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Archive Healthcare 2000-2003

Archive

2000-2003

current events

Polio drops administered (rn 27/12/2003), Children below five years to be administered polio drops (kp 31/12/2003)

Demand for blood up 20,000 units: Report (rn 07/12/2003)

Community health insurance scheme in 8 districts on anvil (kp 27/11/2003)

Fund for free cancer treatment to the poor (Kathmandu Post, 29/10/2003), £8,000 donation for cancer treatment fund (Himalayan Times, 30/10/2003)

New health service initiated (Kathmandu Post, 24/10/2003)

Vitamin A programme conducted successfully (Kathmandu Post, 20/10/2003)

Free eye camps a boon for many (Kathmandu Post, 20/10/2003)

Grim Projections: The State of World Population 2003 Report points out the glaring need to spend more resources to help adolescents (Spotlight, 17/10/2003)

Fighting cancer (Himalayan Times, 10/10/2003)

‘Nepal leads in the fight against TB’ (Kathmandu Post, 23/09/2003)

Health services for senior citizens to be expanded (Kathmandu Post, 18/09/2003)

65,000 undergo eye check-ups in Nepalgunj (Kathmandu Post, 07/09/2003)

Nepal to be polio-free by year-end (Kathmandu Post, 14/06/2003)

Heart Disease: Taking Control, by Akshay Sharma (Spotlight, 06/06/2003)

Women resist immunisation drive (Himalayan Times, 31/05/2003)

Thousands of heart patients’ life at risk: Crucial injection is in short supply for months, by Suvecha Pant (Kathmandu Post, 28/05/2003)

Working together to bring healthy smiles, by Lonim Prasai Dixit (Kathmandu Post, 25/05/2003)

Fight against Hepatitis B extended to more districts, by Damaru Lal Bhandari (Kathmandu Post, 20/05/2003)

Empty health centres encourage visits to shamans, by Tularam Pandey (Kathmandu Post, 10/05/2003)

Hundreds flock monastery for rare cataract surgery camp, by Suvecha Pant/Manish Gautam (Kathmandu Post, 04/05/2003)

Spinal Injury: A tragedy among so many, by Kanak Mani Dixit (Nepali Times, 18/04/2003)

Consolatory reports and intimidating reality (Space Time Today, 04/04/2003)

Spread of SARS requires timely measures (Space Time Today, 03/04/2003)

Oral Health Day observed (Himalayan Times, 30/03/2003)

Affordable medical treatment for senior citizens (Space Time Today, 29/03/2003)

Hi-tech Gamma Imaging for detection of diseases soon (Kathmandu Post, 21/03/2003)

Gloomy Healthcare, by P.Gopakumar (Rising Nepal, 16/03/2003)

Research underway to explore measures to contron kal-a-zar (Kathmandu Post, 14/03/2003)

Nepal can be regional hub for cancer treatment, by Perina Pathak (Kathmandu Post, 14/03/2003)

Dental Care, by Ajay Neupane and Surita Thapa (Rising Nepal, 12/03/2003)

Govt to ban advertisement of tobacco products soon (Space Time Today, 08/03/2003)

Improve primary health care, by Balaram Chaulagain (Space Time Today, 22/02/2003)

Focus on Duchenne MD awareness, by Perina Pathak (Kathmandu Post, 11/02/2003)

Polio drops administered to 4.1 M children (Rising Nepal, 09/02/2003)

Gloomy healthcare: New dynamism has to be ushered into social sector, by P Gopakumar (Space Time Today, 01/02/2003)

Healthcare facilities a distant dream for Dolpalis, by Suraj Dawadi (Space Time Today, 16/12/2002)

Govt to launch Hepatitis B vaccines for newborns (Kathmandu Post, 12/12/2002)
See also Nationwide hepatitis B vaccination programme announced (Space Time Today, 12/12/2002)

Prioritise Health Care Education, by Balaram Chaulagain (Rising Nepal, 25/11/2002)

Ensure uninterrupted health service in remote areas (Space Time Today, 25/11/2002)

Drive against infant mortality, by Balaram Chaulagain (Space Time Today, 30/10/2002)

Youth with blood cancer needs financial help (Kathmandu Post, 12/10/2002)

Children without doctors, by Pooja Shrestha (Midweek Post, 29/08/2002)

Lack of transport affects vaccination (Kathmandu Post, 28/07/2002)

