Nail Salon Workers Say Proper Ventilation Can Protect Their Reproductive Health
When 38-year-old nail salon worker Pabitra Dash recalls the physical pain she felt the first time she miscarried, she says that the...
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1 in 2 pregnancies in Nepal unintended
Over 600,000 pregnancies in Nepal in 2017 were unintended, close to two-third of which ended in abortion, reveals a new report released this week...
Talking about life after menopause
After watching the Netflix drama Bombay Begums recently, I was encouraged to see that mainstream cinema has started giving space to a female...
Saving one Nepali mother at a time
Dhiru Bista is only 35, but looks much older. She has had 12 pregnancies, and the last one was a stillbirth four...
New contraceptive for increased lockdown demand
For the past two decades, Basanti Paudel, 41, of Nawalpur had always used Depo-Provera to prevent unwanted pregnancies Then last year, she was...
3 Nepali mothers still die daily at childbirth
It should not be surprising that Nepal’s first COVID-19 death was a new mother. What was surprising was to hear Prime Minister K P...
No conceivable reason for unwanted pregnancies
Lack of access to and awareness of family planning, the prevalence of unhealthy superstitions and taboos, and the desire to produce a...
Who will save Nepal’s poor new mothers?
Recently four new mothers lost their lives in Bajura district in remote in Far-Western Nepal. All of them died at local health...
Tipping point on menstrual banishment in Nepal
It is when local women take the lead to end the practice that it is most effective
Federalism leaves Nepal’s medical sector ailing
https://youtu.be/FmieAvLuWBoFederalism was supposed to bring the government closer to the people, decentralise medical care and improve public health at the grassroots. But...
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