A worrying increase in autism among younger Nepalis means more support for patients and caregivers
Bhavana with her young son. Photo: RITA ALE MAGARIt was a night that Rita Ale Magar says she will never forget. Bhavana, 17, from remote Dumre…
Dedicated nurse returns to the village of her birth to run a birthing centre, and save lives during the pandemic
Social entrepreneur fulfils promise to his mother to improve maternal care in rural Nepal
Photo: WFP NEPALThe Government of Japan is to provide assistance worth $3.47 million to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Nepal, to…
Photo: OM ASTHA RAI/NEPALI TIMES ARCHIVEThe world recorded an all-time low under-five deaths in 2019, but the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in…
Photo: RSSA report published online in the journal The Lancet Global Health this week revealed that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused 50% fewer…
A survey of Nepal’s children during the lockdown has confirmed what experts had feared – that there has been an adverse impact on education and…
Photo: GOPEN RAIOn Friday, it will be four months since Nepal closed the country down to prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus strain that…
A mother in Kalikot District measures arm of her child using a MUAC tape after receiving a short orientation on family MUAC NTThe European Union…
The overall trend in neo-natal deaths is positive, but the poorest families will lag behind further as inequality grows
Photo : UNICEFLast month, the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine published a study of the successful trial of a new typhoid vaccine…
