Kathmandu, Aug 12: The government of India is to provide Rs 803 million in grant assistance to Nepal for eight different projects in areas including education, health and agriculture. Authorities ...
Kathmandu. An understanding has been reached for the operation of eight high-impact community development projects related to Nepal's education, health, and agriculture sectors. These projects are...
The Health Insurance Board (HIB) is the government entity that oversees the process of enrolling beneficiaries, collecting premiums, claims management and payments to the health institutions. Forme...
A dispute over children playing video games at Palata Hospital turned violent, with staff attacked in the afternoon and again at night. Six health workers, including a doctor, were assaulted at Pa...
SUDURPASCHIM, Aug 6: The government of Sudurpaschim province has officially approved four provincial hospitals to function as teaching hospitals for the Martyr Dasharath Chand University of Health ...
Sudurpaschim, August 6 The government of Sudurpaschim province has officially approved four provincial hospitals to function as teaching hospitals for the Martyr Dasharath Chand University of Heal...
2nd August 2026, Kathmandu Reliable Nepal Life Insurance Limited has contributed NPR 50 lakhs to the Kathmandu Institute of Child Health for KIOCH-Kathmandu Children’s Hospital. Reliable Nepal Li...
Introduction The Constitution of Nepal establishes Basic Health Services (BHS) as a fundamental, free right to be delivered through local primary public facilities. Yet, despite this constitutiona...
Kathmandu. A research team, including Nepali engineer Santosh Adhikari, has received the prestigious ‘Replication Prize’ from the American health organization, National Institutes of Health, for it...
Sudurpaschim, Aug 6: The government of Sudurpaschim province has officially approved four provincial hospitals to function as teaching hospitals for the Martyr Dasharath Chand University of Health ...
Kathmandu. In a period of 55 days, 9 people have died from Japanese Encephalitis across Nepal. The Department of Health Services has stated that 46 people across the country have been infected wit...
Kathmandu, Aug 8: The World Health Organization (WHO) South-East Asia Regional Office is set to confer the WHO South-East Asia Regional ‘Public Health Champion’ Award 2026 in the public health cate...
The directive comes as the Nepal Medical Association suspends non-emergency services nationwide over the Narayani Hospital attack, while the ministry says authorities are taking steps to bring thos...
KATHMANDU, Aug 3: The Ministry of Health and Food Safety has published the details of hospitals across the country and designated contact persons as part of a renewed effort to strictly enforce the...
Gorkha, August 6 Devotees visiting the Manakamana Temple will now have access to primary healthcare services within the temple premises. A Health Assistance Desk has been established through a joi...
13th July 2026, Kathmandu In a powerful collaboration aimed at driving health awareness and women’s empowerment, Nepal Mediciti Hospital recently hosted the Nepal Mediciti Miss Health & Harmony – ...
Kathmandu, Aug 4: Minister for Health and Food Safety, Nisha Mehta, has said that coordination is being done between the central, provincial and local level health agencies to prevent shortage of a...
Lalitpur. Patan Academy of Health Sciences has published the shortlist of candidates who applied for various executive positions. The academy informed about this by issuing a notice on Monday. Acc...
Kathmandu, Aug. 8: Dr. Subash Pyakurel was appointed as the Chairman of the Health Insurance Board (HIB) last week. Dr. Pyakurel has taken over the responsibility of the board at a time when it is ...
Health experts warn of mounting disease risks in overcrowded shelters as authorities struggle to house thousands left homeless and criticism grows over the government’s disaster response. The deat...
KATHMANDU, July 28: The Ministry of Health and Food Safety has urged hospitals and healthcare professionals to ensure uninterrupted medical services after doctors and health workers suspended non-e...
Dang, August 2 A shortage of Anti-snake venom used to treat snakebite patients has been reported in hospitals in the district. The snakebite treatment centre at the Rapti Institute of Health Scien...
CEO of Fusemachines Highlights 15th June 2026, Kathmandu Leading innovators from the prestigious Harvard Health Hackathon gathered in the capital alongside prominent investors, coaches, and indus...
Dharan. BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences has implemented a new system to further streamline the process of providing OPD services, record-keeping, and claim management under health insurance...
