Okhaldhunga district in Koshi province has been battling kala-azar for the past several years with the disease spreading wider every year.

At least 432 infections have been reported from 39 districts since January.

Agitating resident doctors agree to resume services following a six-point agreement with the government.

A total of 2,796 people have been infected with dengue in Gandaki Province between July and September with 1,973 cases reported from Tanahun alone.

Thousands of patients suffered, as resident doctors shunned services on Wednesday.

Urban slums, marginalised dwellings, monasteries and prisons deemed prone to TB spread.

Officials had suspended pesticide testing in vegetables for around two months due to lack of funding.

Government cites lack of funds. Fears of unsafe abortions, increase in maternal deaths.

Cancer and heart patients will get Rs50,000.

Health authorities now plan to administer vaccines from schools to increase uptake.

Of the 103 combos, 14 are being used in Nepal. Irrational use of combinations is fuelling antibiotic resistance.

Actual infections may be higher due to reporting glitches with most cases being asymptomatic, say officials.

Medical professionals to resume duty after an agreement with the government on Sunday evening.

Officials say only around 20 percent of the vaccine has been administered in three days

Of the total maternal deaths, 24 percent occur during or after childbirth and 19 percent in postnatal period. Experts say Nepal risks losing the gains made in maternal health sector.

Virus found in India’s Kerala now is Bangladeshi variant, less infectious but more lethal.

The vaccine will be administered from at least one hospital in each province.

The cuts in the budget for healthcare programmes have put Nepal’s ambition to meet the SDGs on the line.

Bardibas municipality has started conducting awareness campaigns and taken measures to control the spread of the disease.

Many health workers lack the knowledge for its diagnosis as the symptoms of scrub typhus are similar to those of some other diseases.