Koshi-hit kids don’t get medical service: Deprived of basic vaccines (ht 09/05/2012)

Save our children: Preventing child injuries, by Puspa Raj Pant (rep 03/05/2012)

Anti-polio campaign for urban children (ht 29/04/2012)

Top five Nepali health concerns: Tackle them now!, by Cilla Khatry (rep 27/04/2012)

Plan to rid country of malaria (ht 23/04/2012), Nepal winning fight against malaria (ht 24/04/2012)

Vitamin A programme to kick off today (nn 18/04/2012)

Anti-tobacco law only limited to paper (ht 11/04/2012)

Begging to cure elephantiasis, by Khilanath Dhakal (rep 25/03/2012)

Closing in on the healthcare divide, by Arjun Kumal (kp 18/03/2012)

Bill for vaccinating all children (ht 16/03/2012)

German measles vaccine for 10m children (rep 10/02/2012), Vaccination for measles, rubella from Feb 26 (1002/2012), Vaccination campaign for measles, rubella begins (kp 27/02/2012), Teachers' strike hits vaccination campaign, by Dinesh Gautam (rep 28/02/2012), Politics kills: A nationwide strike by teachers interrupts the country's biggest ever vaccination campaign, by Bhrikuti Rai (nt 09/03/2012)

Ambulance operators charging fares in excess (ht 09/02/2012)

Delay in supply of iron pills worries health experts, by Arjun Poudel (rep 08/02/2012)

Anti-filariasis campaign flops miserably, by Damodar Bhandari and Surendra Kafle (ht 07/02/2012)

Govt to get tough on tobacco consumption: Plans to enforce anti-tobacco act (ht 05/02/2012), Researches show two Nepalis fall prey to tobacco every hour, by R.P. Baral (kp 05/02/2012)

Feb being markedas Iodine Month (ht 05/02/2012)

Elephantiasis drug scares folk: More than 50 persons ill after popping anti-filariasis pills (ht 05/02/2012)

Measles vaccination from Feb 26 (ht 29/01/2012)

Vision test must for school admission: Programme can prevent 80 pc blindness in populace (ht 26/01/2012)

The triple burden, by Raja Ram Dhungana (rep 17/01/2012)

MDA programme to fight elephantiasis, by Manish Gautam (kp 04/01/2012), Anti-filariasis drive to begin: Health workers to visit homes from today (ht 06/01/2012), Anti-filariasis drive with ‘expired’ drugs: Medicines with their shelf life over being administered (ht 07/01/2012), Banke folk worried about campaign, by J. Pandey (kp 08/01/2012), Anti-filariasis drive opens old wounds: Banke folk say they won’t take government-distributed ‘killer’drugs; Efforts to control elephantiasis may go down the drain, say experts (ht 08/01/2012), Team probing administration of expired drugs (ht 08/01/2012), Anti-elephantiasis drive set to fail, by Arjun Poudel (rep 11/01/2012), Mass Drugs Administration controversy receding (kp 11/01/2012)

Unified health campaign to be launched in 28 districts, by Arjun Poudel (rep 02/01/2012)

Elephantiasis drive in 46 districts: 21,000 health workers ready (kp 21/12/2011)

Govt to launch aggressive immunisation programme (kp 14/12/2011)

Govt mulls distributing 65 medicines free of cost, by Arjun Poudel (rep 10/12/2011)

Crusade against elephantiasis from January 6 (ht 09/12/2011)

Anti-tobacco directives: Supreme court order to stay enforcement (kp 18/11/2011)

No policy on non-communicable diseases (kp 15/11/2011)

Dalits unaware of drive against polio, by Ravi Dahal (ht 14/11/2011)

Smoking ban ineffective, by Om Astha Rai (rep 05/11/2011), Govt finally endorses anti-tobacco directives (kp 05/11/2011), SC issues interim order to ban sale of tobacco products without cancer warning signs (nn 10/11/2011), Topic of cancer (rep 13/11/2011)

Healthcare for everyone: Regulations are needed to protect the poor from adverse effects of the market economy, by Mrigendra Raj Pandey (kp 04/11/2011)

Acute blood shortage affects patient, by Manish Gautam (kp 30/10/2011)

Anti-tobacco directive gathers dust in health minister's table, by Manish Gautam (kp 25/10/2011)

Organisations tie up to improve health care: There are seven health professionals for 10,000 people in Nepal, a lot less than the 23 needed to provide health services adequately (kp 27/09/2011)

Cancer-hit kids in need of help, by Roshan Sedhai (kp 25/09/2011)

Tobacco control Act: Time to capitalise, by Nirmal Aryal (ht 22/09/2011)