By Thakur Prasad Acharya,Myagdi, Aug. 7: Hemodialysis services have been expanded at the Provincial Hospital Beni in Myagdi after the Gandaki Province Ministry of Health provided three additional d...
Government officials seek more doses from provincial and local governments as it will take weeks for the ongoing procurement process to be completed. The Health Department of the Kathmandu Metropo...
KINSHASA, July 4: The Democratic Republic of the Congo reported 1,502 confirmed Ebola cases, including 473 deaths, as the World Health Organization said the outbreak remains serious.
Kathmandu, July 28 The Ministry of Health and Food Safety has urged one and all not to obstruct health services, which are essential for round-the-clock. Joint Spokesperson at the Ministry, Dr Sam...
17th May 2026, Kathmandu The World Health Organization has officially declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern following a highly aggressive outbreak of Ebola virus disease in t...
Kathmandu. The World Health Organization (WHO) Southeast Asia Regional Office is to present the Nepal Netrajyoti Sangh with the 'Southeast Asia Regional 'Public Health Champion' Award in the public...
Sudurpaschim, Aug 6: The government of Sudurpaschim province has officially approved four provincial hospitals to function as teaching hospitals for the Martyr Dasharath Chand University of Health ...
Assessment by the health ministry shows newborn units rely heavily on contract staff, while infection control, hygiene and quality monitoring remain weak. Nearly 75 percent of health facilities pr...
KATHMANDU, July 3: The Ministry of Health and Food Safety on Friday dismissed media reports claiming that Nepal is at risk of a hantavirus outbreak, describing them as unverified and baseless.
The Government of Nepal, UNFPA, and the Embassy of Japan, on May 28, jointly unveiled the refurbished Bhur Health Post in Bheri Municipality, Jajarkot District, marking a major step in strengthenin...
Kathmandu. The Public Health Office Kathmandu has established a breastfeeding room. The breastfeeding room has been inaugurated at its office located in Teku, Kathmandu, to be operational from Frid...
Kathmandu, Aug 4: Minister for Health and Food Safety, Nisha Mehta, has said that coordination is being done between the central, provincial and local level health agencies to prevent shortage of a...
It’s the state’s duty to ensure that critical vaccines are always available at public health facilities. Visit a state-run health facility in your district for the rabies vaccine, and health worke...
KATHMANDU, July 2: The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) has urged the public to stay alert against hantavirus after Nepal recorded its first reported death from the rodent-borne disease, wa...
Kathmandu, May 27 The government has curtailed health insurance services at private hospitals. Citing signs that the national health insurance programme is heading towards a serious crisis, the He...
Kathmandu. Open applications have been invited for the vacant key official positions at Rapti Health Sciences Institute in Dang. The institute issued a notice on July 22, seeking applications from ...
Kathmandu, July 30 : The government has appointed Dr Subash Pyakurel to the post of Chairperson of the Health Insurance Board.
Epidemiology and Disease Control Division asks WHO for urgent doses. Gayatri Pandey, a resident of Nala in Kavrepalanchok district travelled to Kathmandu on Wednesday for a rabies shot after healt...
KATHMANDU, July 1: The Education, Health, and Information Technology Committee of the House of Representatives (HoR) has held a clause-by-clause discussions on the preamble and various sections of ...
Kathmandu, May 27 The government has curtailed health insurance services at private hospitals. Citing signs that the national health insurance programme is heading towards a serious crisis, the He...
Surkhet. Three people have been arrested for beating health workers for not allowing them to use the WiFi in the hospital. Kalikot Police stated on Friday that three people who assaulted doctors a...
As a person working in the insurance field for years now, I was alarmed to see the data of the Nepal Health Insurance Programme (NHIP) that shows the average claim amount nationwide stands at Rs 9,...
Education and health authorities have begun the process for merit-based appointments for vice-chancellors and other senior officials. The government has begun appointing vice-chancellors and senio...
CHITWAN, June 29: Bharatpur Hospital has secured the highest score among federal hospitals in the latest Minimum Service Standards (MSS) assessment conducted by the Ministry of Health and Populatio...
Kathmandu. High-level discussions were held between the Government of Nepal and 'Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance' on strategic cooperation from 2027 to 2030. In the meeting held between Health and Popul...
