Public Health Update

A computer-based Acute Rheumatic Fever (ARF) diagnosis and management decision support system has been designed and developed in Lalitpur.According to Nepal Heart Foundation, the system is the first of its …

Medical waste dumped along with other garbage has posed serious public health threats to people living on the banks of the Tinau river in Rupandehi. Butwal Sub-metropolis dis-poses around 50 …

Himalayan News Service Lalitpur,  August 21 Minister for Health and Population Khagaraj Adhikari today launched ‘Next Generation’ Family Planning Communication Campaign with an aim of repositioning family planning for the …

Himalayan News Service Kathmandu, August 12 The Ministry of Health and Population has issued directives to the Department of Drug Administration (DDA) to ensure that all pharmacies comply with the …

Kantipur National Daily 23rd July 2015

Source of Information Himalayan News Service  Kathmandu,  July 22 Kanti Children’s Hospital, Maharjgunj, has started child and adolescent mental health OPD, first in the country. Dr Arun Raj Kunwar, child …

The Nepal Surgeons OverSeas Assessment of Surgical Need (SOSAS) study has made public the first countrywide population-based assessment on fall injury prevalence in Nepal, identifying fall injuries as a major …

17 July 2015 –WHO’s Release New Guidelines on HTC services Globally only 51% of people living with HIV know of their status. The new guidelines provide a recommendation to support …

ADDIS ABABA/GENEVA, 14 July 2015 UNAIDS announces that the goal of 15 million people on life-saving HIV treatment by 2015 has been met nine months ahead of schedule The world …

WHO release the MENTAL HEALTH ATLAS TODAY (14 July 2015) The 2014 version of mental health Atlas continues to provide up-to-date information on the availability of mental health services and …