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AIN extends Rs 45-million medical assistance package to Health Ministry

The Association of International NGOs in Nepal (AIN) has handed over a medical assistance package worth Rs 45.3 million to the Ministry of Health and Population, to combat the Covid-19 pandemic. The assistance, a part of a joint procurement...

Province 5 on high alert as 17 more test positive for coronavirus

Government procuring additional kits for coronavirus tests

Govt to tighten security in border areas

NRN death toll tops 70; 5,000 infected
Seventy-three non-resident Nepalis have died of coronavirus as of Saturday evening. According to the Non-resident Nepalis Association (NRNA), 49 of them died in the United Kingdom. Fifteen have died in the United States, five in the United Arab Emirates...
Experts meet on Covid-19 vaccines
Hundreds of experts have met in New Delhi to set up research and development priorities for coronavirus drugs, diagnostics and vaccines to combat the Covid-19 crisis. At a two-day meeting, convened by the World Health Organization, vaccine manufacturers and...
Thousands continue to leave capital for homes to escape lockdown hardship
Kathmandu: Home is where the heart is! Home is for affection and togetherness with family members. This is reflected much in the crisis as we could see thousands of people leaving Kathmandu Valley for their homes to avoid further...
Kit shortage hits corona testing in Saptari
SAPTARI: Shortage of rapid diagnostic test (RDT) kits has affected the coronavirus testing in Saptari district. The district is facing the shortage of devices after a large number of people from Saptakoshi and Kanchanroop municipalities of the district underwent...
Virus traps, sickens foreign laborers in Gulf Arab states
Long a lifeline for families back home, migrant workers in oil-rich Gulf Arab states now find themselves trapped by the coronavirus pandemic, losing jobs, running out of money and desperate to return to their home countries as COVID-19 stalks...
Medical appliances, protective gear to ease swab collection
Kathmandu : Nepal Engineers’ Association, Bagmati state and Sindhu Engineering Society jointly handed over necessary medical appliances, including a swab collection booth, to District Disaster Management Committee. The appliance is expected to allow the collection of swab samples in...
WHO condoles death of staff in Myanmar
KATHMANDU :The World Health Organization has expressed deep sorrow and grief over the death of its personnel during a security incident in Rakhine district of Myanmar. Pyae Sone Win Maung succumbed to injuries sustained during the incident in Minbya...
INGOs in Nepal lend a helping hand to fight Covid-19
Kathmandu, April 21 : The Association of International NGOs in Nepal (AIN) has welcomed the government decision allowing INGOs to deviate up to 20 percent of existing project budgets to fight the coronavirus pandemic crisis facing the nation. In...
Create conducive environment to repatriate stranded Nepalis: NRNA
The Non-Resident Nepalis Association (NRNA) has called on the government to immediately create an environment conducive for the Nepali nationals stranded abroad to return home in Nepal. A delegation led by NRNA founder president Dr Upendra Mahato made the...
Make sufficient clean water available for hand wash: Experts
Social distancing and frequent hand-washing are highly recommended as effective measures against the spread of COVID-19. But, experts stress that sufficient clean water is needed to wash hands to be safe from the infection. During a video conference organised...
‘Nepali media playing utmost role in fighting COVID-19’
Kathmandu, March 22 : Speakers at a discussion in the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology today stressed the need of right and timely information in times of crisis. As the entire world is braving coronavirus, effective role of...
WHO declares the new coronavirus outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern
The second meeting of the Emergency Committee convened by the WHO Director-General under the International Health Regulations (IHR) (2005) regarding the outbreak of novel coronavirus 2019 in the People’s Republic of China, with exportations to other countries, took place on Thursday, 30 January 2020, from...
Nepal, Third In The List Of Happiest Country In South Asia
Pakistan is the happiest country in South Asia, according to the global happiness survey from the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network. Pakistan, which ranks 67 in the world, is followed by Bhutan (95) and Nepal (100). Nepal climbed...
WHO, Goodwill Ambassador welcome India’s hepatitis initiatives
The World Health Organization and its Goodwill Ambassador for Hepatitis in South-East Asia Region, Mr Amitabh Bachchan, have welcomed India’s national action plan for viral hepatitis which aims to reach life-saving drugs and diagnostics to over 50 million affected...
20 Science-backed Ways to Reduce Stress
When stress hits, it’s hard not to feel like you’re trying to claw yourself out of a hole… a very large hole made of sand. Imaginary, of course. But the panicked, overwhelming strain can be felt all the same—whether...
MHM is all set to organise consultative workshop on MenstruAction
Menstrual Health Management (MHM) Alliance is going to hold a major consultative workshop on Menstrual Health Management on Tuesday. The consultative workshop will bring together some 350 leading experts, policymakers, practitioners, researchers, adolescent and youth representatives and media to...
WHO felicitates Nepal for trachoma elimination, rubella control
The World Health Organization on 22 November 2018, felicitated Nepal for eliminating trachoma, a neglected tropical disease that leads to blindness, as a public health problem, and for controlling rubella that causes serious and irreversible birth defects. “Nepal’s remarkable...
100 persons suffers from Dengue in Pokhara
As high as 100 persons are confirmed suffering from dengue fever so far in the current fiscal year in Pokhara, a major tourist destination of the country. Senior Virologist and Director of the Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Control...
Dr. Pyakurel appointed acting Health Secretary
Health Post Dr. Sushil Nath Pyakurel has been appointed as the Acting Secretary of the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP). Chief Expert of the 12th level at the Ministry, Pyakurel was appointed to the post by Deputy Prime Minister...
Surgeon of Nepali origin nominated for Pride of Australian Medal for his heart breakthrough
Kumud Dhital, an Australian-based surgeon of Nepali origin, has been nominated for the Pride of Australian medal for the breakthrough he made in the field of heart transplants. Australian based media have published the report about Dr. Dhital’s nomination...
Health officials stress on intensifying efforts for malaria control
Health officials have stressed on intensifying efforts for malaria control and elimination by targeting malarial parasites believed to be less fatal, but now causing high disease burden. Around 10.03 million Nepalese of 65 districts are under the risk of...
WHO congratulates India for significantly reducing child deaths
WHO commended India for its concerted efforts to reduce child deaths, which have resulted in under-five mortality estimates to have fallen below the one million mark. As outlined in a report released by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child...
Countries in WHO South-East Asia to intensify efforts to control dengue, eliminate malaria
Countries in WHO South-East Asia resolved to accelerate efforts to control dengue which threatens nearly 1.3 billion people with frequent and largescale outbreaks, and control malaria, that continues to be endemic in the Region. “We need to intensify multi-sectoral...
Breastfeeding for lifelong health and optimal nutrition
Exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life and continued breastfeeding up to the age of two years and beyond provides the strongest foundation for lifelong health. Breast milk contains all the nutrients infants need to grow healthy...
Urgent action is needed to treat viral hepatitis
Millions of people across the world and in the WHO South-East Asia Region are infected with viral hepatitis without knowing and without receiving treatment. Both worldwide and in the Region less than one in 10 infected people are estimated...
5 Foods You Should Always Have in Your Fridge
One secret to preparing healthy meals is having the right ingredients on hand. Here are five basics our dietitians believe no fridge should be without: 1. Eggs “Eggs really are the perfect food — especially local eggs that come...

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