Jumla calling: Healthcare is abysmal but aid alone is not the solution (kp 14/09/2011)

Primary Health Care and Health MDGs, by Nirakar Man Shrestha (kp 12/09/2011)

Cooperative ambulances charge exorbitantly (rep 07/09/2011), Where ambulance service is business, by Shyam Sundar Shashi (kp 07/09/2011)

New policy to better urban poor’s health (kp 17/08/2011)

New vaccines to inoculate children against diseases, by Manish Gautam (kp 05/08/2011)

Smoking in public to be banned from Sunday (rep 04/08/2011), Anti-tobacco law kicks in but enforcement uncertain (rep 07/08/2011), Smoking banned in public places (ht), Anti-smoking law: Who'll implement it? (rep 08/08/2011), Smoking claims a Nepali every 30 minutes (rep 08/08/2011), The ban and thereafter, by Ujjwala Maharjan (rep 02/09/2011)

Blood crunch hits patients in east (ht 10/07/2011)

Snakebite deaths drop, says EDCD (kp 08/07/2011)

Where health and hygiene are the order of the day, by Madhav Dungana and Saroj Poudel (kp 06/07/2011)

Too much noise (kp 28/06/2011)

JE vaccination drive extended (rep 25/06/2011), JE vaccination drive in 21 Valley clinics (kp 29/06/2011)

Govt reluctant to endorse plans to curb cancer (ht 21/06/2011)

Integrated Health Service (rn 10/06/2011)

Missed deadline jolts anti-pneumonia vaccination drive, by Om Astha Rai (rep 04/06/2011)

Integrated health care soon (ht 02/06/2011)

Say “No!” to tobacco, by Shanker Man Singh (kp 31/05/2011), Health ministry gearing up for implementation of act: Public place smoking to be punishable offence; Selling to kids,pregnant woman not allowed (ht 31/05/2011), Survey shows 37 percent Nepalis are smokers as nation observes World No Tobacco Day (nn 31/05/2011), When will Nepal become a tobacco-free country? (kp 01/06/2011)

Integrated health campaign in 5 districts: Jajarkot, Bajura, Rukum, Mugu and Taplejung selected (ht 24/05/2011)

Ailing Healthcare, by G.K. Pakavath (rn 16/05/2011)

Anti-tobacco bill in place: Smoking in public spots out of bounds (kp 11/05/2011), Anti-tobacco bid may go up in smoke: Exercise going on to influence govt to amend act: Activists (ht 22/05/2011)

‘Replace mercury thermometers’ (ht 10/05/2011)

JE immunisation drive in Valley from mid-May (ht 08/05/2011)

First-ever health consultation service through telephone launched (nn 18/04/2011), IoM, Smart Telecom start telemedicine service (kp 19/04/2011)

Bill bans smoking at public places (rep 12/04/2011), New law on tobacco consumption (rep 13/04/2011), Law to curb smoking: Smokin’ Joes a no-no soon (kp 26/04/2011), Pledge to implement anti-tobacco bill (ht 26/04/2011)

Docs prescribing ineffective drugs, by Arjun Poudel (rep 11/04/2011)

Call for extending eyecare to villages (kp 10/04/2011)

Number of people benefiting from free health care rising: Janjati, Dalit communities availing services (ht 10/04/2011)

‘Health care lacks resources’ (ht 07/04/2011)

Ambulance drivers on strike, by Rohit Rai (rep 06/04/2011)

Elephantiasis medicine wreaks havoc (rep 31/03/2011), Four deaths from elephantiasis medicine claimed (rep 01/04/2011), Four die, over 500 fall ill after consuming medicine for elephantitis (nn 01/04/2011), Elephantiasis drugs claim 2, over 500 ill, by Janak Nepal (kp 01/04/2011), Deaths put govt drive under cloud (ht 01/04/2011), Jumbo Leg drugs didn’t kill: Study (kp 03/04/2011), More than pills (kp 03/04/2011), Carelessness, not drugs killed patients, says govt report (kp 05/04/2011), Untrained volunteers behind anti-filariasis drug deaths (ht 05/04/2011), Govt all set to change national campaign drift (kp 06/04/2011), Filariasis drugs still claim victims (ht 06/04/2011), Govt admits mistake in distribution of elephantitis medicine that claimed 8 lives (nn 07/04/2011), House panel issues probe order (kp 09/04/2011)

Free health care lacking at grassroots (ht 31/03/2011)

Health campaign: 36-district drive against mosquito menace, by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (kp 13/03/2011)

Polio eradication campaign: Phase-II to start today (kp 12/03/2011), Second anti-Polio campaign starts (nn 12/03/2011)

