Free
ultrasound service at local health post fulfils
Kailali village women’s wish, by Tekendra Deuba
(ht 02/01/2021)
New
rules for right to safe motherhood (ht 21/12/2020)
Lack
of pandemic contingency plan has led to rise in
maternal deaths, experts say : More than 17 women have
been dying every month due to birth related
complications since March, by Arjun Poudel (kp
06/12/2020)
Addressing
Rights To Safe Abortion, by Shyam P Lohani (rn
06/12/2020)
In
their wait for son, Baitadi women keep delivering
babies : The reproductive health of the majority of
women in the district is poor, with many
suffering from anaemia, uterine prolapse and other
issues, health workers say. The pressure to bear a son
compromises women’s mental health, officials say,
by Tripti Shahi (kp 26/11/2020), No
country for girl child : The perceived importance of
having a son continues to exert manifold pressure on
women (kp 27/11/2020)
Delay
in hospital visits putting mothers and newborns at
risk in Rupandeh : iHome births have picked up in some
parts of the district during the Covid-19 pandemic,
by Sanju Paudel (kp 22/11/2020)
Safe
maternity services reach rural settlements of Baglung
: In the last two years, birthing centres have been
established in all six wards of Tamankhola Rural
Municipality in the district, by Prakash Baral (kp
18/11/2020)
Maternal
Health Takes A Knock, by Sampada Anuranjanee
Khatiwada (rn 05/11/2020)
Pregnant
women and postpartum mothers hit hardest by pandemic :
Seven women died of delivery complications in Banke
within two months, by Thakur Singh Tharu (kp
22/09/2020)
For
safe abortion practices, by Tula Krishna Gupta (ht
17/09/2020)
Bajura’s
new mothers die young. Failure to give birth to a baby
boy often results in second marriage, by Nanda
Kumari Thapa (rep 13/09/2020)
Reproductive
health gains at risk as pregnant women die due to lack
of care : Maternal mortality had gone down by 76
percent and stillbirths by 56 percent in Nepal since
2000, but the Covid-19 pandemic is eroding the
achievements, by Aditi Aryal (kp 11/09/2020)
Free
COVID-19 insurance to pregnant and new mothers
(rep 10/09/2020)
73
pregnant women die for lack of treatment since
lockdown (kh 06/09/2020)
Pregnant
woman dies after being denied admission by Biratnagar
hospitals, by Chuman Basnet (rep 05/09/2020)
Poverty
Reduction Through Family Planning, by Balaram
Chaulagain (rn 23/08/2020)
‘Provide
proper treatment to ailing pregnant woman’ (ht
21/08/2020)
123
pregnant and postnatal women of remote areas airlifted
during lockdown: Who gets the airlifting service? How
to get it?, by Sabina Karki (kh 15/08/2020)
Covid-19
taking away Nepal’s achievement in maternal health:
Report says 13,189 women delivered babies at hospital
prior to the lockdown while the number decreased to
7,165 after the outbreak (kp 13/08/2020), Institutional
childbirth reduced by more than half during lockdown
in Nepal: Study (rep 13/08/2020) [see article
by Ashish KC et al. in Lancet]
The
pandemic is intensifying postpartum depression: With
restrictions on movement, families cannot travel to
extend support, and new mothers fear infection if they
go for check-ups, by Elisha Shrestha (kp
05/08/2020)
New
mothers who survived landslides in Myagdi deprived of
nutritious food: While the authorities have paid heed
to waste management and controlling infectious
disease, nutritious food for nursing mothers has to be
managed locally, say authorities, by Ghanashyam
Khadka (kp 04/08/2020)
Committee
Concerned About Implementation Status Of Safe
Motherhood Rights (rn 26/07/2020), Motherhood
rights stressed (ht 27/07/2020)
More
Nepalis are delivering babies at home due to fear of
Covid-19: Health officials are worried that this might
increase deaths among mothers and their newborns,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 25/06/2020)
Contraceptive
use down across country, by Sabitri Dhakal (ht
24/06/2020)
Antenatal
check-ups during pregnancy a must, say doctors (ht
23/06/2020)
Supreme
Court orders government to take special care of
pregnant women: Justices say the right to safe
motherhood is a right guaranteed by the constitution
(kp 10/06/2020) [The fact that
a court order is required speaks volumes about the
competence of the government. Orders from the courts
do not interest the government anyway!], Birth
pangs: We can't afford to ignore the rights of
pregnant women and newborns (kp 11/06/2020)
Couples
locked down together are likely to have more sex, but
contraception is difficult to come by: The lockdown
has disrupted access to contraception, especially in
rural areas, where there are still taboos against
contraceptive use, and premarital sex, by Elisha
Shrestha and Samiksha Baral (kp 28/05/2020)
‘Maintain
sexual and reproductive health services during
pandemic’, by Sangeeta Mishra (ht 28/05/2020)
A
200 percent increase in maternal mortality since the
lockdown began: At least 24 women have died of
birth-related complications in the last two months,
compared to 80 deaths in all of last year, by
Arjun Poudel (kp 27/05/2020)
3
Nepali mothers still die daily at childbirth: But
maternal deaths are too routine to deserve the kind of
coverage COVID-19 gets, by Marty Logan (nt
22/05/2020)
Husband
of newborn mother who died of Covid-19 says they had
to wait for seven hours to get an ambulance: There
have been several complaints about ambulance drivers
refusing service during the lockdown, by Anup Ojha
(kp 19/05/2020)
As
Covid-19 continues to weaken the health system, an
estimated 4,000 children could die in Nepal in the
next six months, UN agency warns: UNICEF says it fears
that without urgent action, the number of children
dying before their fifth birthdays is going to
increase for the first time in decades (kp
14/05/2020)
Expecting
mother expelled from operation theatre (ht
01/05/2020)
Fewer
women are visiting health facilities for maternal
services during lockdown: Family Welfare Division to
start a hotline to provide suggestions for pregnant
women, by Arjun Poudel (kp 28/04/2020)
Like
most vulnerable groups, soon-to-be and new mothers
face an uncertain near future: With hospitals and
public transportation shut, expecting and new mothers
can’t go for regular check-ups for themselves and
their children, by Elisha Shrestha & Thomas
Heaton (kp 22/04/2020)
Dhading
Hospital excels in deliveries (ht 10/04/2020)
Helicopter
rescue programme for pregnant women effective in
Gandaki Province: Out of the 14 women rescued in the
past two years, 13 have been successfully treated,
by Pratiksha Kafle (kp 11/03/2020)
Bagmati
to launch maternal and child health care programme in
remote areas: The Ministry of Social Development said
the programme will be launched in 14 wards of seven
districts, by Subash Bidari (kp 29/02/2020)
No
conceivable reason for unwanted pregnancies, by
Rojita Adhikari (nt 21/02/2020)
Miracle
drug to reduce maternal deaths: Why is this cheap and
easy way to reduce maternal mortality so underutilised
in Nepal?, by Buddha Basnyat (nt 21/02/2020)
Health
Ministry plans to carry out a study on cesarean birth
trend: Country’s c-section delivery rate is more than
double the WHO recommendation, b y Arjun Poudel
(kp 19/02/2020)
Tension
at Rangeli Hospital continues into second day (ht
19/02/2020)
Despite
robust legal provisions, pregnant women still find it
difficult to get maternity leave: The law mandates a
total of 98 days of maternity leave, with 60 days
fully paid, but most private employers fail to comply
and women are hesitant to ask, by Elisha Shrestha
(kp 13/02/2020), Maternity
leave: Women are discriminated against in the
workplace (kp 14/02/2020)
Ajirkot
Rural Municipality runs nutritious food programme for
new mothers: Under the Maitiko Poshilo Kosheli
Karyakram, women will receive a package consisting of
a crate of eggs, one kg legumes, a nail cutter, soaps
and a carry bag worth Rs 4,500 to 5,000, by
Hariram Uprety (kp 08/02/2020)
Who
will save Nepal’s poor new mothers? … a government
plan, or God?, by Rojita Adhikari (nt 31/01/2020)
Empower
local health institutes: Instead of airlifting
childbearing women from remote districts, the
government should think of strengthening local health
system which can save a myriad of pregnant and
postpartum women, by Mukesh Adhikari (rep
