ONCE-OVER Patients affectedRAMECHHAP: Dental patients of Ramechhap district say have been compelled to visit the capital city Kathmandu and other districts and pay hefty prices for treatment due to lack of qualified dentists and other trained manpower in the... Travel 19 Jan, 2006
IN BRIEF Scribe in poll fray BHAKTAPUR: Journalist Bikal Shrestha has filed his candidacy for the post of the vice-mayor of Bhaktapur Municipality in the civic polls scheduled to be held on February 8. Publisher-editor of the Nepal News Weekly published from... Horoscopes 17 Jan, 2006
Briefs Workshop held KATHMANDU: The two-day full project proposal writers’ interaction workshop organised by National Agricultural Research and Development Fund (NARDF) concluded here on Tuesday. The workshop was organised for the 80 coordinators of the... Horoscopes 11 Jan, 2006
Govt to expand Filariasis control programme Kathmandu, November 26:The government is expanding the Mass Drug Administration (MDA) for Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) in six additional districts next year with a view to eliminating the disease from the countryby 2020. The six districts where the plan... Travel 26 Nov, 2005
IN OTHER WORDS AIDS reliefOver the past 12 months, the world’s sympathy has been extended to victims of a series of natural disasters, from tsunami to Hurricane to the earthquake. But these horrific events should not divert public attention from a quieter... 23 Oct, 2005
Delhi reports 23 new dengue cases New Delhi, October 15:Dengue fever seems to be spreading in the Indian capital with 23 new cases reported till Saturday, taking the total number of affected people to 339, municipal authorities said. Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) officials said... Women 15 Oct, 2005
3.6 million children to be given vitamin A doses Kathmandu, October 14:All preparations have been made to administer Vitamin A capsules and anti-worm medicine to the children in all 75 districts across the country under national vitamin A project from October 19 to 20. According to the Ministry of... Travel 15 Oct, 2005
Govt to launch programmes against blindness in rural areas Kathmandu, October 10:The government is planning to launch massive curative and preventive services for blindness among people in rural areas. Researches say about 80 per cent of the total cases of blindness in Nepal is curable if treated in time.... Travel 10 Oct, 2005
Drive against polio launched Kathmandu, October 7:The Child Health Division (CHD) under the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) today started the two-day oral polio vaccination campaign in five districts as a mop up programme after a polio case was detected in Sarlahi... Travel 08 Oct, 2005
Japanese encephalitis toll in India crosses 1,000 Lucknow, October 7:The death toll from Japanese encephalitis in northern India has crossed the 1,000 mark, making it the most fatal outbreak of the illness in nearly two decades, an official said today. Nearly all the dead were children. Some 300 more... Women 07 Oct, 2005
Vaccination helps save infants’ lives Biratnagar, September 30:The infant mortality rate has decreased significantly in Morang district after the ‘Zentamycin vaccination against infections in infants’ campaign was initiated last April-May in 21 VDCs. According to the District Public... Travel 01 Oct, 2005
ONCE-OVER 9 die of influenzaDANG: A total of nine people have died of viral influenza and more than 30 are suffering from the disease at Banfikot and Rukumkot areas of Rukum district in the last two weeks. “It is difficult to take the patients to the district... Travel 23 Sep, 2005