By A Staff Reporter,Kathmandu, July 30: The government and the protesting doctors have reached a five-point agreement following intensive discussions at the Ministry of Health and Food Safety on We...
Government data show a steady decline in public schools and enrollment, while private institutions continue to grow. Health indicators, however, have improved significantly over the past two decade...
BERLIN, June 12: More than 200,000 lives have been lost to the "silent killer" of heat in Europe since 2022, the World Health Organization said Thursday, after a heatwave saw some countries record ...
Kathmandu. The World Health Organization has been stating that 10 percent of the total budget should be allocated to the health sector. In contrast, the Nepali government has not even been able to ...
Kathmandu, July 28 : The Ministry of Health and Food Safety has urged one and all not to obstruct health services, which are essential for round-the-clock.
French aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) on Saturday warned that the latest Ebola outbreak - the 17th since 1976 - was spreading at an unprecedented pace. The World Health Organisation chi...
KATHMANDU, June 9: Dr Ojaswee Sherchand, Chair of the Education, Health and Information Technology Committee of the House of Representatives, has emphasized that meaningful public and stakeholder p...
Kathmandu. Nepali Congress MP Gita Devkota has demanded that the government immediately advance the health insurance program. Speaking at the National Assembly meeting on Thursday, MP Devkota made ...
By Laxmi Chaudhary, Janakpurdham, July 26: Eight weeks after the death of postpartum mother Anjina Yadav during treatment at the Provincial Hospital under the Madhes Institute of Health Sciences in...
Government announces pay rise after four-year freeze, expands health insurance funding, pledges new stadiums and launches support programmes for Gen-Z movement victims. Finance Minister Swarnim Wa...
HEBRON, June 7: Israeli troops shot at a car in the occupied West Bank, killing a 7-month-old Palestinian baby and wounding his parents, the Palestinian health ministry said, with the bullet striki...
Kathmandu. Member of Parliament Ganesh Poudel of Rastriya Swatantra Party has drawn the government's attention to the severe shortage of free medicines in government health institutions. Speaking a...
Finance Minister Wagle announces reforms in immigration, health insurance, capital markets and public utilities while pledging expanded road, water and social welfare programmes Finance Minister S...
KATHMANDU, June 3: Nepal Police have arrested Om Prasad Pandey, the chairperson of Ram Janaki Health Foundation, on charges of banking offense.
Kathmandu. The Ministry of Health and Population is preparing to pay all remaining dues under the health insurance program by mid-August. Secretary of the Ministry, Dr. Bikash Devkota, informed abo...
WHO prioritises experimental drugs, antivirals and vaccine candidates for clinical trials as Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak spreads in Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, with no approved speci...
KATHMANDU, June 2: Despite ongoing anti-tobacco campaigns every year, the use of tobacco products among school students in Nepal has become a growing concern. A recent study by the Nepal Health Res...
Kailali. The Far-Western Province Government has approved the use of four provincial hospitals as teaching hospitals for the Shahid Dashrath Chand Health Sciences University. The provincial cabine...
This makes the virus extremely difficult to identify and to track suspected cases at an early stage. On May 17, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared a Public Health Emergency of Internatio...
STOCKHOLM, June 1: Sweden's public health agency on Monday called on parents to put their phones away when spending time with their children.
Kathmandu. The Health Service Department, considered a crucial place for implementing policies set by the Ministry of Health, has been running with an acting head for the past three months. The dep...
The virginity test, which the World Health Organisation has called unscientific, is still a regular part of rape investigations in Nepal. Editor’s note: This article contains sensitive description...
GENEVA, May 27: The World Health Organization chief warned Wednesday that conflict raging in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo was dramatically complicating efforts to rein in a deadly Ebola out...
Kathmandu. The Ministry of Health and Food Hygiene has advanced the process of structural reform in the health sector. On Thursday, Secretary of the Ministry Dr. Bikash Devkota provided informatio...
The WHO said the outbreak, caused by the Bundibugyo virus, does not meet the criteria of a pandemic emergency but that countries sharing land borders with DRC are at high risk for further spread. ...
KATHMANDU, May 22: Minister for Health and Food Safety Nisha Mehta and Director General of the World Health Organization Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus held a meeting in Switzerland.
Kathmandu. Secretary of the Ministry of Health and Population, Dr. Bhichu Devkota, stated that although some indicators in Nepal's health sector show encouraging improvement, some serious issues re...
