June 25, 2011, Morang Nepal. Sukuna Community Hospital and Beletar Dairy Centre jointly organized a free health camp especially for women at Beletar, Indrapur Morang today. DPHO Nawaraj Subba inaugurated by dispensing medicine to a woman in the one-day free health camp.
Jan 19, 2010 (Kathmandu). Nepal has announced as elimination of Leprosy at national level not at district level. Government of Nepal declared Nepal as Leprosy eliminated country. Ministry of Health and Population officially announced this in an official program in Kathmandu. Elimination of Leprosy is called when there is prevalence rate less than 1 per 10,000 population. But Terai districts have not achieved the goal of elimination since Terai districts are having more than 2 per 10,000 and they are leprosy hyperendemic districs.
6/2/2010. Biratnagar, Nepal. The core group members comprising of ambassadors from different countries visited Pathari Sub Health Post of Morang, Nepal. H.E. Mr. Scott DeLisi, Ambassador of the United States of America to Nepal,
Government of Nepal has declared first bird flue case detected in Jhapa on 16th of January. Lab investigation of specimen collected from dead chickens in Mechinagar-10 Jhapa has found H5N1 virus. Following the laboratory report government has set emergency area covering 3 KM radius of house of Ramesh Karki Mechinagar 10. Culling of chickens or birds has began from 18th of January in the area. Culling process was delayed due to resistance of farmers since compensation announced by the government is very low.
22 January 2009, Jhapa Nepal, More than 27000 chickens, ducks and pigeons have been killed and culled by Rapid Response Team in Kakarvitta Jhapa Nepal.
Surveillance of human bird flue has been started in the affected area. Households will be visited for suspected Influenza Like Illness (ILI) cases. Surveillance team has found a ILI case Gita Thapa from Dhulabari and kept under isolation and treatment in Mechi Zonal Hospital. Now her condition is normal.
September 21, 2011, Biratnagar. Minister of Health and Population visited Rangeli Hospital today. Management Committee members and residents reported the poor situation of the hospital to be improved by providing doctors and enough medicine.
Jhapa Nepal, 29 Jan 2009, Following the outbreak of bird flue in birds in Kakarvitta Jhapa, active surveillance of avian influenza is being done in the area by District Public Health Office. No suspected avian influenza case has been found during active surveillance of more than 100 households so far.