27/01/2020)
Sexual,
reproductive health awareness campaign under way
(ht 24/01/2020)
Around
40 percent of pregnant women undergo unsafe delivery
in Jajarkot: Although the government has been running
the Safe Motherhood Programme as part of its bid to
ensure safe births in remote areas, only a few people
are getting benefits from the programme, by Bhim
Bahadur Singh (kp 12/01/2020)
Siraha
hospital denies postpartum mothers safe motherhood
incentives: Ram Kumar Uma Prasad Memorial Hospital has
not received the budget for Safe Motherhood Programme
in the current fiscal year from the provincial
government, by Bharat Jarghamagar (kp 08/01/2020)
Nepali
women more vulnerable to UTI, by Sabitri Dhakal
(ht 05/01/2020)
Unsafe
abortion continues unabated (ht 05/01/2020)
Nepal
still has a long way to go to lower infant and
maternal deaths: According to the Department of Health
Services, 2,036 newborn babies and 208 mothers died in
the fiscal year 2018-19, by Arjun Poudel (kp
02/01/2019)
Traditional
massage is based on ancestral wisdom—and science: The
traditional oil care for new mothers and their babies
has become more significant with medical professionals
backing the practice, by Srizu Bajracharya (kp
02/01/2020)
Clinical
protocol on reproductive health updated (ht
28/12/2019)
In
Achham, nineteen percent of women give birth before
20: Despite many campaigns and efforts, child marriage
is still rampant in the district, by Menuka
Dhungana (kp 26/12/2019)
Safe
motherhood campaigns save lives in Sindhupalchok:
Local units such as Melamchi, Helambu and Indrawati
have been providing Rs3,000 for pregnant women on top
of the regular support of Rs3,000, by Anish Tiwari
(kp 23/12/2019)
Seven
central hospitals to be made mother-and-baby-friendly:
The Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative was launched in
1991 by the World Health Organization and the United
Nations Children’s Fund, by Arjun Poudel (kp
23/12/2019)
Break
the silence on miscarriages and infertility: Society
must find a way to be more open about these subjects,
and the stigmatisation must end, (kp 20/12/2019)
Child
mortality rate is still alarming in Palpa: Nine
infants died within 28 days of birth while the total
death of children under five years was 12 in the first
three months of the current fiscal year, by Madhab
Aryal (kp 19/12/2019)
Antenatal
care visits to be doubled to prevent maternal death,
stillbirths: Pregnant women will have to visit health
facilities at least eight times for antenatal care and
four times for postnatal care, according to the new
guidelines, by Arjun Poudel (kp17/12/2019)
Miscarriages
are common but women continue to suffer in silence:
After having to go through a traumatic experience, the
stigma surrounding miscarriages leads women to
emotional isolation and mental health problems,
doctors say, by Elisha Shrestha (kp 16/12/2019)
Sexual
and reproductive health camp for teenagers in Achham
(ht 12/12/2019)
Uterine
prolapse is common in rural Chitwan, but only a few
seek treatment: Many women in rural belts do not take
the symptoms of uterus prolapse seriously, say health
workers, by Pramita Dhakal (kp 09/12/2019)
Need
to prevent perinatal HIV transmission (ht
07/12/2019)
e
community health volunteers: unsung heroes shouldering
huge responsibilities with minimal return: Nepal's
improvement in health indicators is largely credited
to the thousands of these health volunteers who have
been working untiringly for the last 31 years, by
Arjun Poudel (kp 06/12/2019)
Need
of skilled midwives stressed (ht 04/12/2019)
Deploying
midwives to prevent deaths: Training midwives for home
visit care is fundamental to reducing maternal deaths,
by Mukesh Adhikari (kp 01/12/2019)
Health
Ministry to provide hormonal tablets through
volunteers to new mothers to prevent postpartum
haemorrhage-related deaths: Nepal reduced the maternal
mortality rate from 539 in 1996 to 239 in 2016, by
Arjun Poudel (kp 29/11/2019)
Women
in rural Nepal still ashamed of reproductive health
issues, health workers say: Most of these women are
suffering from diseases related to uterus and many of
them have physical injuries from domestic abuse meted
out to them, by Durgalal KC (kp 27/11/2019)
Helicopter
rescue the only chance of survival for pregnant women
in remote areas of Karnali: There are 274 birthing
centres across villages in the province, yet the
plight of pregnent women and new mothers remains
pitiable. Only this fiscal year, 40 women have been
airlifted, by Chandana Khatayat (kp 24/11/2019), The
government must prioritise equitable healthcare access
over emergency airlifts: Ensuring safe motherhood and
appropriate health facilities during and after
pregnancy is the prerogative of the government (kp
25/11/2019)
A
mothers’ group in Baitadi is helping young mothers
take care of themselves and their babies:
Health-related awareness programmes conducted by
mothers’ groups have become a boon for women, by
Tripti Shahi (kp 18/11/2019)
Bajura
sees growth in access to safe abortion services,
by Krishna Oli (rep 17/11/2019)
‘More
Nepali women using contraceptives’ (ht 15/11/2019)
Taking
periods as normal for better reproductive health,
by Cilla Khatry (15/11/2019)
'Unsafe
Motherhood' alarms women visiting health centers,
by Krishna Oli (rep 12/11/2019)
Woman
dies after delivering baby (ht 03/11/2019)
Maternity
service shut down at district hospital (ht
02/11/2019)
Tension
grips Birat Nursing Home (ht 02/11/2019)
New
mothers in Adanchuli Rural Municipality deprived of
state-announced incentives for two years: Under the
government’s ‘Safe Motherhood Programme’, new mothers
and their newborns are provided free medical
treatment, transportation allowance and cash
incentives for antenatal checkups, by Chhapal Lama
(kp 27/10/2019)
Infant
deaths high in Far-west (htr 23/10/2019)
Health
Ministry to distribute misoprostol to prevent
postpartum haemorrhage: Authorities hope to reduce the
existing maternal mortality rate by distributing
medicine through female community health volunteers,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 22/10/2019)
Neonatal
mortality in Nepal can be reduced: Study (rep
22/10/2019)
High
court summons Sah, husband with their child (ht
21/10/2019)
The
social stigma attached to infertility: Couples who are
unsuccessful in having a child are prevented from
participating in a meaningful life, by Roshee
Lamichhane (kp 20/10/2019)
Bajura
woman gives birth on her way to hospital for delivery
(ht 20/10/2019)
A
private hospital’s negligence has an infant on the
verge of death: A string of errors and oversights by
doctors at Grande International Hospital has destroyed
a 15-month-old child beyond repair, his parents allege,
by Swarup Acharya (kp 19/10/2019)
Nepal
has made progress in reducing child mortality rate,
but inequality persists: Children’s risk of dying
before their fifth birthday varies nearly three-fold,
a new study suggests, by Arjun Poudel (kp
18/10/2019)
Hospitals
are implanting hormonal birth control on mentally
impaired women: Rights activists say that such
implants are a violation of women’s rights and legal
provisions and do not address the core problem of
violence against women, by Arjun Poudel (kpn
17/10/2019)
Health
Ministry to monitor hospitals to curb sex-selective
abortions: Newborn data of the Paropakar Maternity and
Women's Hospital shows a wide gap between the number
of boys and girls, by Arjun Poudel (kp 15/10/2019)
Rapti
Municipality providing Rs 2,000 as ‘encouragement
allowance’ to pregnant women: Women who deliver babies
in government-run health facilities inside the
municipality will receive the encouragement allowance,
by Pramita Dhakal (kp 26/09/2019)
Over
30 hospitals across the country halt cesarean delivery
services: Women in labour pain forced to go to big
cities, at times putting their and babies lives at
risk, by Arjun Poudel (kp 22/09/2019), Women
are suffering due to a lack of doctors at district
hospitals: The entire healthcare sector suffers from
staff and funding shortages—and the slow
implementation of federalism (kp 23/09/2019)
Use
of modern contraception methods witnesses no increase,
by Sabitri Dhakal (ht 19/09/2019)
Doctors
warn dengue-infected pregnant women against
