Researches show two Nepalis fall prey to tobacco every hour, by R.P. Baral (kp 05/02/2012), Lung cancer & smoking, by Arpana Neopane (kp 06/02/2012)

Healthier Nepal, by Buddha Basnyat (nt 27/01/2012)

Docs burn up with fear over growing burn injury cases, by Manish Gautam (kp 25/01/2012)

Lofty HuRIS plans face hiccups (kp 16/01/2012)

Urban health policy on cards (kp 10/01/2012)

Government to upgrade 20 villages into health models, by Arjun Poudel (rep 05/01/2012)

Role Of FCHVs In Community Health, by Uttam Maharjan (rn 05/01/2012)

Our Health And Indoor Air Pollution, by  Bhagawati Dhungana (rn 05/01/2012)

Sex matters in organ transplant More women than men become live donors, by Manish Gautam (kp 03/01/2012)

Budget cut blow to free health services (kp 02/01/2012)

Coverage by health programs in urban areas poor, by Arjun Poudel (rep 27/12/2011)

Bid to reform health sector: Focus to be on rural areas (ht 11/12/2011)

Wrong prescription, by Jigyasa Sharma (rep 04/12/2011)

A burning problem: Care for burn victims is available, but prevention would be better, by Bhrikuti Rai (nt 02/12/2011)

Patients hit hard as blood banks dry up, by Ajit Tiwari (rep 20/11/2011)

Telemedicine service may die young (kp 18/11/2011)

Nepal’s health sector has miles to go, by Manish Gautam (kp 14/11/2011), ‘We are in need of new health plocy’, by Praveen Mishra (kp 14/11/2011), Our health sector is on drips (rep 15/11/2011)

Health Promotion: Focus On Community Participation, by Jhabindra Bhandari (rn 07/11/2011)

‘Health sector reform a must’ (ht 26/10/2011)

Lifestyle choices leading to NCDs, by Rajasee Sharma (sp 21/10/2011)

Quest for equitable health system, by Simone Galimberti (rep 20/10/2011)

125 Nepalis go blind every day (kp 16/10/2011)

Walking For Health, by Bhimsen Thapaliya (rn 12/10/2011)

Alliance formed to address critical shortage of human resources for health sector in Nepal (nn 27/09/2011)

Alzheimer’s disease remains neglected in the country, by Manish Gautam (kp 22/09/2011)

Shadows of silent epidemics, by Kiran Raj Pandey (rep 21/09/2011)

A daring doc's dedication, by Binod Ghimire (kp 19/09/2011)

Just a minute, doc: A strong preventive mechanism is better than raising the penalty for medical bungles, by Anu Lohani (kp 06/09/2011)

Nepal on way to achieving health MDG, by Naresh Pratap K.C. (kp 04/09/2011)

People’s health, nepal’s wealth: Community health insurance programme faces hiccups, by Manish Gautam (kp 02/09/2011)

Good job, more needs to be done: Report, by Manish Gautam and Jenee Rai (kp 24/08/2011)

Risk factors lasting effects for Non-Communicable Diseases, by Nirakar Man Shrestha (kp 08/08/2011)

Govt has health sector in focus: Around 25 billion budget allocated in the new fiscal (ht 17/07/2011)

Health For All: A Distant Dream, by Sharachchandra Bhandary (rn 16/07/2011)

Diabetic dilemma, by Buddha Basnyat (nt 15/07/2011)

Popular paints cross toxic lead limit: Report, by Pragati Shahi and Binod Ghimire (kp 10/07/2011)

Little help in Nepal for autistic young, by Shitu Rajbhandari (rep 09/07/2011)

A healthy majority (nt 09/07/2011)

Need for social health security, by Chandra Mani Adhikari (rep 04/07/2011)

Oral health: Vital component of school health, by Lonim Prasai Dixit (rep 20/06/2011)

Eighty percent blindness can be treated or prevented, by Hunter Cherwek (kp 12/06/2011)

Govt approves integrated health plan, by Om Astha Rai (rep 05/06/2011)

Govt to set up hi-tech labs at regional level (rep 04/06/2011)

