Scant attention paid to hazards of lead poisoning Although the World Health Organisation (WHO) and other governmental and non-governmental organisations have been marking every third week of October as International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (ILPPW) since 2013, lead poisoning, particularly among children, remains a major health problem and is in fact increasing. Nepal 29 Oct, 2023
Save the Children hands over health aid Save the Children, Central and Sudurpaschim Field Office, handed over health materials worth over Rs one crore to Karnali Province government in Surkhet, yesterday. Nepal 19 Sep, 2021
WHO charting out action plan for health improvement in Karnali The World Health Organisation (WHO) has advanced a plan to improve the situation of people’s health in Karnali Province. To this effect, the global health body is charting out a plan of action. Nepal 11 Aug, 2021
Red Cross providing health safety materials to hospitals Nepal Red Cross Society has taken the initiative to distribute health safety equipment to health workers and hospitals. Nepal 06 Aug, 2021
Bajura girl taken to Kathmandu for treatment Shanti Sewa Griha rescued a 15-year-old girl of Gaumul Rural Municipality in Bajura on Tuesday and sent her to Kathmandu for treatment after The Himalayan Times daily published a news story about the girl’s plight. Nepal 28 Jul, 2021
Goodwill Foundation donates 50 oxygen concentrators The Goodwill Foundation, a social organisation based in Tibet, China, has donated 50 oxygen concentrators to Nepal. Nepal 06 Jun, 2021
Nepali expatriates in Bangladesh send medical supplies Nepali expatriates in Bangladesh handed over medical equipment and other emergency supplies to Dr Banshidhar Mishra, Ambassador of Nepal to Bangladesh in Dhaka on June 2. Nepal 03 Jun, 2021
Municipality blamed for obstructing distribution of health materials Ishanath Municipality today obstructed the distribution of health materials to the COVID-affected community in Rautahat. Nepal 31 May, 2021
Forest minister kicks up a row again Forest and Environment Minister Prem Ale, who was the butt of a joke earlier this month for claiming that trees give carbon dioxide to humans, has kicked up a row by distributing oxygen cylinders in his home district Doti with his photograph on them. Nepal 26 May, 2021
Nepal receives humanitarian aid from Spain to fight Covid-19 The Embassy of Nepal in Spain, on Wednesday, received in-kind humanitarian aid to Nepal to fight the ongoing Covid-19 crisis. Kathmandu 20 May, 2021
EDITORIAL: Decree on COVID-19 The government is all set to introduce an ordinance to make special arrangement for the control and prevention of COVID-19 and treatment of those suffering from the respiratory contagion that has already claimed the lives of 5,000 people. Opinion 18 May, 2021
Nepal seeks vaccine and health material support from the US Deputy Prime Minister Ishwar Pokharel has urged the United States (US) government to provide support to Nepal with anti-COVID vaccine and health supplies to deal with the current pandemic. Kathmandu 13 May, 2021