self-medication: While the virus could cause still and
premature birth, doctors say self-medication could be
equally dangerous, by Arjun Poudel (kp 18/09/2019)
Non-surgical method to
remove uterine fibroids (ht 14/09/2019)
Newborn
declared dead comes back to life (ht 14/09/2019)
More
women using contraceptive in Bajura (ht
08/09/2019)
Youths
in Rolpa resorting to unsafe abortion instead of using
contraceptives: According to the research of 2014 done
by Guttmacher Institute in Nepal, out of the total
maternal deaths in Nepal, seven percent death is
caused by unsafe abortion, by Dinesh Subedi (rep
08/09/2019)
Health
Ministry seeks Rs 230 million to distribute fortified
flour in flood-hit Province 2: The programme is
expected to benefit 300,000 children under two years
of age, pregnant women and new mothers, by Arjun
Poudel (kp 03/09/2019)
Programme
for new mothers benefits many in Bajhang: Chhabis
Pathibhera Rural Municipality has distributed
nutritious foods to 56 new mothers in the current
fiscal year, by Basanta Pratap Singh (kp
03/09/2019)
Education
on motherhood improving women’s health, by Himnath
Devkota (rep 02/09/2019)
265
new mothers deprived of parturition allowance (ht
28/08/2019)
'Make
regulations to ensure reproductive health rights',
by Sabitri Dhakal (ht 27/08/2019)
Government
to include human papillomavirus vaccine in the regular
immunisation list: Doctors say HPV-caused cervical
cancer is the number one killer of women in Nepal,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 27/08/2019)
Drive
to reduce home births in eastern rural districts
receives mixed results: The award-winning Yaku Health
Post is noted in the district for its exemplary
service, with its provision of skilled manpower,
infrastructure, and a quick, hands-on service, by
Alisha Shrestha (kp 12/08/2019)
Mother's
milk is best: Optimal breastfeeding is a cornerstone
for improved health and national development, by
Manisha Shrestha (kp 07/08/2019)
Cesarean
delivery halted in several hospitals of remote
districts: The civil staff adjustment process has led
to the transfer of anesthetic assistants who are
crucial to C-section deliveries, by Arjun Poudel
(kp 06/08/2019)
Prolapsed
uterus among young mothers common in Rolpa, by
Dinesh Subedi (rep 04/08/2019)
Lack
of facilities increases risk for pregnant mothers in
remote Humla and Kalikot: Maternity homes are ill
equipped to deal with maternity-related complications,
say health authority, by Chhapal Lama and Tularam
Pandey (kp 03/08/2019)
‘Labor
rooms’ set up in Dhading villages for safe motherhood,
by Sarita Shrestha (rep 03/08/2019)
Breastfeeding
is not easy for working mothers in Capital: A study
shows 57 percent of new mothers in Valley start
feeding formula milk to babies within three days of
birth, by Arjun Poudel (kp 02/08/2019)
Maternity
and newborn care services affected in Baglung:
Pregnant women in rural areas have been referred to
district headquarters due to shortage of employees,
by Prakash Baral (kp 01/08/2019)
More
women undergoing ovarian cyst surgery (ht
01/08/2019)
More
than 50,000 children to be deprived of fortified flour
in Karnali: The province’s Health Directorate says the
tender to procure the nutrient-enriched flour was
cancelled after the product’s samples were found to be
substandard; With the end of the last [2018-19]
fiscal year, the budget for the programme is also
frozen, by Arjun Poudel (kp 30/07/2019)
SC
moved for establishing breast milk banks in Nepal
(ht 27/07/2019)
How
government bureaucracy killed a new mother: Goma Osti
needed an airlift from Nuwakot to Kathmandu after
postpartum complications. But a labyrinthine
bureaucracy delayed her treatment by four hours—and
took her life, by Arjun Poudel (kp 26/07/2019), Locals
call off protest after agreement with deceased
mother’s relatives: Hospital agrees to provide Rs
150,000 for the care of newborn and to bear the cost
of helicopter used to fly Osti to Kathmandu for
treatment, by Krishna Thapa (kp 27/07/2019), Death
of a new mother forces government to rethink its
rescue programme for critical pregnant women: A woman
in Nuwakot died last week from postpartum haemorrhage
after she was denied an airlift to Kathmandu for
treatment, by Arjun Poudel (kp 28/07/2019)
Implant
service providers take contraception to Nepal’s poor:
If women can't come to contraceptives, then
contraceptives go to women in Nepal's underserved
villages, by Rokita Adhikari (nt 26/07/2019)
Free-of-cost
condoms gathering dust at government health posts,
by Ramesh Khatiwada (rep 24/07/2019)
Women
unable to enjoy reproductive health rights due to lack
of regulations (ht 23/07/2019)
Selective
abortion rampant in Siraha, by Mithilesh Yadav
(rep 23/07/2019)
Family
planning awareness campaign (ht 16/07/2019)
Women
in Baitadi village happy with improved health,
sanitation, by Bira Gadal (ht 14/07/2019), Baitadi
women await health camps to seek treatment for
reproductive health-related ailments: Women hesitate
to open up about ailments even after living with such
diseases for years, by Tripti Shahi (kp
16/07/2019)
More
women visiting health camps in Bajura (ht
04/07/2019)
Doctors
take exception to new law that allows late-term
abortions in special cases: A new provision allows
abortions in cases of rape,incest or danger to health
at up to 28 weeks, by Arjun Poudel (kp 03/07/2019)
Nepal
made good strides in reducing maternal mortality rate
over two decades—and then hit a plateau: Experts say
addressing barriers to health services is the key to
achieving the 2030 target of bringing the rate
down to 70 per 100,000 live births, by Arjun
Poudel (kp 30/06/2019)
New
mothers deprived of state-announced incentive: Lives
of many women and their newborns at risk: Health
workers, by Chhapal Lama (kp 30/06/2019)
Children
suffer severe malnutrition in Solukhumbu villages:
Pregnant women, lactating mothers and children below
two years deprived of nutritious flour for months,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 30/06/2019)
Women
in remote areas lack access to health services: Cases
of urinary tract infection, uterine prolapse, sexually
transmitted diseases and other reproductive health
issues are prevalent in remote parts of Baitadi,
by Tripti Shahi (kp 27/06/2019), Women
in rural areas deprived of pregnancy allowance, by
Krishna Oli (rep 27/06/2019)
Local
governments in Sindhuli running safe motherhood
campaigns: Cash incentives, ambulance service and
medical discount to pregnant women, by Sujata Lama
(kp 23/06/2019)
Drive
to encourage child deliveriy in health facilities
gains momentum, by Tripti Shahi (kp 23/06/2019)
Breastfeeding
centre set up at district office for nursing
mothersThe DAO in Sindhuli sets precedence for other
government and private offices, by Sujata Lama (kp
20/06/2019)
Khotang
gets its 4th birthing center (rep 18/06/2019)
Uterine
prolapse: Nothing to be ashamed of, by Martina
Gautam (ht 14/06/2019)
Women
giving birth at home in villages of Pokhara metropolis
(ht 06/06/2019)
Scarcity
of beds at neonatal ICU puts newborns at risk, by
Sabitri Dhakal (ht 03/06/2019)
With
no easy access to health centres, women in remote
districts of Province 5 are opting for home births:
Around 41 percent pregnant women in the province still
give birth at home, according to the National
Demographic Health Survey-2016, by Amrita Anmol
(kp 31/05/2019)
With
abortion pills easily available, men are refusing to
use condom: Maternity Hospital in Thapathali reports
50 cases monthly of complications resulting from the
use of abortion pills, by Arjun Poudel (kp
27/05/2019), Playing
it safe: Public must be informed of the dangers of
multiple abortions (kp 28/05/2019)
Caesarean
section births increasing at alarming rate (ht
25/05/2019), Caesarean
delivery is safe and reliable: But this service is
only available in 5.1 percent of the public
health institutions, which has compelled
pregnant women to go to private hospitals, by Bal
Krishna Shah (kp 26/05/2019)
Men
in Humla adopting family planning methods, by
Chhapal Lama (kp 22/05/2019)
Awareness
on safe abortion organised (ht 22/05/2019), 'Unsafe
abortion rampant in Khotang', by Daman Rai (rep
22/05/2019)
Expecting
mothers face problems due to lack of birthing centre
(kp 20/05/2019)
Women