KATHMANDU, May 21: The Ministry of Health and Food Hygiene has said that the risk of Hantavirus infection in Nepal is low.
Kathmandu. The Department of Health Services has stated that the distribution of anti-rabies vaccine has started in the provinces. The Epidemiology and Disease Control Division under the Department...
KINSHAHA, May 17: An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed more than 80 as authorities warned there was no vaccine for the strain in a crisis that the World Health Organizat...
Kathmandu. Free health check-ups for artists over 60 years of age have started from Tuesday. The Nepal Senior Citizens Health Center located on the premises of Manmohan Memorial Medical College & T...
Kathmandu. An agreement of 19 points was reached on Saun 20 between nurse activist Jyoti Ranabhat, who has been on a hunger strike since Saun 14, demanding various issues in the health and public h...
Kathmandu. The government, which has made good governance and transparency its main slogan, does not seem to have paid enough attention to the reform of the health sector. Due to the lack of attent...
Kathmandu. Hearing has begun in the corruption case against former Vice-Chancellor of Rapti Health Sciences Institute, Prof. Dr. Sangita Singh Bhandari, and 12 others. The hearing has started in t...
Kathmandu. Contract and daily wage employees of the Department of Health Services have surrounded the office of the acting Director General Dr. Anuj Bhattachan. Contract and daily wage employees w...
Jhapa. The number of mothers practicing exclusive breastfeeding in Jhapa is relatively low. According to the Health Office, out of 13,239 women who gave birth in the fiscal year 2082/83, only 8,899...
Kathmandu. Although Vice-Chancellors have been appointed in six health science institutes across the country, uncertainty remains regarding other officials. Despite Prime Minister Balen Shah, who ...
Kathmandu. Interview is being held for the post of Chairman of Nepal Ayurveda Medical Council. The committee formed by the Ministry of Health and Food Hygiene has set the interview time for 2 PM to...
Kathmandu. Following a 5-point agreement reached between the government and the Nepal Medical Association on August 13 in the presence of Minister Nisha Mehta, the Ministry of Health and Food Hygie...
World Breastfeeding Week has begun today. Breastfeeding Week is celebrated every year in the first week of August with the support of the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Childre...
Kathmandu. World Breastfeeding Week, celebrated every year in the first week of August with the support of the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), health m...
Kathmandu. A proposal has been made to keep only 4 divisions in the Ministry of Health and Food Hygiene. According to the proposed organizational structure, the Ministry of Health will now have onl...
Washington DC. The US President Donald Trump administration has decided to stop US government funds provided through the global vaccine alliance Gavi to the World Health Organization (WHO). Americ...
Kathmandu. The National Human Rights Commission has recommended the Government of Nepal to amend the Safe Motherhood and Reproductive Health Rights Act, 2075. The Commission has sent a letter reco...
Kathmandu. Talks are underway between the protesting doctors and the government at the Ministry of Health and Population. Sources say the talks are moving in a positive direction and efforts are be...
Kathmandu. Prime Minister Balen Shah's announcement to withdraw tax has not yet been implemented. The announcement by Balen to withdraw the 3 percent equalization fee in the health and education se...
Kathmandu. A meeting of the Health Worker and Health Institution Security Coordination Committee, which had been inactive for a long time, has been concluded. The meeting decided to hold regular me...
Kathmandu. To control the increasing attacks on health workers and vandalism in health institutions, the Ministry of Health and Population, which has been inactive for a long time, is preparing to ...
Kathmandu. Following incidents of attacks on doctors and health workers, the Ministry of Health and Food Hygiene has directed all hospitals to ensure that health services are not interrupted under ...
Jhapa. The rate of dengue infection in the district has been decreasing of late. According to the District Health Office, the number of dengue patients has decreased compared to the previous year d...
Kathmandu. Applications have been invited for the post of Executive Director of the Health Insurance Board. In accordance with Section 20 of the Health Insurance Act, 2074, this notice was publish...
Kathmandu. According to the Non-Communicable Diseases and Mental Health Branch of the Epidemiology and Disease Control Division (EDCD) under the Department of Health Services, an average of 20 peop...