Health For All: Meeting The Challenge, by Jhabindra Bhandari (rn 26/05/2011)

Govt mulls health insurance for civil servants, by Bimal Gautam (rep 10/05/2011)

Law and order key to economic revival: Report (ht 06/05/2011)

Study says health facilities not up to par (ht 01/05/2011)

NRB 56th anniversary: BoP deficit improves by the inch (kp 28/04/2011)

Suffering From Chronic Apathy, by G.K. Pakavath (rn 25/04/2011)

20 percent Kathmanduites face stroke risk (rep 09/04/2011), Health alert (rep 12/04/2011)

Partners in health: Building on health successes in Nepal with US assistance, by Scott H. Delisi (kp 07/04/2011)

Reviving public service broadcasting, by Mahesh P. Adhikari (rep 03/04/2011)

Ensuring peaceful transition to death: palliative care victim of state apathy (kp 31/03/2011)

Call to develop oral health sector (kp 28/03/2011)

Doctors nudge govt to establish hi-tech kidney donation centre (kp 13/03/2011)

Below poverty line: Health insurance for poor mulled, by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (kp 09/03/2011)

Health sector attracts huge investments, by Lilaballav Ghimire (kp 06/03/2011)

WHO declares country polio-free (nn 04/03/2011)

Playing doctor: Health and nutrition are important parts of the educational curriculum, by Simone Galimberti (kp 21/02/2011)

Policy on NCD control likely soon (kp 20/02/2011), Govt bid to improve public health: MoHP to adopt policy on non-communicable diseases (ht 20/02/2011)

No plan to curb non-communicable diseases (ht 15/02/2011)

Solukhumbu in dire need of blood bank (ht 12/02/2011)

Double health whammy for Nepal: World Bank report says heart disease cases rising (kp 10/02/2011)

Few eyes in sight in donor bank: Cornea stock dwindling at the hospital, by Santosh P. Pokharel (ht 09/02/2011)

Reclaiming a lost smile: A minor operation lasting only about 15 minutes liberates patients of cleft lips from having to endure severe communal ostracism, by Ujjwal Pradhan (kp 29/01/2011)

In the red: Kathmandu’s blood bank is in dire need of supply (kp 28/01/2011)

Missionary zeal: New Nepal medical school aims to motivate students to serve in rural areas, by Michael Cox (nt 28/01/2011)

25 districts get telemedicine services (kp 22/01/2011), Telemedicine in 25 districts: Experts believe people from rural areas will hugely benefit (ht 22/01/2011)

Diagnosis of death: Are doctors exaggerating negative diagnoses because of mob rule?, by Indu Nepoal (nt 14/01/2011)

Health System Strengthening: Towards Universal Coverage, by Jhabindra Bhandari (rn 11/01/2011)

Restoring hearing in the Far West, by Jyoti Thapa (kp 09/01/2011) [see part 2 (10/01/2011)

Kathmandu, a public health time bomb, by Nitya Nanda Timsina (rep 28/12/2010)

Where medical care is still a luxury: Free health services are a pipedream for Andradi folk (ht 20/12/2010)

Sweet Disease, by G. K. Pakavath (rn 06/12/2010)

Gender based violence: MoHP urges other ministries to act (ht 04/12/2010)

What Ails Our Health System, by Binaya Ghimire (rn 02/12/2010)

Health budget ‘not’ reaching rural areas (kp 30/11/2010)

Health Matters: Overlooking Human Sensitivity, by Prem Khatry (rn 30/11/2010)

Banke school closed since two months over insecurity (nn 23/11/2010)

50 ambulance medics trained (kp 18/11/2010), Fully equipped ambulances to operate (ht 18/11/2010)

‘One in five city dwellers diabetic’: Prevalence rate of the disease is 25 pc in the age-group 20 to 40 years and 33 pc for the people aged 40 years and above (kp 14/11/2010), Take control now, by Dina Shrestha (ht 14/11/2010)

Bhojpur deprived of health services (ht 10/11/2010)

Mortal thoughts: While we obsess over our bodies, we have been blind to the broader social forces that lead to poor health, by Anil Bhattarai (kp 02/11/2010)