deprived of maternity allowance in Kailali district,
by Nirmala Khadayat (kp 15/05/2019)
Country
lacks prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome, by
Anita Shrestha (ht 09/05/2019)
Unsafe
abortion puts women’s lives at risk in Ilam, by
Biplav Bhattarai (kp 07/05/2019)
Nepal
in need of professional midwives (ht 04/05/2019)
Ministry
demands
Rs600m to continue safe motherhood drive: Lack of fund
could jeopardise the positive strides made in reducing
maternal mortality rate, officials say, by Arjun
Poudel (kp 01/05/2019)
Birgunj
woman gives birth to quadruplets, by Ritesh
Tripathi (rep 25/04/2019)
Eliminate
unsafe abortion: In Nepal, abortion is legal and
provided free of cost in government health centres,
by Bal Krishna Shah (kp 23/04/2019)
Maternal
mortality remains high in Nepal: UNFPA report (rep
17/04/2019)
Reproductive
health rights still a far cry: UNFPA (ht
16/04/2019)
Early
motherhood takes a toll on women and babies' health,
by Lokendra Khanal (rep 10/04/2019)
Sudur
Paschim province airlifts pregnant woman needing
emergency care, by Krishna Oli (rep 02/04/2019)
Health
Ministry
deputes trained nurses in villages across
country for postnatal care: Officials say the move
will help reduce postnatal deaths and provide care to
new mothers (kp 28/03/2019)
Caesarean
delivery
rate alarmingly high, but officials say they can’t
control it: In some private hospitals, 95 percent of
births are reported to be through C-section, by
Arjun Poudel (kp 24/03/2019), A
costly choice: Caesrean rates are alarmingly high in
the country, but this trend needs to be undone (kp
25/03/2019)
Pregnant
and
new mothers deprived of government-announced
incentives: Safe Motherhood Programme is reeling under
severe financial crunch, officials say, by Arjun
Paudel (kp 20/03/2019)
Poor,
ethnic groups and Muslims use least family planning
measures: FWD (rep 19/03/2019)
After
death of a dozen mothers, Yamphudin finally gets a
birthing center (rep 17/03/2019)
Seti
Hospital
demands surgery equipment, gets CD-4 counting machine
instead: Women seeking institutional delivery services
at the hospital deprived of incentives for months,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 13/03/2019)
Doti
women deprived of maternity grant, by Mohan Shahi
(kp 11/03/2019)
Jorayal
launches campaign to end maternal and infant deaths
(kp 11/03/2019)
Misconception
on long-term birth control among men in Doti, by
Mohan Shahi (kp 07/03/2019)
Bank
accounts for daughters born at birthing centers
(rep 02/03/2019)
Safe
motherhood program: Lack of budget deprives mothers of
maternity allowance, by Bira Gadal (rep
26/02/2019)
Hundreds
of Rajbiraj residents suffer from uterus and stone
related problems (kp 25/02/2019)
Elected
reps meet pregnant women to address their problems,
by DB Budha (rep 23/02/2019)
Talk
about it: Education on sexual reproductive health
needs further attention and investment in Nepal,
by Dev Raj Acharya (kp 17/02/2019)
54-year-old
woman gives birth to twins (ht 12/02/2019)
Maternal
mortality reduction target hard to meet for Nepal:
Officials, by Arjun Poudel (kp 10/02/2019)
Reproductive
health issues still a taboo subject among women in
Achham, by Menuka Dhungana (kp 08/02/2019)
Bir
Hospital gynaecology unit rarely sees patients:
Kathmandu Metropolitan City is now responsible for
running the unit, by Arjun Poudel (kp 04/02/2019)
Health
ministry airlifts 16 pregnant women in three years
(ht 04/02/2019)
New
mothers deprived of allowance (ht 03/02/2019)
Call
for accelerated efforts to reduce maternal, newborn
mortality (ht 22/01/2019)
Women
still unable to enjoy reproductive health rights
(ht 16/01/2019)
Lack
of docs hits parturition services (ht 09/01/2019)
Cold
worsens menses woes in far-west (ht 09/01/2019)
Menopause
guide:
In Nepal we do not have government or private
initiatives to discuss about health issues of women
after menopause, by Aruna Uprety (rep 08/01/2019)
New
mothers deprived of maternity allowance in Bajura
(ht 06/01/2019)
Local
unit in Makwanpur develops app for safe motherhood,
by Pratap Bista (kp 02/01/2018)
Rolpa
hospital stops delivery discount, by Dinesh Subedi
(rep 02/01/2019), Interim
order for RAHS not to implement the new service charge,
by Devendra Basnet (rep 05/02/2019)
Sex
workers
more vulnerable to reproductive health problems:
Officials say finding out if sex workers are carrying
STDs is difficult because they are hesitant to
visit health facilities to get tested, by
Nayak Paudel (kp 26/12/2018)
Between
shame and safety: Destigmatising abortion warrants its
own approach and attention (kp 26/12/2018)
Budget
crunch affects safe motherhood program at Tikapur
Hospital, by Yogesh Rawal (rep 25/12/2018)
Preventing
PPD:
Post-partum depression is a real disease as much as
diabetes, hypertension or cancer. Just because it
isn’t a tangible form of illness doesn’t mean it
doesn’t exist Nepal, by Ushma Rebel (rep
25/12/2018)
Women
still unable to enjoy reproductive health rights
(ht 22/12/2018)
Procedure
for emergency help to pregnant, lactating women
developed (ht 14/12/2018)
Free
health camp to benefit women struggling with uterine
prolapse (rep 10/12/2018)
Safe
abortion makes life easier for rural girls, women,
by Krishna Oli (kp 09/12/2018)
Mangalsen
birthing centre lacks skilled workers and facilities,
by Menuka Dhungana (kp 05/12/2018)
Baitadi
sees
drop in mother-child mortality rate: The
allowance provided by the government to all maternity
service seekers is one of the reasons behind the
increase in number of pregnant women visiting health
posts, say health workers (kp 22/11/2018)
Kangaroo
care,
breastfeeding suggested to save preterm babies: WHO
categorises such births as extremely preterm (less
than 28 weeks), very preterm (28-32 weeks) and
moderate to late preterm (32-37 weeks), by
Nayak Paudel (kp 18/11/2018)
Implant
use increases by 400pc in 10 years: In Nepal, only
20pc women report that they were provided with
information about FP (ht 18/11/2018)
Teen
pregnancy high in Karnali, by Karishma Chaudhary
(kp 11/11/2018)
Cervical
cancer common among rural women in Sindhupalchok
(rep 31/10/2018)
More
couples
facing infertility opting for in vitro fertilisation
service: 15 per cent of married couples are facing
infertility problems in the country (ht
30/10/2018)
Makwanpur:
18pc women abort babies last fiscal, by Pratap
Bista (kp 28/10/2018)
UNFPA
calls for prioritising access to quality reproductive
healthcare (ht 24/10/2018)
Workplaces
still lack lactation rooms (ht 22/10/2018)
No
law on altruistic surrogacy despite Supreme Court
directive, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 15/10/2018)
Sex-selective
abortion continues unabated (ht 14/10/2018)
Unsafe
abortion rife in rural areas (ht 28/09/2018)
Few
people use family planning services: Survey (kp
19/09/2018)
Not
only women’s business: Men need to take equal
responsibility in family planning and contraceptive
use, by Devika Rai (kp 17/09/2018)
Pregnant
women, new mothers facing hard time at BPKIHS (ht
09/09/2018)
Baitadi
women still deliver babies at home (ht 01/09/2018)
Bill
bars divorce on grounds of reproductive health (ht
26/08/2018)
Rural
women hesitant to discuss uterine prolpase with male
health workers, by Bira Gadal (rep 16/08/2018)
Govt
to open centres for nursing mothers, by Nayak
Paudel (kp 02/08/2018)
Abortion
less of a 'stigma' for women in Dadeldhura, by
Pushkar Bhandari (rep 01/08/2018)
Back
to the nipple in Nepal: More Nepali mothers now
exclusively breastfeeding babies for better health,
by Sonia Awale (nt 27/07/2018)
31%
of women deliver babies before reaching 20 years,
by Kisan Sangit Nepali (rep 25/07/2018)
Breastfeeding
for Infant Welfare, by Hira Bahadur Thapa (rn
20/07/2018)
Free
bus rides driving safer births for women (ht
18/07/2018)
Women
in Accham unable to breastfeed their children due to
busy schedule, by Khamma Khatri (rep 11/07/2018)
Youths
risking life by misusing pills that prevent
pregnancies, by Ujjwal Satyal (ht 11/07/2018)
Not
guilty as charged: Abortion is legal in Nepal but its
lack of awareness incarcerates women (kp
06/07/2018)
Uterine
prolapse rampant in Karnali, by DB Budha (rep
26/06/2018)
Sex
education
for children: Adolescents’ sexual health knowledge and
understanding is influenced by a variety of factors.
