Full Coverage: Nepal

17.10.2006 Postponement of peace talks between Nepal's government and former Maoist rebels does not signal a failure of the process, say civil society leaders. "What it shows is that our leaders didn't do the proper homework--but we are very much optimistic that the talks will succeed," said a Nepali labor leader.

16.10.2006

polio vaccination © Crack Palinggi / Reuters / Corbis; permissions through "Rx for Survival"

At one time it was thought that polio had been completely eradicated from Nepal. After an intensive campaign launched several years ago by administering polio drops to children below five years of age throughout the country no cases of new polio cases were reported for a number of years. But now there are reports of some polio cases detected in some places in the country bordering India.

11.10.2006 The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) of Nepal will, from next week, start various programmes to check Dengue.
The districts bordering India have a high risk of catching the disease.

11.10.2006 Altogether 800 people lost their lives due to tuberculosis in the year 2062-63 BS in Nepal.

10.10.2006 Cases of pneumonia among the children of the Eastern Development Region is on the rise with some 500 children suffering from pneumonia arriving in the Koshi Zonal Hospital.

03.10.2006 It is a simple step to save a child in a country like Nepal. All the children need are vaccinations, vitamins and preventive steps to save their lives, says Nepal's Ministry of Health (MOH), which jointly with UNICEF has been running successful health campaigns to reduce the deaths of the Nepalese children.

03.10.2006