Restored equipment worth Rs243 million put back into operation.

Experts say lack of reliable data will hinder health planning and effective interventions.

Nepal first eliminated maternal and neonatal tetanus in 2005.

Winter delayed drive in some mountain districts. Humla and Dolpa will follow in mid-March.

More than 2,000 people were infected with the deadly virus in the past two months.

447 fowls culled, 200-metre perimeter sealed off at affected farm in ward 6 of Koshi Rural Municipality.

Officials call for a bigger healthcare budget to continue maternal and child health, nutrition, and immunisation next year.

So far, 90 percent of the target has been achieved, but uptake in Madhesh Province and Kathmandu Valley remains low, Health Ministry says.

The country is all set to receive 35 different types of childhood cancer medicines free of cost under the Global Platform for Access to Childhood Cancer Medicines.

Health experts warn that achievements made in Nepal’s health sector with years of investment could unravel as a key donor agency pulls the plug.

Government offers free tests for hypertension, diabetes, renal function, and body mass index measurement at health facilities run by local units.

The National Public Health Laboratory now handles mpox clade identification, ending the need to send specimens abroad.

Gangalal heart centre says without extra funding it may have to stop offering free treatment to children.

Coinfection of viruses and bacteria blamed for rise in influenza, pneumonia cases.

Drug regulator says shoddy drugs may have already reached patients given the slow lab testing process.

As many as 16,88,768 girls aged 11–14 will be inoculated with a single dose of the vaccine during the two-week campaign.

Over 2,000 neonates die in Nepal each year. Child health experts warn the halt in crucial programmes threatens years of progress in child health.

An estimated around 160,000 girls between 11 and 14 years are out of school, mostly in Madhesh Province.

USAID had earlier pledged Rs6 million for the training across all seven provinces and the centre.

The government is set to launch the HPV vaccine campaign on February 4.