Sex education should include all these factors, by
Dev Raj Acharya (rep 25/06/2018)
Women
still prefer delivering babies at home, by Mukti
Prasad Nyaupane (rep 18/06/2018)
Air
ambulance plan evokes pessimism: Health Ministry
official says cost of air ambulance is prohibitive (kp
08/06/2018)
Mothers,
infants dying for want of birthing centres (ht
04/06/2018)
Calls
to make In Vitro Fertilisation affordable: Practicing
gynaecologists and obstetricians stress the need to
expand IVF centres in different parts of the country
for the benefit of the infertile couples (kp
03/06/2018)
Reflection
on
abortion: Though it took a long time for us to provide
abortion rights to women in Nepal we did not have to
come to the streets for this like in Ireland, by
Aruna Uprety (rep 02/06/2018)
Rise
in C-section surgeries a cause for concern (ht
01/06/2018)
Let’s
talk
about it: A Nepali Times survey shows adolescents want
to know more about reproductive health, but don’t have
anyone to turn to, by Duksangh Sherpa (nt
01/06/2018)
Cases
of fistula on the rise, doctors concerned (ht
29/05/2018)
Maintain
menstrual hygiene to avoid infection risk, advise docs
(kp 28/05/2018)
Uterine
prolapse a major health problem among Khotang women,
by Daman Rai (rep 28/05/2018)
Bajura
new mothers deprived of nyano jhola (ht
27/05/2018)
Diabetes
during pregnancy risky: Docs (ht 23/05/2018)
Hospitals
unaware of safe motherhood campaign (ht
20/05/2018)
Karnali
has high homebirth rate (kp 09/05/2018)
Pyuthan
hospital
tense over botched delivery: Relatives of Radhika
Dhamal claims the hospital tried to cover up her death
by trying to refer her to another hospital (kp
03/05/2018)
Women
in Dolpa get free uterine prolapse treatment for the
first time (rep 29/04/2018)
Ministry
launches ‘Safe Motherhood Year 2075’ (kp
17/04/2018)
Women
in rural areas still hesitant to treat uterine
prolapse, by Narhari Sapkota (rep 15/04/2018)
Early
marriage leading to rise in teenage pregnancy in
Ramechhap (ht 12/04/2018)
Pregnant
woman in critical condition saved (ht 11/04/2018)
Social
stigma preventing uterine prolapse patients from
treatment, by Daman Rai (rep 05/04/2018)
Sex,
reproductive health education showing impact (ht
02/04/2018)
Miscarriages
on the rise in valley (ht 26/03/2018)
Bajura
women deliver babies at home (ht 24/03/2018)
Migrating
males and population decline: Nepal’s fertility rate
is going down even though contraceptive use has not
increased, by Om Astha Rai (nt 23/03/2018)
Teenage
pregnancy rates on the rise (ht 22/03/2018)
Obstetric
fistula: Let’s work to end it, by Aruna Uprety (ht
12/03/2018)
Doctors
demand subsidy on drugs for newborns (ht
11/03/2018)
Female
patients
of kidney diseases deprived of proper care and
treatment: Pregnant women with high blood pressure are
at high risk of kidney diseases (ht 08/03/2018)
Ectopic
pregnancy cases rising (ht 04/03/2018)
UNFPA
holds briefing on family planning (ht 24/02/2018)
Health
facilities facing shortage of vital drugs for pregnant
women, new mothers (ht 10/02/2018)
Medics
leave gauze pad inside woman’s womb (kp
31/01/2018)
Sorry
tale of young Chepang moms who have babies every year,
by Sarita Shrestha (rep 27/01/2018)
Mothers
to get motivation allowance for delivering babies in
hospitals, by Radha Dhungana (rep 23/01/2018)
KAHS
to provide free treatment for uterine prolapse, by
DB Budha (rep 16/01/2018)
SC
turns down petition seeking to allow surrogacy (ht
06/01/2018)
Woman
in labour saved (ht 01/01/2018)
75
pc women in Khotang still deliver babies at home
(rep 01/01/2018)
Married
and unmarried women suffering from uterine prolapse,
by Khamma Khatri (rep 01/01/2018)
36
pc children below 5 stunted in Nepal; Anemia
prevalence in increasesd 5 percent, by Bishnu
Prasad Aryal (rep 27/12/2017)
Draft
of national nursing, midwifery policy prepared (ht
25/12/2017)
Number
of women suffering from ovarian cysts increasing
(ht 17/12/2017)
Women
risking their lives in Achham in obsession for a male
child, by
Khamma Khatri (rep
16/12/2017)
Jumla
women deprived of birthing facilities, by DB Buda
(rep 14/12/2017)
Protest
in Kalikot as pregnant woman dies, by Pabitra
Kumar Shahi (rep 14/12/2017)
Kalikot
Woman dies of postpartum bleeding (kp 13/12/2017)
Young
mothers: Adolescents are becoming pregnant and risking
lives for lack of awareness, by Eliza Apprazita KC
(kp 05/11/2017)
Premature
babies vulnerable to retinopathy, by Anita
Shrestha (ht 23/10/2017)
Woman
delivers baby boy in mid-flight, by Tekendra
Basyal (rep 10/10/2017)
Embarrassment
keeps women from seeking uterine prolapse treatment
(ht 05/10/2017)
58
per cent abortions carried out illegally (ht
27/09/2017)
Pregnant
girl, 16, dies for lack of timely treatment, by
Arjun Shah (kp 22/09/2017)
Dangerous
mercury level found in Nepali women of childbearing
age (kp 19/09/2017)
Flood
victims receive reproductive health services (ht
15/09/2017)
New
mothers deprived of allowance in Udaypur (ht
11/09/2017)
People,
Politics,
and Placentas: Despite dramatic improvements in
maternal survival, many Nepali mothers are still dying
needlessly at childbirth, by Bikash Gauchan (nt
08/09/2017)
Reconceiving
the second sex: Nepal must protect reproductive health
rights of women with disabilities, by Dev Datta
Joshi (kp 05/09/2017)
Citing
losses, Lumbini Medical College exits safe motherhood
program, by Mukti Prasad Nyaupane (rep 24/08/2017)
Public
breastfeeding still a stigma, by Pooja Chauhan
(rep 19/08/2017)
Freezing
a
future family: Nepalis are increasingly preserving
their eggs, semen and embryos but not just for urgent
medical reasons, by Shreejana Shrestha (nt
11/08/2017)
Benefits
of
breastfeeding: Despite clear legal provisions to
discourage use of formula milk, pediatricians and
health workers still prescribe it without hesitation,
by Mukesh Adhikari (rep 07/08/2017)
Maternity
leave: MoH expedites work to increase leave days
(kp 05/08/2017)
Breastfeed
infants to reduce malnutrition risk, say experts
(ht 06/08/2017)
Govt
fails to control rampant use of alternatives to
breastfeeding (ht 02/08/2017)
Underage
pregnancy, abortion in street children a health
concern, by Pooja Chauhan (rep 02/08/2017)
Pregnant
women in rural Gorkha face a tough time, by Sudip
Kaini (kp 30/07/2017)
Woman
allegedly tortured for giving birth to a baby girl,
by Manoh Paudel (kp 30/07/2017)
Safe
motherhood drive effective in Lamjung (ht
28/07/2017)
Significant
strides in safe motherhood in Nepal: 60 percent of
expectant mothers visit health facilities for delivery
(kp 25/07/2017), More
Nepali women seek health care delivery (ht
25/07/2017)
Global
Gag
Rule could 'cripple' healthcare in Nepal, by Ethan
B. Winter rep 17/07/2017)
Missing
daughters:
At the root of sex-selective abortion lies the culture
of preferring sons, by Anjita Parajuli (kp
16/07/2017)
UNFPA
for
providing vulnerable people access to family planning
services (ht 11/07/2017)
Birth
rate
declining fast, says report (ht 10/07/2017)
New
moms
deprived of government incentives (ht 10/07/2017)
Woman
in
labour helped after three days (ht 26/06/2017)
The
pain
and shame of 1 million Nepali women: Uterine prolapse
afflicts one in every ten women in Nepal, by
Rojita Adhikari (nt 23/06/2017)
Unsafe
abortions
rife among female drug users (ht 21/06/2017)
Rare
pregnancy case successfully treated in Beni Hospital
(rep 12/06/2017)
Menstrual
hygiene
day: Education is a powerful tool in raising
awareness, smashing taboos and debunking myths
surrounding menstruation, by Pragya Lamsal (kp
28/05/2017)
Things
so complicated: Before making laws against obstetric
violence we should make women aware of their birthing
rights, by Shreyashi Aryal (rep 27/05/2017)
UN
stresses
on ending shame for women with fistula: It is
considered a disease of poverty or injury because of
its tendency to occur in women in poor countries who
do not have access to adequate obstetrics care (kp
24/05/2017)
Friendly
health
services: For adolescents, by Anusha Ban and
Kabita Devkota (ht 15/05/2017)
Children
surviving
with thalassemia (ht 09/05/2017)
Bajura
women
take to contraceptives (kp 04/05/2017)
Many
Nepali
women deprived of reproductive rights (ht
02/05/2017)
Muslim
women
feel comfortable getting abortion service (ht
25/04/2017)
Drop
in
neonatal deaths major gain: Experts, by Manish
Gautam (kp 21/04/2017), Saving
newborns:
We should accelerate gains in reducing the number of
neonatal deaths (kp 26/04/2017)
Saving
Asia’s
mothers: Nepal is one of the 12 Asian countries with
the highest MMR, exceeding 100 deaths per 10,000 live
births, by Anderson Stanciole and Federica
Maurizio (kp 17/04/2017)
Emergency
fund