Heart patient? Take heart, by Yuvraj Acharya (Sunday Post, 21/07/2002)

Medical examination of cervical cancer begins (Kathmandu Post, 12/07/2002)

Mental health patients need support (Kathmandu Post, 17/06/2002)

Scarcity of anti-dote felt as snake bite cases rise (Kathmandu Post, 13/06/2002)

371 trachoma patients get treatment (Rising Nepal, 04/06/2002)

Medicos seek ban on tobacco ads (Kathmandu Post, 30/05/2002)

Benighted policies, by Nitu Pandey (People's Review, 16/05/2002)

Seeing tomorrow, by Ramyata Limbu (Nepali Times, 05/04/2002)

Only 40 districts have access to eye care (Kathmandu Post, 26/03/2002)

Media campaign on trachoma launched (Kathmandu Post, 23/03/2002)

Anti-Malaria Drive (Rising Nepal, 05/03/2002)

Health Services: A Long Way To Go, by Bachchu Kailash Kaini (Rising Nepal, 27/02/2002)

New trachoma control programme launched (Kathmandu Post, 07/02/2002)

Health Services To Terror Victims (Rising Nepal, 27/01/2002)

Encephalitis immunization fails to meet target (Kathmandu Post, 24/01/2002)

National Immunisation Day: Drive Against Polio, by Balaram Chaulagain (Rising Nepal, 19/01/2002)

National Immunisation Day: Drive Against Polio Eradication, by Balaram Chaulagain (Rising Nepal, 01/12/2001), National Immunisation Campaign: Milestone In Polio Eradication, by Jhabindra Bhandari (Rising Nepal, 02/12/2001)

National eye care policy developed (Kathmandu Post, 28/11/2001)

Nepal’s visionary eye care (Nepali Times, 23/11/2001)

A case of wrong diagnosis troubles a family, by Tashi Dolma Thinley (Kathmandu Post, 01/11/2001)

Vitamin A programme kicks off in 73 districts (Kathmandu Post, 19/10/2001)
See also Health & Vitamin A (Rising Nepal, 19/10/2001), Children in 73 districts administered Vitamin A (Rising Nepal, 20/10/2001), Vitamin A Vital For Public Health, by Balaram Chaulagain (Rising Nepal, 20/10/2001)

Prevention Programs Are Vital To Controlling Cardiac Diseases (Spotlight, 12/10/2001)
Interview with Bhagwan Koirala, Director of the Shahid Ganga Lal National Heart Center

Primary Health Care: High Priority, by Jhabindra Bhandari (Rising Nepal, 12/09/2001)

Anti-Tetanus Drive (Rising Nepal, 27/08/2001)

First phase of encephalitis vaccination in Dang (Kathmandu Post, 24/08/2001)

Public healthcare worsens despite efforts (Kathmandu Post, 20/08/2001)

Govt to run anti-leprosy drive (Rising Nepal, 09/08/2001)

Health Care System In Nepal And Privatization, by Bodhraj Acharya (Rising Nepal, 20/07/2001)

Child Dental Care: Healthy Smiles (Spotlight, 13/07/2001)

A revolution at your fingertips, by Hom Lal Shrestha (Sunday Post, 29/04/2001)

Vita-A given to 3m children (Kathmandu Post, 21/04/2001)

Medical Care In Remote Areas, by Devi Prasad Prasai (Rising Nepal, 25/03/2001)

De-worming survey launched (Kathmandu Post, 23/03/2001)
See also De-worming programme lowers infection rate (Rising Nepal, 23/03/2001)

Anti-rabies Awareness (Rising Nepal, 22/03/2001)

20 pc children not immunized in hills, by Nitya Nanda Timsina (Kathmandu Post, 15/03/2001)

Endoscopic Sinus surgery : Treatment of Pinaas, by Narayan Prasad Bhetwal (Kathmandu Post, 27/02/2001)

Workshop on improved injection safety held (Kathmandu Post, 25/01/2001)

Plans to control Japanese encephalitis launched (Kathmandu Post, 22/01/2001)

Hepatitis-B control program launched (Kathmandu Post, 21/01/2001)

