Big Stride In Health Sector

In a bid to ensure citizen’s right to health, defined as fundamental one in the constitution, the government has initiated in the establishment of hospitals at every local level across the country. This is a big leap in the health sector that has been hit by poor infrastructure, inadequate human resources and scant budget allocation, among others.

COVID-19 Vaccination: Success Depends On Building Confidence

The COVID-19 pandemic has gripped the whole world for more than a year. Governments and scientists across the globe burned the midnight oil to find a strong solution to this deadly pandemic. Ultimately, their efforts paid off as they found vaccines. The swift successful trials and the availability of vaccines have brought a big relief to all.

Impose high tax on tobacco to limit its use: Health experts

Non-communicable diseases, including cardiovascular disease, lung disease, respiratory diseases, obstructive pulmonary diseases and cancer, have become most daunting life-risking factors in Nepal and tobacco use is the single greatest avoidable threat factor. Though the tobacco control policies are well legislated, they are implemented less effectively.

Mild side effects normal for Covishield: Experts

The COVID-19 vaccines, considered as the most effective remedy to fight against the global coronavirus pandemic, are finally being administered among frontliners in all seven provinces of the nation from last Wednesday. As per the commitment of the government, it will take three months for inoculations to reach everyone based on current prioritised plans.

Vaccine supply likely to be a hard nut to crack for government

At a time when the entire world is racing for immunisation against COVID-19 with high hopes pinned on the news of invention and development of new vaccines, the government is preparing seriously and looking forward to timely import and availability of the COVID vaccines to its citizens. On Friday, January 15, the Department of Drug Administration (DDA) under the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) granted emergency use approval to the COVID-19 vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and...

How safe is it to reopen schools in capital?

All schools across the country remained closed since the beginning of nationwide lockdown announced by the government in late March, to stop the spread of coronavirus. Re-opening schools in the time of global pandemic is risky, this is what the health experts have been repeatedly saying since then, fearing it can lead to rise in infections. Nine months later, some schools in the Kathmandu Valley have resumed in-person classes amidst the risk of COVID-19.

Blood donation dips amid ongoing pandemic

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in shortage of blood. With pandemic and the ensuing lockdown, the usual community blood donation drives and camps that used to occur in the past, were largely halted, leading to shortage of blood for those in need, affecting patients with blood transfusion requirements. Dr. Manita Rajkarnikar, Director of Central Blood Transfusion Service at the Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS), said that blood donors were declining due to the ongoing pandemic. “Many blood...

More virus recovery recorded than infections

Nepal’s COVID-19 death toll jumped to 1,567 on Friday with 16 new deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP). Of the total COVID-19 deaths, 604 are from the Kathmandu Valley’s three districts, with 393 cases in Kathmandu, 117 in Lalitpur and 94 in Bhaktapur. The Valley accounts for over 38.5 per cent of the nation’s total COVID -19 deaths, according to the latest MoHP data.

Continue restriction of certain services: MoHP

The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) has said that the services, businesses and works that the government has not yet permitted to reopen, and restricted operation since the prohibition order was first put in place after the outbreak of the pandemic should be extended for another 15 days. Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, MoHP Spokesperson, shared at today’s press briefing that the prohibitory order would be continued and should be implemented fully until a new decision is taken, by reviewing the...

Why are COVID-19 fatalities up while cases drop?

The number of COVID-19 case rate is said to be decreasing while at the same time the number of death is increasing in Nepal. During the last 24 hours, 23 deaths related to COVID-19 were recorded from across the nation. The death toll during this week’s past five days data shows 23 deaths on Thursday, 28 on Wednesday, 24 on Tuesday, 16 each on Monday and Sunday. Four of the six days have consistently reported above 20 deaths per day. Dr. Basudev Pandey, Director, Epidemiology and Disease Control...