to be set up for pregnant women (ht 09/04/2017)
Even
with
health posts, Mugu women give birth in cowsheds
(ht 07/04/2017)
Trump
policy to affect family planning programs in Nepal,
by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rep 05/04/2017)
Unsafe
abortions
menacingly high, by Manish Gautam (kp 03/04/2017)
Pregnant
woman
dies for want of treatment (kp 01/04/2017)
Rural
women still shy of seeking treatment for uterus
prolapse, by Arun Bam (rep 16/03/2017)
Pregnant
women
more at risk of hepatitis A, E (ht 11/03/2017)
WHO
calls
for healthier future for newborns and mothers (ht
04/03/2017)
Cost-effective
strategies:
Several birth defects can be prevented by
interventions before and during pregnancy, by
Archana Amatya (ht 03/03/2017)
Maternal
mortality
remains bane of Banke, by Krishna Prasad Gautam
(kp 03/03/2017)
42
women benefit from free surgery for uterine prolapse,
by Ram Bahadur Kunwar (rep 03/03/2017)
Illegal
and
unsafe abortions put women’s lives at risk (ht
28/02/2017)
Health
centre
‘violating’ free abortion rule (kp 23/02/2017)
Newborns
battle
to survive in sheds, by Prakash Singh (ht
23/02/2017)
Women
suffering from uterine prolapse benefit from free
health camp (rep 20/02/2017), Shame
keeps
women from seeking treatment for uterine prolapse
(ht 22/02/2017)
Stigma
around
ovarian cancer keep women from seeking early treatment
(ht 20/02/2017)
Kin’s
stir
after new mum dies at hospital (kp 12/02/2017)
Child
marriage, teen pregnancies affecting female health,
by Jagat Khadka (rep 11/02/2017)
Unsafe
abortion
continues unabated (ht 11/02/2017)
How
the
Trump gag rule threatens women’s lives in Nepal: The
cut-off of American financing to providers of family
planning services is a terrible blow to a country with
few doctors and clinics, by Subina Shrestha (kp
11/02/2017), Back
to
the drawing board: Global Gag Rule can have huge
repercussions on reproductive health services in Nepal
(kp 17/02/2017)
More
women
are visiting abortion clinics in Myagdi: Safe abortion
clinics are helping women avoid unwanted pregnancies,
by Ghanashyam Khadka (kp 09/02/2017)
Newborn
baby
goes missing from hospital ward in Birgunj: Relatives
accuse doctors, nurse, administration of negligence
(kp 04/02/2017), Whereabouts
of
missing infant still unknown (kp 05/02/2017), Missing
from
hospital, infant found after 48 hrs: Police say a
childless woman had taken away the newborn three hours
after delivery, by Bhusan Yadav (kp 06/02/2017)
Pregnant
women deprived of iodized salt in Bajhang, by
Jagat Khadka (rep 04/02/2017)
Doctor
airlifts
pregnant woman to Solukhumbu District Hospital to save
her life (ht 03/02/2017)
Nutrition
allowance
scheme boosts birth registration, by Basanta
Pratap Singh (kp 02/02/2017)
Women
deprived of maternity allowance, by Kalendra
Sejuwal (rep 31/01/2017)
At
32
years of age, this mother has 10 children!, by
Pratap Bista (kp 30/01/2017)
Birthing
centers not effective in saving lives, by DB Budha
(rep 28/01/2017)
Parturition
service
at home in Bajura (ht 26/01/2017)
Pregnant
mother
dies for want of treatment (kp 24/01/2017)
‘Start
of
Bachelor in Midwifery programme a milestone’ (kp
17/01/2017), Degree
in
midwifery: It’s a key step, but it should be
accompanied by proper incentive mechanisms (kp
18/01/2017)
10
women
died giving birth at Lumbini Zonal Hosp in 16 mths,
by Amrita Anamol (kp 17/01/2017)
Doctors
save
expecting mother in critical condition (ht
10/01/2017)
Broadcasting
birth control, by Priyanka Gurung (rep 06/01/2017)
District
hospital
in sore need of Obstetricians (kp 30/12/2016)
122
birth
centres operating in Baitadi to ensure safe delivery,
by Khagendra Awasthi (kp 28/12/2016)
58
pc Doti women have STDs, by Arun Bam (rep
24/12/2016)
Saving
one
mother at a time: Safe delivery in a district hospital
in remote western Nepal highlights the importance of
having trained family doctors, by Bikash Gauchan
(nt 23/12/2016)
Bajura
women
compelled to give birth in cowsheds (ht
18/12/2016)
SMS
bringing more women to birthing centers, by Sangam
Gharti Magar (rep 16/12/2016)
Malnutrition
rife
due to early marriage, pregnancy (ht 15/12/2016)
Where
mothers
give birth in cowsheds,
by Prakash Singh (ht
05/12/2016), The
gods
will be angry: In the remote mountains of western
Nepal, women still deliver babies in dirty, cold and
stuffy cowsheds, by Mina Sharma and Prakash Singh
(nt 09/12/2016)
Huge
cuts
in infant, child mortality: Under 5 fatality falls
76pc from 162 deaths per 1,000 live births in 1990;
Infant deaths down from 99 per 1,000 live births to 33,
by Manish Gautam (kp 25/11/2016)
Rs
5,000 to family of woman who died during abortion
(ht 18/11/2016)
Women
issues, interview with Achala Vaidya, gynecologist
at Norvic International Hospital (rep 11/11/2016)
Women’s
health
declining from hard toil (ht 10/11/2016)
Smuggling
of
birth control pills, shots rampant, by Parbat
Portel (kp 30/10/2016)
14
per
cent pregnant women malnourished (ht 24/10/2016)
Child
deliveries,
complex surgeries now possible in Bajura DPHO (ht
20/10/2016)
Rights
activists
call for making abortion free of cost, safe (kp
16/10/2016)
Pregnant
woman
dies for want of treatment: Bad weather delayed rescue
by helicopter, by Ananda Gautam (kp 15/10/2016)
Unsafe
abortion
rife in Bajura (ht 14/10/2016)
Primary
health
centre sans building since earthquake, by Tika
Prasad Bhatta (kp 01/10/2016)
MoH
close
to finalising free abortion guideline: More than a year
after free of cost abortion plan was announced, the
government has set aside Rs 32 million in the fiscal year
2016-17 to start the service (kp 28/09/2016), ‘Legalisation
not
enough to make abortion safe’ (kp 29/09/2016)
Most
Bajura
locals lack family planning awareness (ht 28/09/2016)
Saath-Saath
completes
five-year programme: The project met its goal of reducing
transmission and impact of HIV/Aids and improving
reproductive health in 33 districts (kp 27/09/2016)
Woman
rescued
two weeks after complicated delivery (ht
25/09/2016)
Pap
knows
best: Health education plays a major role in cervical
cancer prevention and early diagnosis, by Bandana
Neupane (kp 11/09/2016)
Barriers
to
better birth: Scenario in Far West, by Sheela Maru
and Agya Poudyal (ht 09/09/2016)
Call
for
efforts to end maternal, child mortality (ht
07/09/2017)
3
women died of delivery complications in one week
(kp 06/09/2016)
Abortion
rate
high among U-20 women in Gorkha (kp 02/09/2016)
Living
in shame (rep 02/09/2016)
Female
feticide:
Unpardonable crime, by Ajay Shankar Jha and Roshan
Kumar Jha (ht 11/08/2016)
Budget
crunch
deprives Rukum women of pregnancy allowance (ht
04/08/2016)
Breastfeeding
benefits:
All mothers should begin with the belief that their
milk is adequate for their child; A child requires
nothing other than breast milk till first six months,
by Pratik Pokharel (rep 04/08/2016)
Unkindest
cut:
The increasing frequency of artificial birth in urban
Nepal disempowers women, by Laxmi Tamang (kp
31/07/2016)
Pregnant
woman
dies due to health workers’ incompetence (ht
03/07/2016)
Dead
foetus
removed after three weeks (ht 01/07/2016)
Parturition
service
halted in Bhojpur District Hospital (ht
01/07/2016) [in demand of
higher pay!?]
Pregnant
women,
new mothers and children bear the brunt of food crisis,
by Prakash Singh (ht 04/06/2016)
Progress
in
curbing neonatal deaths could be reversed: Experts,
by Arjun Poudel (rep 02/06/2016)
Growing
cases
of early motherhood a challenge in Madhes, by
Santosh Singh (rep 24/05/2016)
UNFPA
calls
for improved access to fistula treatment for all
women, girls (ht 23/05/2016)
Rural
women
deliver in vehicles on way to hospital, by Giriraj
Baskota (rep 20/05/2016)
Illegal
abortions
rife in far-west region (ht 17/05/2016)
A
passionate profession with uncertain opportunities,
by Arjun Oli (rep 14/05/2016)
Shortage
of
blood in Bajura hits women in labour (ht
11/05/2016)
‘Midwives
should
be given due recognition’ (ht 04/05/2016), Government
yet
to introduce midwifery formal education (ht
05/05/2016)
Incentives
fail
to attract women for antenatal check-up (rep
30/04/12016)
Women’s
reproductive
health (ht 26/04/2016)
Hospital
accused
of doing premature c-section in surrogacy: Australian
couple forced to pay over 30,000 US dollars for
premature delivery, by Shreejana Shrestha (rep
21/04/2016)
Rural
women
shun prenatal tests (18/04/2016)
Pregnancy
and
safety Respect the Nepali calendar, by Isha
Nirola, Sheela Maru and Pushpa Chaudhary (ht 11/04/2016)
100
million
condoms out of USAID shelf in 23 yrs (kp
02/04/2016)
Mothers
and
their struggle to care, by Priyanka Gurung (rep
01/04/2016)
Mugu
new
mom dies, child abandoned at hospital, by Suman
