KATHMANDU, March 14: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Health and Population, Upendra Yadav, has said Nepal's health sector has been significantly affected by the consequences of climate change.

CHITWAN, Dec 11: Minister for Health and Population, Mohan Bahadur Basnet, has said that education up to Grade 12 will be made free of cost.

DHULIKHEL, Dec 9: Minister for Health and Population Mohan Bahadur Basnet has said that at least 92,000 personnel are required to provide health services to the citizens in an easy and efficient manner.

KATHMANDU, Nov 4: Minister for Health and Population, Mohan Bahadur Basnet, has said the government will provide free treatment to those injured in the earthquake that took its toll on Jajarkot and Rukum Paschim districts Late Friday night.

KATHMANDU, Aug 12: Minister for Health and Population, Mohan Bahadur Basnet, has said the citizens could feel reforms in the health sector within the next six months.

KATHMANDU, July 20: Minister for Health and Population Mohan Bahadur Basnet has pledged to make the health services accessible and of quality with the adoption of various methods and technology.

KATHMANDU, July 11: Minister for Health and Population Mohan Bahadur Basnet has said that declining population growth rate and fertility rate could be a risk factor for development in the long run though it is a positive indicator for the immediate effect.

PATAN, June 5: Minister for Health and Population, Mohan Bahadur Basnet, has said plastic products have started appearing as an enemy of the entire human civilisation.

KATHMANDU, May 26: Minister for Health and Population Mohan Bahadur Basnet has returned home after attending the Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland. He returned home on Friday morning.

KATHMANDU, May 20: Minister for Health and Population Mohan Bahadur Basnet has left early today for Geneva, Switzerland to attend the 76th World Health Assembly, the decision-making body the World Health Organization (WHO).

KATHMANDU, May 19: Minister for Health and Population, Mohan Bahadur Basnet, has directed hospitals to compulsorily update information about the number of available beds on their official websites.

KATHMANDU, Feb 4: Minister for Health and Population, Padam Giri, has pledged maximum reforms and transformations in the health sector.

KATHMANDU, Jan 30: Minister for Health and Population Padam Giri has warned that strict action will be taken against health institutions including private sector hospitals that do not pay minimum wages to nurses.

KATHMANDU, Jan 24: Minister for Health and Population Padam Giri has assured that measles spread in Banke district will be brought under control soon.

NEPALGUNJ, Jan 22: Minister for Health and Population, Padam Giri has carried out a field inspection in Banke district to take stock of the situation of measles there. He reached the basic health center in Nepalgunj Sub Metropolitan City-5 and inquired about patients, and pledged that the government would do its best in controlling the disease.

KATHMANDU, September 14: Prem Suwal, a Member of Parliament of Nepal Workers and Peasants Party, has said that Minister for Health and Population, Bhawani Prasad Khapung has failed to control the spread of dengue.

KATHMANDU, Oct 28: Minister for Health and Population, Birodh Khatiwada has said that preparations are underway to bring in vaccines against COVID-19 for children under 12 years of age.

KATHMANDU, April 5: Making mockery of his commitment to 'zero tolerance against corruption and leading the country toward prosperity', Prime Minister KP Oli's key confidants in the cabinet have landed into serious controversies of financial irregularities one after another.