Nepal appeals for UN funds to fight AIDS Kathmandu, November 2:Concerned government agencies are making last-ditch efforts to garner funds from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) to reconsider Nepal for anti-AIDS funding. The agencies have been doing spadework... Travel 02 Nov, 2005
Drugs sent to hilly region to check possible outbreak of flu, diarrhoea Kathmandu, October 31:The Epidemiology and Disease Control Department (EDCD) under the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) has sent two truckloads of medicine to 18 districts of the hilly region to help check the possible outbreak of viral... Travel 01 Nov, 2005
Govt to launch drive against bird flu Kathmandu, October 24:The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), with the initiation of the Department of Health Services (DoHS) and the Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS), will start progarmmes aimed at spreading awareness on bird flu at the village... Travel 25 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
Explanation sought on hospital suicide Kathmandu, September 25:The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) has demanded a clarification from the Patan Hospital, as to why and how a new mother committed suicide last morning at 1.30 am.Twenty-one-year-old Amrita Bishwokarma killed herself by... Horoscopes 25 Sep, 2005
40 lakh people suffering from heart disease Kathmandu, September 24:Around 15 per cent of the total population of the country, numbering about 40 lakh, is suffering from heart disease, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). It is also estimated that hundreds of thousands people have... Horoscopes 24 Sep, 2005
Government’s bid to eradicate filaria Kathmandu, September 23: As a part of the campaign aimed at eradicating filaria, the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) will distribute drugs in the districts where the concentration of filaria patients is high. According to the MoHP, trained... Travel 23 Sep, 2005
Plan to curb diarrhoeal deaths among kids Kathmandu, September 9:With the objective of decreasing diarrhoeal deaths among the children aged under five years, the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) is planning to provide them with zinc supplements and administer oral rehydrating solution... Travel 10 Sep, 2005
Anti-tetanus vaccination programme to be launched Kathmandu, August 14:The Ministry of Health and Population will launch the anti-tetanus vaccination pilot project in seven districts across the country from November. According to the ministry, it will administer three doses of anti-tetanus vaccines to... Travel 14 Aug, 2005
Govt cracks whip on RHD to check bird flu threat Kathmandu, August 13:In preparation against the threat of avian influenza, commonly known as ‘bird flu’, the government has set up a committee and directed the regional health directorates to take precautions to control any outbreak of bird flu,... Horoscopes 14 Aug, 2005
Most zonal hospitals sans superintendents Renu KshetryKathmandu, July 22:Patients have been devoid of quality health services due to a dearth of medical superintendents (MS) in most of the zonal hospitals in the country, an official at the Department of Health Services said. While officiating... Travel 22 Jul, 2005
Govt to expand iron supplement drive in 12 more districts Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, July 8:To prevent complications due to anaemia in pregnant women, the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) is set to expand its ‘Intensive iron supplement programme’ in 12 more Terai districts. Chief at the... Travel 09 Jul, 2005