Anti-polio drops to be administered today (Rising Nepal, 20/01/2001)
See also National Immunisation Day: Meeting The Target of Polio Eradication, by Balaram Chaulagain (Rising Nepal, 20/01/2001) and Giving Children Their Rights, by Gokul Prasad Burlakoti (Rising Nepal, 20/01/2001) as well as 3.9 m kids get polio drops (Kathmandu Post, 21/01/2001)

Primary Health Care Hampered, by Balaram Chaulagain (Rising Nepal, 06/01/2001)

Kidney Diseases: Treatment Accessible To Few, by Sanjaya Dhakal (Spotlight, 22/12/2000)
Including interviews with RamPrasad Shrestha and Rishi Kumar Kafle

4 million children fed with polio drops (Kathmandu Post, 10/12/2000)
See also Immunization Campaign: Drops Of Health (Spotlight, 15/12/2000)

National Immunisation Day: Threatened By Use Of Live Polio Viruses, by Balaram Chaulagain (Rising Nepal, 09/12/2000)

Vision 2020: The Right To Sight, by K. P. Adhikari (Rising Nepal, 05/11/2000)

Meet reaffirms pledge to make iodine reach every home (Rising Nepal, 04/11/2000)

Controlling Diarrhoeal Diseases, by Balaram Sharma Chaulagain (Rising Nepal, 23/10/2000)

Intensive care centre for new born babies (Kathmandu Post, 12/09/2000)

Doctors, parents still unaware of SIDS in Nepal, by Binaj Gurubacharya (Kathmandu Post, 10/09/2000)

Parents unsure about 'the more the better', by Amar Pradhan (Kathmandu Post, 11/08/2000)

Combating Blindness, by Akshay Sharma (Spotlight, 04/08/2000)

Norvic sets roadmap to responsible health care (People's Review, 27/07/2000)

Norvic To Have Digital Cathlab (Sunday Despatch, 09/07/2000)

More services for heart patients, by Meena Kaini (Kathmandu Post, 08/07/2000)

Health care delivery: A bleak scenario, by Ritu Prasad Gartaulla (Prople's Review, 11/05/2000)

Controversy Continues (Spotlight, 28/04/2000)

Miracles Of Urine-Therapy, by Tek Raj Joshi (Rising Nepal, 20/04/2000)

Practitioners propagate uropathy, by Suman Subba (Kathmandu Post, 19/04/2000)

Norvic-Escorts introduces new tech. in cardiac treatment (Rising Nepal, 18/04/2000)

Safe Blood (Spotlight, 14/04/2000)

DOTS Strategy & TB Control In Nepal, by Balaram Chaulagain (Rising Nepal, 09/04/2000)

Tests Under Fire (Spotlight, 31/03/2000)

Partnership With Students To Fight TB, by V. Venkatraman & Dr. P. Kumar (Rising Nepal, 24/03/2000)

World Tuberculosis Day: United Battle Against TB Needed, by Balaram Chaulagain (Rising Nepal, 24/03/2000)

World TB day observed (Rising Nepal, 24/03/2000)

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Polio immunization in Nepal, by Ajaya Bhattarai (People's Review, 02/03/2000)

Rautes against polio vaccine, by J. Pandey & Moti Poudel (Kathmandu Post, 27/02/2000)

New vaccine for hepatitis E, by Ajaya Bhattarai (People's Review, 10/02/2000)

Cancer: a frightened disease phenomenon, anthropological problem, by Ritu Prasad Gartoulla (People's Review, 10/02/2000)

Vaccine for Jaundice under study in Kathmandu (Independent, 09/02/2000)

Cancer patients relieved by domestic treatment, by Atul Kumar Mishra (Kathmandu Post, 07/02/2000)

Care after cure, by Sakalananda Shrestha (Kathmandu Post, 1 February 2000)

Lepers still scorned (The Kathmandu Post, 19 Janary 2000)

Promoting public health, by Balaram Chaulagain (The Rising Nepal, 17 January 2000)

Polio eradication in Nepal linked to India (The Kathmandu Post, 10 January 2000)

‘Immunisation with polio drops 99% successful’ (The Rising Nepal, 8 January 2000)

Kidney care centre soon (The Kathmandu Post, 3 January 2000)

National immunisation day: striking a positive note, by Balaram Chaulagain (The Rising Nepal, 19 December 1999)

Cardiology at the dawn of the millennium (The Independent, 1 December 1999)

I thank God that He has given me the opportunity to serve people (The Independent, 1 December 1999)
Interview with Ravi R. Kasliwal

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