RFK Jr. as Health Advisor: Maverick or menace to public health? President-elect Donald Trump announced his nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in November 2024. Opinion 06 Jan, 2025
Health Minister reaffirms commitment to combat Cervical Cancer in Nepal The Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination campaign aims to vaccinate nearly 1.69 million girls aged 7-14, free of charge. Kathmandu 04 Dec, 2024
Over 40,000 left out children administered vaccines Over 40,000 left out children administered vaccines Health 09 Aug, 2023
Resources for child-friendly local governance ​​​​​​​The Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration has developed necessary resources and materials to facilitate the implementation of child-friendly local governance so as to ensure that children’s rights are protected and promoted at the grassroots level. Nepal 06 Aug, 2023
WHO lauds immunisation coverage scale-up ​​​​​​​The World Health Organisation South-East Asia Region today complimented member countries, including Nepal, for scaling up childhood immunisation coverage to pre-pandemic levels and called for continued intensified efforts with a focus on reaching the 2.3 million unvaccinated and 650,000 partially vaccinated children. Nepal 19 Jul, 2023
Need to strengthen immunisation: WHO ​​​​​​​The World Health Organisation today called for focused efforts to provide lifesaving childhood vaccines in the South-East Asian countries, including Nepal. Nepal 13 Jun, 2023
Japanese encephalitis: Still Nepal's most dreaded brain fever The female Culex mosquito is the principal vector, and pigs, ducks and horses are confirmed natural reservoirs of JEV Nepal 23 Feb, 2023
Nepal receives booster shot installment Nepal has received a new installment of booster vaccines against COVID-19. Kathmandu 20 Feb, 2023
WHO calls on countries to accelerate measures to eliminate measles On the 12th anniversary of the last case of wild polio virus in the South- East Asia Region, the World Health Organisation today called on countries, including Nepal, to take urgent and accelerated measures against measles which is on the rise with nearly nine million children having missed vaccination against the killer disease in the past two years. Nepal 14 Jan, 2023
Nepal writes to GAVI seeking vaccines The government has written to the Global Alliance for Vaccine and Immunisation seeking additional 1.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to be administered as booster dose in line with the possible forecast increment of the infection. Kathmandu 13 Jan, 2023
Govt to train employees in child-friendly governance The Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration is preparing to launch Training of Trainers Programme to produce trained and skilled human resources for implementation of the Child-friendly Local Governance Implementation Guideline to ensure that children’s rights are protected and promoted at the grassroots. Nepal 23 Nov, 2022
Global Hunger Index 2022: Why does South Asia fare so poorly? The South Asian countries have reported the highest child stunting rate and by far the highest child wasting rate of any region globally, says the latest Global Hunger Index (GHI) report 2022. Opinion 19 Oct, 2022