Taking stock of ambulances: MoHP to amend policy to monitor hospital wagons (ht 25/09/2010)

Nepal joins global health initiative, by Mahesh Acharya (kp 24/09/2010)

Insurance report submitted: Pilot projects in health have taken off (ht 07/09/2010)

Breast cancer cases up: Docs (kp 29/08/2010)

Country sees alarming rise in non-communicable diseases (ht 26/08/2010), Slow poison: Non-communicable diseases are spreading alarmingly (kp 31/08/2010)

Causes of 50 pc deaths in country (kp 15/08/2010)

Female health volunteers less popular in suburbs (ht 10/08/2010)

Wealth of a nation: Nepal’s health spending is among the lowest in the world (kp 05/08/2010)

Telephone consultation for doctors: Think ideally, act realistically (ht 29/07/2010)

Brahmins, Chhetris outdo Dalits: Study (kp 28/07/2010)

‘43 pc poor sans health services’ (kp 23/07/2010)

Ambulance service lying on sick bed, by Nirjana Sharma (kp 14/07/2010)

Experts call for cancer survey (ht 12/07/2010)

“Nepal needs national health insurance”, by Ujjwal Pradhan (kp 11/07/2010)

Public Health Challenges Before Nepal, by Laxman Datt Pant (rn 06/07/2010), 10+2 for public health: Nepal's public health successes are extraordinary, but a 10-fold focus supplemented by a healthy body politic is needed to consolidate our achievements so far, Kul Chandra Gautam (nt 09/07/2010)

For docs it’s an issue of management: Most unaware of the law, by Laxmi Maharjan (ht 29/06/2010)

Tobacco killing 16,000 Nepalese a year (rn 27/06/2010)

To address the high-risk behaviour of Nepali youth, we must first know what they are doing, by Ashish Sinha kp 25/06/2010)

Health policy with new approach in offing (ht 24/06/2010)

Heart Attack and TB: The Double Whammy, by Buddha Basnyat (sp 18/06/2010)

Urbanisation: Challenges For Public Health, by Jhabindra Bhandari (rn 10/06/2010)

Patients in a fix as Valley reels under blood crisis, by Binod Ghimire (kp 09/06/2010)

‘Tobacco consumption claims 15,000 lives every year’ (rn 01/06/2010)

The Highs And Lows Of Nepal’s Health Sector, by Gita Sapkota (rn 28/05/2010)

Health services to shut on May 23 (ht 21/05/2010)

Improving health status must for realising MDGs: Minister Chaudhary (nn 19/05/2010)

Death wish: Suicide and depression have been proven to be inter-related public health problems, by Bhawana Upadhyay (kp 01/04/2010)

Rural health, by Subaj Bhattarai (kp 29/03/2010)

Ciggie fad to stay, prices be damned (ht 25/03/2010)

World Kidney Day: Patients’ woes galore, by Deb Kumar Sunuwar (kp 11/03/2010), Dialysis costs make kidney treatment inaccessible for many (rn 11/03/2010), 75 kidney transplants: Nepal's feat (rn 14/03/2010)

‘Medical college in Far-West in offing’ (rn 09/03/2010)

‘Better organ transplant facilities needed’ (kp 02/03/2010)

Govt mulls new health scheme (kp 21/02/2010), Govt preparing to introduce health insurance for all (nn 21/02/2010), Govt mulls health insurance for all, by Laxmi Maharjan (ht 21/02/2010), Mind over matter: Though necessary, social health insurance won’t be an easy sell (kp 22/02/2010), SHI being introduced (rn 26/02/2010)

Sickness In Health Reporting, by G. K. Pakavath (rn 15/02/2010)

Free health service implemented only 79 per cent: Report (rn 13/02/2010)

15 die of various illnesses in country (kp 11/02/2010)

Doctors tighten screw on govt (kp 06/02/2010)

Middle ways: Cooperatives, private donors and charities can offer alternatives to shoddy state services and their costly private counterparts, by Suvayu Dev Pant (nt 06/02/2010)

Ministry of Health and Population (MoH)