Malla (rep 19/03/2016)
Western
regions
ahead of central in safe delivery, by Arjun Poudel
(rep 16/03/2016)
Invisible
births:
Stillbirth is a measure of the quality of maternity
care and general health conditions of women, by
Geha Nath Khanal (kp 06/03/2016)
Superstition
makes
villagers wary of using contraceptives, by Pratap
Bista (kp 22/02/2016)
Bhojpur
hospital
resumes caesarean section service (ht 06/02/2016)
Call
for
providing sexual health education to young people
(ht 02/02/2016)
Humla
women
giving birth in cowsheds, by Prakash Singh (ht
27/01/2016)
Benefits
of
traditional Newari massage come to fore, by
Madhusudan Guragain (rep 26/01/2016)
New
mothers
in Humla deprived of allowance, warm clothes (ht
18/01/2016)
New
mothers
deprived of free maternity services, by Santosh
Singh (rep 01/01/2015)
A
journey to safe birthing station: To help uplift
reproductive health of mothers in Mugu, by Meena
B. Panday (ht 19/12/2015)
Thousands
of
Nepali women in India's rent-a-womb business, by
Shreejana Shrestha (rep 02/11/2015)
Abortion
still
a taboo (ht 20/10/2015)
Early
marriage
taking toll on youths' health, future, by Janak KC
(rep 20/10/2015)
Mother,
infant
death rate ‘nil’ in Baglung: No case of maternal and
infant mortality was recorded in the past one year
after birthing centres were established in remote
areas, by Prakash Baral (kp 14/10/2015)
Gendercide:
Nepal
needs serious advocacy against sex-selective abortion
to put an end to it, by Geha Nath Khanal (kp
13/10/2015)
Baby
blues:
Rather than see surrogacy as only a means to exploit
women, one must also consider the desperation of
childless couples, by Gaurav Lamichhane (rep
05/10/2015)
Tough
question:
Nepal needs serious discourse on controversy
surrounding surrogacy (kp 23/09/2015)
Womb
on
rent: The government should formulate a law related to
surrogacy to prevent the exploitation of women’s
bodies, by Minani Gurung (kp 08/09/2015), Govt
rolls
back move to allow surrogacy (ht 19/09/2015)
Temporary
contraceptives
luring couples in Kavre (ht 30/08/2015)
Fears
grow
for Nepal’s pregnant women after quake (ht
29/08/2015)
Supreme
Court
issues interim order against paid surrogacy (ht
27/08/2015),
NWC
‘concerned’
over surrogacy (kp 28/08/2015), Womb
on
hire: Govt should do adequate homework before
introducing surrogacy laws (kp 28/08/2015)
Family
planning
drive for youth (ht 22/08/2015)
Surrogacy
in
Nepal: Threat to reproductive right, by Ramesh
Parajuli (ht 18/08/2015)
MISP
for
reproductive health in time of crisis a priority issue
(ht 13/08/2015)
Mothers
and
babies: Relief agencies move out, but the need for
maternal and child care is greater than ever in
quake-hit areas, by Om Astha Rai (kp 07/08/2015)
Health
post
distributes cell phones to pregnant women: Provides
them telephone advise on daily routine and diet,
by Bira Gadal (rep 04/08/2015)
Blood
crunch
hits emergency parturition service (ht 30/07/2015)
New
mothers,
babies face brunt, by Sudip Kaini (kp 30/07/2015)
Country
needs
more birth centres, say experts (ht 24/07/2015
Women
still
reluctant to report uterine prolapse, by Raju
Adhikari (rep 23/07/2015)
‘Reproductive
health
right’ stressed (ht 16/07/2015)
Women
compelled
to get treatment on hospital floor, by Bimal
Khatiwada (kp 12/07/2015)
‘Earthquake
affects
1.5 million women of reproductive age’ (kp
11/07/2015)
Men
still
reluctant to undergo vasectomy, by Rekha Bhusal (rep
11/07/2015)
Bleak
health
scenario in Kaski (ht 09/07/2015)
New
mothers,
babies face health hazards, by Thomas Bogaty (ht
28/06/2015)
Quake-wary
pregnant
women, new moms stay in open risking infections, by
Shreejana Shrestha (rep 21/05/2015)
Number
of
miscarriages, premature births ‘on the rise’, by
Pratichya Dulal (kp 16/05/2015)
UNFPA,
IPPF
join hands to provide SRH services (ht 08/05/2015
High
number
of malnourished mothers in Parsa, by Ritesh
Tripathi (rep 25/04/2015)
Pregnant
women
deprived of health care in Gorkha (kp 20/04/2015)
Lumbini
area
to have maternity health facility, by Amrita Anmol
(kp 17/04/2015)
Bajura
women
using contraceptive THT pills to prevent menstruation
(ht 30/03/2015)
Parturition
service
shut at sub-regional hospital (ht 19/03/2015)
Mobile
app
for saving lives of pregnant women, by Dilip
Poudel (rep 19/03/2015)
WaterAid
launches
‘Healthy Start’: Campaign focuses on improving health
of newborns (ht 18/03/2015)
Maternal,
infant
death rates up (ht 06/03/2015)
Panel
formed
to review MMR status, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
01/03/2015)
Iron
pills
a taboo among pregnant Pyuthan women, by Devendra
Barma (ht 15/02/2015)
Govt
to
launch campaign to save newborn lives (rep
11/02/2015)
Hospital
delivery
still rare for Chepang babies, by Narhari Sapkota
(rep 10/02/2015)
Government
bid
to minimise uterine prolapse ‘ineffective’ (kp
08/02/2015)
Talking
About Safe Sex With Teens, by Rakhi Ghosh (rn
07/02/2015)
Govt
run
birth centers in remote areas unsafe, by DB Budha
(rep 07/02/2015)
Report
says
disadvantaged children being left behind: Save the
Children describes situation as ‘lottery of birth’
(ht 06/02/2015)
Local
residents
set up maternity centre (ht 05/02/2015)
Uneven
and
unequal: The gains that Nepal has made in maternal
mortality are not distributed evenly across all
geographic regions, by Lhamo Yangchen Sherpa (kp
03/02/2015)
Manpower,infrastructure
crunch
affects birthing centres in Pyuthan (ht
02/02/2015)
Wombs
for
rent: Commercial surrogate motherhood is moving to
Nepal because of restrictions in India, by Binita
Dahal (nt 30/01/2015)
Mothers’
groups
saving lives of children, women (ht 29/01/2015)
Uterine-prolapsed
women
shun hospital until pain is unbearable, by
Narahari Sapkota (rep 28/01/2015)
Reduced
children,
maternal mortality (kp 27/01/2015)
Contraceptive
devices
getting popular among Kotila Muslims, by Krishna
Oli (rep 26/01/2015)
Uterine
prolapse
plagues rural women: Scores of Bajura women suffering
from the disease mostly in their 40s (ht
16/01/2015)
Under
five
mortality rate: Nepal meets new MDG target (kp
15/01/2015)
Half
of
women of reproductive age marry before 18 (ht
15/01/2015)
Delivery
at
home taking toll on new mothers (ht 15/01/2015)
UNFPA
provides
women with reproductive health and dignity kits
(ht 13/01/2015)
Muslim
women
opt for family planning, by Shiva Puri (kp
09/01/2015)
Govt,
NPC
to review maternal mortality ratio, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 05/01/2015)
Contraceptive
use
up among Chepangs, by Pratap Bista (kp 02/01/2015)
Maternal
mortality
ratio still high: At this rate, Nepal unlikely to meet
MDG target, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 24/12/2014)
Free
air
tickets for uterine prolapse surgery, by Arjun
Poudel (rep 24/12/2014)
FCHVs
complain
about grim working conditions (rep 17/12/2014), Too
little
pay, too much to handle, by Benup Raj Bhattarai
(kp 17/12/2014)
Her
choice:
Abortion is never first choice, by Sneha Pandey
(rep 09/12/2014)
Right
to
abortion: Despite constitutional recognition of
reproductive rights poor women lack access to abortion
facility, by Chadani Pandey (rep 02/12/2014)
Door
opens
to foreigners for surrogacy, by Manish Gautam (kp
04/12/2014)
First
few
days: The world looks to Nepal for best practice
evidence and lessons on strategically tackling
nutritional challenges, by Diplav Sapkota (kp
02/12/2014)
Unsafe
abortion
rampant in Sindhuli (ht 19/11/2014)
Women
hesitant
to discuss uterine prolapse, by Govinda KC (rep
18/11/2014), Fear
being
shunned by relatives, including husband, by Dil
Bahadur Chhatyal (rep 18/11/2014)
Women
marrying
early prone to health risks, by Durga Lal KC (kp
14/11/2014)
Call
to
end gender-biased sex selection (kp 09/11/2014)
Childbirth
still
full of risks for Bajhang women, by Jagat Khadka
(rep 05/11/2014)
Mistreatment
driving
patient's away from govt's safe motherhood program,
by Arjun Oli (rep 05/11/2014)
World
champion
country: Nepal’s astounding progress in saving lives
of babies is not matched by looking after them when
they grow into adults, by Ashutosh Tiwari (nt
31/10/2014)
Maternity
service
saving lives in Bajura (ht 28/10/2014)
16
per
cent women give birth to child unsafely at home
(rep 24/10/2014) [related to Palpa district]
Safe
parturition
still a far cry in Mugu: Many women giving birth at
home without assistance from health workers, by
Prakash Singh (ht 23/10/2014)
In
Doti,
infant, mother care programme effective, by
Tekendra Deuba (ht 23/10/2014)
Call
to
raise awareness on balanced diet, by Shyam Sundar
Shashi (kp 19/10/2014)
Maternal
mortality
rate on the rise in Banke (kp 10/10/2014)
Abortion
cases