Health care sector focus of study (ht 21/02/2011)

Cancer treatment: Patients left in the lurch without PET scan facility (kp 17/02/2011)

Nat’l polio campaign to kick off Saturday (kp 09/02/2011), Polio vaccination drive launched (ht 12/02/2011)

Cancer awareness crucial: Basyal; Around 70,000 Nepalese suffer from the disease (ht 05/02/2011), Docs’ advice to curb cancer deaths (ht 05/02/2011), Cancer cases ‘on rise’: Early detection, timely treatment crucial (kp 05/02/2011), Govt fails to prioritise disease (kp ß5/02/2011)

Why do children get diarrhoea in the winter? Rotaviral diarrhoea needs the appropriate vaccine for cure, but with its unavailability in Nepal, standard methods for hydration is the only option, by Shrijana Shrestha (kp 24/01/2011)

Cholera vaccine, too, by Buddha Basnyat (nt 21/01/2011)

Nat’l malaria eradication policy soon (kp 17/01/2011), National malaria policy in making (ht 17/01/2011)

Check returning workers for diseases, asks NHPF (ht 16/01/2011)

Deworming in all district schools (ht 10/01/2011)

Australian ambassador visits cancer screening camp for women (nn 02/12/2010)

Up in smoke: Passage of the anti-tobacco bill is a must for public health (kp 30/11/2010)

Blood crisis in dengue times (kp 14/11/2010)

Nationwide Vitamin A programme kicks off (nn 02/11/2010)

Cervical cancer in Nepali women, by Sameer Dixit and Meeta Singh (rep 31/10/2010)

Campaign to ban smoking in public places: MoHP bid gets people’s support (ht 23/10/2010), City folks want smoking in public spots banned (kp 24/10/2010)

Myopia taking its toll on kids: Nepal on right course to eliminate blindness (kp 14/10/2010), Avoidable blindness in focus: Nepal on right track to eliminate the scourge by 2020 (ht 14/10/2010)

Rabies In Nepal And Its Prevention, by Sital Kaji Shrestha (rn 29/09/2010)

Primary concern: There are far too many loopholes in the health care system administration, by Bicram Rijal (kp 24/09/2010)

Baitadi shy of vaccination centres (kp 13/09/2010)

Dastardly Dogmandu, by Buddha Basnyat (nt 10/09/2010)

Anti-rabies vaccine crunch hits Rajbiraj (ht 02/09/2010)

Poll shows 66 pc for outlawing public smoking (kp 14/08/2010), Tobacco intake high in valley: On average,one smokes eight cigarettes a day (ht 14/08/2010)

Five-year healthcare plan ‘ready’, by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (kp 01/08/2010), Health policy for cities’ poor on anvil (ht 01/08/2010)

Deworming project extension in offing (ht 13/07/2010)

Govt to introduce special Vitamin A to infants programme (ht 22/06/2010)

Blood demand outpaces supply (ht 14/06/2010)

Phase II anti-polio campaign begins today (ht 22/05/2010)

Vaccination a pipe dream for Bajura, by Arjun Shah (kp 16/05/2010)

Short supply of anti-rabies vaccines creates problem (rn 12/05/2010)

Demand for blood outpaces supply (ht 10/05/2010)

Anti-Snake Venom Serum distribution (ht 07/05/2010)

Virulent vials: t’s important that WHO gets to the bottom of the vaccine case (kp 11/04/2010)

Step by step: Here are six ways to improve Nepal's healthcare management, by Surya Prasad Acharya (kp 11/04/2010)

Children administered polio drops (nn 10/04/2010)

Fault vaccines to be replaced (kp 06/04/2010)

Cervical cancer in Nepal: The prevention strategy, by Meeta Singh (ht 12/03/2010)

Call for anti-rabies policy (kp 27/02/2010), Manage stray dogs, experts tell government (ht 27/02/2010)

Nepal aims to eliminate iodine deficiencies, by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (kp 23/02/2010), Govt plan to stand out in SAsia in iodine access, by Laxmi Maharjan (ht 23/02/2010)

Tobacco use in public places to be banned within a few months (rn 13/02/2010), Smokers, Beware (rn 14/02/2010)

Mammoth crusade against elephantiasis (kp 06/02/2010), Govt to administer drug to eliminate filariasis, by Gita Sapkota (rn 06/02/2010), Govt aims to root out elephantiasis (kp 14/02/2010), Fight against disfiguring disease on (ht 15/02/2010), Filariasis drug to be distributed (ht 19/02/2010), 2nd phase anti-filariasis drug admn in 11 districts (rn 20/02/2010)

Battling cancer: Focus needed on preventive front (rn 04/02/2010)

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