Kathmandu. Under the direction of Health and Food Sanitation Minister Nisha Mehta, the ministry will mobilize the mechanisms of the federal, provincial, and local levels with the objective of expan...
Kathmandu. The health insurance program has resumed at Shahid Gangalal National Heart Center. The hospital has stated that the OPD service under the health insurance program of the Government of Ne...
Dang. Women's health has started to improve after free health treatment began near their homes. A 60-year-old woman residing in Shivpur, Ghorahi Sub-Metropolis-11, had problems with lower abdominal...
Kathmandu. Chairperson of the Education, Health and Information Technology Committee of the Federal Parliament, Dr. Ojashwi Sherchan, has stated that the definition and minimum qualifications of an...
Kathmandu. In Afghanistan, more than 45,000 people addicted to drugs in the last one year have completed treatment and reunited with their families, the Afghan Ministry of Public Health has stated....
Pokhara. Gandaki Province government has allocated approximately 3.5 billion for the development of the health sector in the coming year. The Ministry of Finance has stated that a budget of 3 billi...
Kathmandu. A report has stated that although most urban slum women in the Kathmandu Valley receive early antenatal healthcare, the number of those receiving maternal health services is low. Accord...
Hetauda. The Bagmati Province government has been directed to submit details of private hospitals. The Education, Health and Agriculture Committee of the Provincial Assembly has directed to submit ...
Congo. The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a comprehensive regional plan of 518 million US dollars to strengthen Ebola outbreak control and preparedness capacity in the Democratic Repu...
Kathmandu. Due to contaminated food, approximately 86.6 million people worldwide fall ill every year and 1.5 million people die, the World Health Organization (WHO) has stated. According to the new...
West Bank. A seven-month-old Palestinian infant died after being shot by Israeli forces in the West Bank city of Hebron, while his parents were injured. According to the Palestinian Ministry of Hea...
Kathmandu. Statistics have been released that approximately 600 million people worldwide fall ill every year due to contaminated food items. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), about ...
Kathmandu. Tuberculosis, a major public health problem, is causing the death of 53 out of every one lakh people. According to the World Health Organization, an estimated 67,000 new tuberculosis pat...
Beirut. The death toll from the Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon has reached 5. 2 people were injured in the airstrike. The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced that 5 people died in the air...
Kathmandu. The Education, Health and Information Technology Committee under the Federal Parliament House of Representatives has decided to discuss the 'National Forensic Science Laboratory (Establi...
Kathmandu. Amidst rising risks of heatwave (loo) in various parts of Nepal due to global temperature increase, the Ministry of Health and Food Hygiene has urged citizens to take necessary precautio...
Kathmandu. Today, the Education, Health and Information Technology Committee meeting is convening. The meeting will be held today at 11 AM in Singh Durbar. The meeting will discuss the National Fo...
Kathmandu. The Education, Health and Information Technology Committee under the House of Representatives has formed six subcommittees for the study and coordination of various subjects. The meeting...
Kathmandu. Om Prasad Pandey, Chairman of Ram Janaki Health Foundation, has been arrested on charges of misusing loans taken from Prabhu Bank Limited by setting up shell companies and artificial bus...
Kathmandu. World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has urged some countries to reconsider travel bans and border closures imposed due to the Ebola outbreak sprea...
Nursing staff's night duty allowance doubled, women health volunteers' travel expenses increased by 50 percent Kathmandu. The government has given high priority to the health sector through the bu...
Kathmandu. A climate-resilient health post has been constructed in Bheri Municipality of Jajarkot. The Bhur health post was jointly inaugurated on Thursday by officials from the Government of Nepal...
Sarlahi. With the cabinet reshuffle of the Madhesh Province government, Jangilal Ray has lost his position in the Ministry of Health and Population. Ray, who was confident until the last moment tha...
Kathmandu. Chief of Army Staff Ashokraj Sigdel has urged the Nepali Army Health Sciences Institute to produce not only skilled and quality but also dutiful and honest manpower. Addressing the prog...
New York. The World Health Organization (WHO) has stated that it may take up to nine months for a vaccine against the Bundibugyo species of Ebola to be ready. According to information provided by ...
Beirut. At least 19 people have died in Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon. According to the Lebanese Ministry of Health, 10 people died in a single attack. A house in the city of Deir Kanoun ...
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