Ministry instructs agencies to prepare the health budget within previous ceiling
In the current fiscal year, 35 percent of national health budget was slashed. This hampered several healthcare programmes including maternal health, child health, family planning, and nutrition.
In the current fiscal year, 35 percent of national health budget was slashed. This hampered several healthcare programmes including maternal health, child health, family planning, and nutrition.
KATHMANDU: The government has increased the budget of the Ministry of Health and Population by 14 billion rupees. Presenting the budget for the Financial Year 2023/24, Finance Minister Dr. Prakash Sharan Mahat said that 83.99 billion has been allocated to the Ministry of Health and Population. In the running fiscal year, the government had allocated […]
his year’s health budget kept the contribution to health insurance of the previous year’s allocation of Rs7.5 billion. However, the plan to hand over the institutional management of health insurance programs to the private sector through the Ministry of Finance defeats the fundamental goal of the health security. This is not entirely surprising, of course, […]
विगतमा नेपालमा स्वास्थ्यकर्मीहरूले एकजुट भएर काम गरेकाले यहाँको मातृ मृत्युदर, बाल मृत्युदर र शिशु मृत्युदर केही घटेका छन् । योबाहेक यहाँको पौष्टिक आहारमा केही सुधार भई पोलियो उन्मूलन, क्षयरोग, दादुरालगायतका केही संक्रामक रोगहरूको न्यूनीकरण तथा रोकथाममा पनि केही प्रगति भएको छ । यसलाई निःसन्देह पनि स्वास्थ्य क्षेत्रमा प्राप्त उपलब्धि मान्नुपर्छ ।विगत एक वर्षदेखि कोभिड–१९ को […]
Plans to set up enough oxygen plants, ICU beds and to procure equipment remained only on paper. Less than 4 percent of Covid-19 capital budget has been spent.
Plans to set up enough oxygen plants, ICU beds and to procure equipment remained only on paper. Less than 4 percent of Covid-19 capital budget has been spent.
