides, which are preventable with timely
intervention, by Arjun Poudel (kp
10/05/2024)
Pre-Eclampsia:
A Concerning Condition for Maternal Health in
Nepal, by Noori Kumari Shah (rep 12/04/2024)
45
per cent of women in Madhesh Province do not
breastfeed, by Rabindra Upreti (rn
22/03/2024)
No
let-up to infant mortality in Salyan : While the
infant mortality rate has been on a decline for
the past two years, it’s projected to rise this
year, by Biplab Maharjan (kp 17/03/2024)
Maternal,
perinatal death surveillance to cover 10 more
districts : If the proposal is approved, the
number of districts implementing surveillance
drives to determine the causes of deaths will
reach 55 (kp 11/03/2024)
Rural
women deprived of reproductive health rights :
At recent health camps in Achham, fewer people
chose permanent family planning. Patriarchal
attitudes and preference for sons blamed as root
causes, by Menuka Dhungana (kp 08/03/2024)
Karnali
women resist vasectomy, opt for temporary
measures, by Pawan Mudbhari (kh 22/02/2024)
Air
pollution responsible for premature births, low
weight : Neonatal deaths have not declined in
the past five years, according to a study,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 19/02/2024)
One
percent of children born with congenital heart
issues (kh 09/02/2024)
Neonatal
treatment package falls short for tertiary
hospitals: Report : Treatment at NICU costs over
Rs47,000 on average while the government
reimburses up to Rs8,000 only (kp
08/02/2024)
Cervical
Cancer: A Serious Public Health Threat, by
Deepa Ghimire (rn 03/02/2024)
Free
ambulance service to pregnant women (kh
19/01/2024)
Lactating
mother dies in primary health center in Bajura
(kh 09/01/2024)
Hospitals
to procure suits to curb delivery bleeding :
Health offices will get Rs300,000 each to buy
the suits that prevent excessive bleeding in
women after childbirth, by Arjun Poudel (kp
08/01/2024)
Kapilvastu
still has a long way to go to reduce home births
: Although women have started looking at
institutional delivery as an option, the
majority of women from rural areas still give
birth at home, by Amrita Anmol (kp
05/01/2024)
Health
Ministry to seek help from medical students,
pharmacists to promote exclusive breastfeeding :
Breastfeeding practices have been declining
every year in Nepal, a report says (kp
02/01/2024)
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