maternal-mortality-rate

Nepal lagging in safe motherhood

Faced with USAID cuts, maternal health needs systemic change to meet United Nations targets

Saving more mothers and babies

How Nepal can revive stalled progress in improving maternal and child health

Why has progress in saving women’s lives stalled?

The rapid decline in maternal mortality rate has plateaued off in Nepal and rest of the world

Marty Logan

Born by the roadside in Nepal

Nothing could be more symbolic of the misplaced priorities of all three tiers of government in Nepal than the sight of women...

Miracle drug to reduce maternal deaths

Tranexamic acid (TXA) is a game-changer drug in the treatment of post-partum haemorrhage (PPH), the main cause of death in women immediately...

When panic goes viral

The global public health crisis caused by the 2019 novel coronavirus has  hospitalised tens of thousands and killed hundreds of people, wrecked...

Sonia Awale

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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