Local maternity clinics and services remain disrupted in Rasuwa and Nuwakot since the August 26 floods. But many women cannot travel to Kathmandu because of damaged roads.

Nearly 600 people have tested positive as the disease spreads to eight local units, prompting a central health investigation.

Children are particularly vulnerable to rabies, while misconceptions about puppies can delay lifesaving treatment.

Fifty-four people tested positive in two days as confirmed cases rise to 114 in Darma Rural Municipality.

Health workers have begun door-to-door testing and treatment as two to five people test positive each day in the rural municipality.

Food is running out in villages cut off after the Bhotekoshi flood swept away bridges.

Immunisation experts urge authorities to vaccinate everyone above 30, citing a shift in the age group at risk and a high risk of fatality among unvaccinated people.

More than 100 people have tested positive in Darma Rural Municipality, with health facilities detecting three to four new cases a day.

More than 3,600 people are staying in 37 holding centres across Rasuwa, Nuwakot and Dhading districts. No major outbreak has been reported, but cases of colds, coughs and viral fever are common.

A woman giving birth on a pavement outside a government hospital after her husband could not afford Rs3,200 in tests exposes the gap between Nepal’s free maternity care and access to emergency healthcare.

Damaged roads have made hospitals difficult to reach for the affected, including pregnant women.

Officials mull cholera vaccination for around 100,000 vulnerable people and measles vaccine for over 75,000 children.

Experts urge nationwide vaccination to protect vulnerable populations as the outbreak has gripped all provinces.

Sayal Rai has spent more than two years on a ventilator after JE left him severely disabled. The disease has killed at least 21 people across Nepal over the past six weeks.

Nepal Medical Council officials suspect medical colleges present foreign doctors only during inspections to secure approval for more MBBS seats.

Contaminated water, inadequate toilets and rotting animal carcasses are raising the risk of water- and vector-borne diseases.

The costs include medical tests, transportation, food, accommodation, and income lost due to illness.

Winter weddings and migrant workers returning home for the festivals help drive the annual rise in deliveries, say doctors.

More than half of drinking water samples from public schools and offices in three Lalitpur local units tested positive for faecal coliform and E coli.

MBBS enrolment by foreign students has risen by 35 percent in three years, yet 80 percent undergraduate seats reserved for them went unfilled last year.