KATHMANDU, Feb 16: The Ministry of Health and Population and the World Federation of Hemophilia have signed an agreement to provide free medication to patients with hemophilia, a genetic disorder that causes blood clotting problems.
The federation and the ministry signed an agreement to this effect last Friday at the Department of Drug Administration, the health minister’s private secretariat announced Sunday.
Govt to provide free hemophilia treatment
The federation will provide the necessary medication for hemophilia treatment, and the Ministry of Health and Population will distribute these medicines through federal, regional, and other government hospitals, states the press release issued by the private secretariat.
Dr Prakash Budhathoki, spokesperson for the Ministry of Health and Population, shared that 900 hemophilia patients have been identified in the country. The World Health Organization estimates that about 5,000 hemophilia patients remain unidentified in Nepal. The 2021 national census indicated that among the 2.2 percent of the population identified with disabilities, 0.8 percent could have hemophilia.
