DEV KUMAR SUNUWAR
KATHMANDU, JAN 23 –
A large majority of community schools across the country are facing acute shortfall of teachers mainly due to government’s failure to manage the available human resources appropriately. Read more…
DEV KUMAR SUNUWAR
KATHMANDU, JAN. 30
Until a year ago, the Jagaruk Mahila Bikash Samuha, a 49-member group of mothers living in the old Newari settlement of Chhusika Tole, one kilometre-east of Patan Durbar Square, had to postpone their monthly meetings by a week because a majority of their active members could not attend as their family members were suffering from one kind of water-borne disease or another.
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Free Essential Health Care Services
DEV KUMAR SUNUWAR
KATHMANDU, JAN 26 –
With a view to increase people’s access to health services, the government had introduced Free Essential Health Care Services (FEHCS) nearly three years ago. But, a Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) study has revealed that 85 percent of health institutions providing free health services have been without stock of essential medicine. Read more…
DEV KUMAR SUNUWAR
KATHMANDU, JAN 28 –
The government is set to launch the National Literacy Campaign for the second time within the next two weeks. While Ministry of Education (MoE) officials pin hope on the campaign’s success, education experts remain doubtful about its effectiveness. Read more…
DEV KUMAR SUNUWAR
KATHMANDU, JAN 20 –
The government, finally on Tuesday officially declared the elimination of leprosy, once a major public health problem in the country. With this declaration, Nepal has become one of the countries to achieve this universal goal.
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DEV KUMAR SUNUWAR
KATHMANDU, JAN 10 –
The two-week-long deadlock at Bir Hospital ended on Friday after the agitating doctors reached agreements with the Ministry of Health (MoH). The patients awaiting treatment at the country’s oldest hospital heaved a sigh of relief. However, the saga of deadlock is likely to recur unless there is an end to politicisation in the health sector, say doctors. Read more…
DEV KUMAR SUNUWAR
KATHMANDU, DEC 30 –
The National Planning Commission (NPC) and the Ministry of Education (MoE) have prepared a draft umbrella act, which provides for setting up an independent body to clear confusions–mainly between the education and the health ministries–over awarding accreditation and certificate of equivalence to medical students graduating from different universities. Read more…
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