up in Ramechhap of late (ht 09/10/2014)
Piggy
banks
move to reduce maternal deaths (kp 06/10/2014)
A
family affair: Ensuring universal access to family
planning is a worthwhile long-term investment with
many beneficial effects, by Giulia Vallese (kp
28/09/2014)
Misery
of
Chhaupadi for new mothers (ht 24/09/2014)
New
mothers
in Hetauda yet to get govt-announced incentive (ht
21/09/2014)
Family
planning:
Family planning helps improve maternal health by
lessening pregnancy-related complications, by
Dirgha Raj Shrestha (rep 18/09/2014)
New
moms
sleep on hospital corridor at zonal hospital, by
Suresh Yadav (rep 08/09/2014)
High
child
mortality at zonal hospital worries service seekers:
109 newborns ddied at hospital in last one year,
by Jitendra Kumar Jha (rep 05/09/2014)
Study:
Breastfeeding
rate encouraging in central hills (kp 31/08/2014)
Muslim
women
take to family planning (ht 29/08/2014)
More
to
do: Fragmented newborn health interventions from
maternal health pose a major challenge in reducing
newborn mortality, by Resham Bahadur Khatri (rep
26/08/2014)
Delivering
babies
without medical attention, by Krishna Oli (rep
22/08/2014), A
Different Nepal: The women of remote Bajura District
are compelled to give birth while walking up and down
the road with heavy loads on their back, by
Prakash Singh (rep 22/08/2014)
Stunted
development:
The failure to prevent early marriages threatens the
1000-day mothers campaign, by Sunir Pandey (nt
08/08/2014)
Working
mums
have ‘no time’ for breastfeeding, by Chahana
Sigdel (kp 03/08/2014)
Triplets
born
in Dogadi health post (ht 30/07/2014)
Problem
with
powder: Distributing micronutrient powder to improve
nutrition among children poses many potential risks,
by Aruna Uprety and Durga Pahadi (kp 29/07/2014)
Govt
likely
to revoke contract with Chlorhexidine supplier, by
Manish Gautam (kp 28/07/2014)
Simple
ways
can save many neonates: Health experts lay emphasis on
behaviour change communication (ht 27/07/2014)
Villagers
shun
family planning services, by Pratap Bista (kp
27/07/2014)
Varsities
yet
to start midwifery course despite govt directives
(ht 25/07/2014)
Expectant
mothers
monitored through a mobile application, by Pawan
Yadav (kp 21/07/2014), Mobile
App
For Saving Pregnant Women's Lives, by Chandni
Hamal (rep 01/08/2014)
Rural
health
post begins ultrasound (kp 20/07/2014)
Early
marriage,
abortion rampant in Kaski (ht 11/07/2014)
Women
finding
institutional births safer: FHD says maternal and
infant mortality rates have come down (ht
10/07/2014)
Maternity
centres
sans electricity, by Biplav Maharjan (kp
07/07/2014)
Precarious
living:
Early marriage and lack of nutritious food are the
reasons behind premature deliveries in Nepal's rural
areas; ill equipped hospitals and poverty add to their
plights, by Bijay Gajmer (rep 04/07/2014)
Rethinking
Nepal's
uterine prolapse treatment (ht 04/07/2014), An
un-concealable
disease: There is a compulsin for Nepali women to
carry akong with a prolapsed uterus, hising it for the
fear of being looked down upon by their family and
society, by Sujata Dhungana (rep 04/07/2014)
Woman
dies
in lack of treatment (kp 04/07/2014)
Birthing
centres
encourage institutional child deliveries, by Weena
Pun (kp 03/07/2014)
Charity
gone
awry: Govt bans uterine prolapse surgery at outreach
clinis following cases of irregularities, by Arjun
Poudel (rep 30/06/2014)
Unsafe
abortions
rampant in Rautahat: Private clinics turning safe
haven for many women (ht 27/06/2014)
Birthing
centers
in Sarlahi sans experts for years, by Santosh
Singh (rep 24/06/2014)
Villagers
chip
in money to start maternity service, by Krishna
Prasad Gautam (kp 24/06/2014)
Selective
abortions
on rise in far-west districts: Education and awareness
in these areas a must to check slaughter of unborn
daughters, by Prakash Singh (ht 20/06/2014)
Kaski
women
preferurban centres whenit comes to delivery, by
Bharat Koirala (kp 20/06/2014)
Woman
dies
for want of treatment (ht 18/06/2014)
Exercise
in
fertility, by Banita Khanal (kp 15/06/2014)
Pregnant
woman
dies for want of treatment in Bhojpur (ht
14/06/2014)
Not
good
enough: Tackling child marriage and promoting healthy
deliveries can cut obstetric fistulas (kp
28/05/2014)
A
hole in the womb, a scar on her life, by Weena Pun
(kp 23/05/2014)
Unsafe
abortion
risks lives of many women in Far-West, by Arjun Shah
(kp 20/05/2014)
Absence
of
x-ray service hits pregnant women (ht 20/05/2014)
Sexual,
reproductive
health rights ‘must be priority’ (ht 14/05/2014)
Saving
lives:
Though Nepal is on its way to meeting the Millennium
Development Goals, maternal mortality remains a
challenge, by Sudan Prasad Neupane (kp 13/05/2014)
Ramechhap’s
Thami
women don’t visit health facilities (ht 13/05/2014)
Campaign
encouraging
couples to plan pregnancy well (ht 08/05/2014)
Nepal
now
safer, better place for mothers, says report (ht
07/05/2014)
Call
to
reduce death of kids under five (ht 06/05/2014)
Child,
mother
mortality high for want of birthing centre (ht
05/05/2014)
Govt
to
mobilise ANM in all VDCs to ensure better health
services, by Manish Gautam (kp 04/05/2014)
A
screen in time: In many remote districts, portable
ultrasound machines are helping nurses detect problems
early in pregnant women, saving many lives in the
process, by Heem S. Shakya (kp 03/05/2014)
Ease
pregnancies,
save newborns: UN bodies (ht 30/04/2014)
Campaign
for
safe motherhood begins (kp 29/04/2014), Monthlong
drive
aims to cut maternal, child deaths (ht
29/04/2014)
Govt
plans
to observe safe motherhood month (kp 27/04/2014)
Uterine
prolapse
victims stuck knee deep in debt, by Kalendra Sejuwal
(rep 26/04/2014)
Risk
of
delivery while migrating (ht 02/04/2014)
Cases
of
uterine prolapse rising in Dadeldhura (ht
31/03/2014)
Ignorance
is
not bliss, it’s taking a toll on would-be mothers:
Deaths reported as they skip pregnancy tests (ht
30/03/2014)
Drop
to
save thousands of lives, by Weena Pun (kp
19/03/2014)
Belly-gazing:
An
ointment applied on newborns’ navels could prevent one
out of four neonatal deaths, by Sunir Pandey (nt
14/03/2014)
Pregnant
woman
dies for want of treatment in Bajura: Many VDCs in the
district sans health post (ht 07/03/2014)
Death
and
the maiden: A skewed sex ratio at birth is due to the
rising prevalence of sex-selective abortions in Nepal,
by Sambriddhi Kharel (kp 06/03/2014)
Effort
to
curb infant deaths: Made in Nepal panacea to umbilical
cord sepsis, by Weena Pun (kp 03/03/2014)
Nyano
Jhola
effective in reducing infant deaths (ht 02/03/2014)
First
parturition
centre in Bajura (ht 28/02/2014)
Nepal
awarded
for saving newborns (ht 27/02/2014)
Post-natal
women
unaware of government incentive, by Amrita Anamol
(kp 16/02/2014)
Women
shy
of seeking treatment for uterine prolapse, by Bishal
Bhattarai (rep 15/02/2014), Govt
urged
to combat uterine prolapse more seriously (rep
20/02/2014), Discrimination
major
cause of uterus prolapse, says AI report, by Manish
Gautam (kp 21/02/2014), Gender
bias
taking toll on young women: AI; Many needlessly
suffering from uterine prolapse (ht 21/02/2014), Widespread
gender
discrimination cause of uterine prolapse in Nepalese
women: AI report (nn 21/02/2014), Careless
cuts:
The government’s ongoing nation-wide Uterine Prolapse
programme has been revealed to be ridden with problems,
including a dismal lack of post-operative and follow-up
care and surgeries that are rushed and unsafe, by
Manish Gautam (kp 01/03/2014)
Child
health
concern: Lack of diversified diet to blame for stunted
growth, by Weena Pun (kp 12/02/2014)
Tradition,
poor
health care access abetting maternal, child mortality:
Due to deep rooted traditional practices regarding
health care access, abetting maternal, child mortality,
by Narahari Sapkota (rep 11/02/2014)
75
per
cent pregnant women face deadly risks in Pyuthan (ht
10/02/2014)
Unequal
at
birth: Pregnant women still lack access to basic health
care in remote Bajura (kp 29/01/2014)
Parturition
service
halted, women suffer (ht 27/01/2014)
With
no
midwives, male health workers delivering babies (ht
27/01/2014)
Woman
gives
birth to eleven children fulfill wish for a son, 6 sons
in hope for a daughter (nn 23/01/2014)
Spare
the
bottle: Breastfeeding has physical and mental benefits
not just for the baby but also for the mother, by
Aruna Uprety (kp 15/01/2014)
Simple
solution
or big problem wins prize: Low-cost lotion has brought
infant mortality rate down (ht 10/01/2014)
NGO
fighting
female feticide to focuses on fathers, by Anjali
Subedi (rep 04/01/2014)
Plan
to
ensure safe childbirth in districts (ht 02/01/2014)
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