Marriages within the tribe, social stigma, lack of public awareness and cumbersome process to avail of government help are sickening mostly the Tharu community.

Doctors say long-term consumption of vegetables laced with pesticides can cause renal failure, heart and lung diseases, and even cancer.

Authorities hope to reduce the existing maternal mortality rate by distributing medicine through female community health volunteers.

Most women with breast cancer are diagnosed in late stages because of a lack of awareness of early detection and barriers to health services.

Children aged between six months and five years will get vitamin A and deworming tablets during the two-day campaign on Saturday and Sunday.

A string of errors and oversights by doctors at Grande International Hospital has destroyed a 15-month-old child beyond repair, his parents allege.

Children’s risk of dying before their fifth birthday varies nearly three-fold, a new study suggests.

Rights activists say that such implants are a violation of women’s rights and legal provisions and do not address the core problem of violence against women.

The defiance of medical college operators and the government’s failure to enforce the ceiling it has set for MBBS and BDS courses lead students to be overcharged, which is the cause of the prolonged agitation.

The hospital has been providing treatment to patients who have to invest more than Rs 200 million for their treatment, to children below the age of 15 and to senior citizens.

Newborn data of the Paropakar Maternity and Women's Hospital shows a wide gap between the number of boys and girls.

Doctors say an excessive amount of heavy metals—arsenic, lead, and mercury—can affect a patient’s kidney, liver, skin, and blood circulation directly and can also lead to death.

National Tuberculosis Centre aims to provide service in all 77 districts within the next two years.

The programme is aimed to reduce the burden of the major risk factors for non-communicable diseases.

The immunisation drive is supposed to cover over three million children.

The hospital is accused of putting a newborn through an ordeal of multiple surgeries and high-dose medication.

Sixty-six percent of all deaths in Nepal are caused by non-communicable diseases, a 2017 study found.

While unhealthy diets and sedentary lifestyles are the main culprits, psychosocial and behavioural factors are also associated with cardiovascular diseases.

It’s the human body’s largest organ—it needs protecting too.

The proposal aims to reduce the death rate of Nepali migrant workers.