Nepal has directed all municipalities and rural municipalities to submit FY 2082/83 progress reports for agriculture and livestock programmes implemented through conditional fiscal transfers.
Nepal’s Health and Food Hygiene Ministry has approved a new procedure requiring open competition, scored evaluation, conflict-of-interest safeguards and performance agreements for appointments to key public health bodies.
Nepal’s Health Ministry has directed government, private medical college and community hospitals to compulsorily use the Free Health Portal, update free-treatment data in real time and publicly display available free beds and complaint-access information.
Nepal’s FY 2083/84 Health Budget Red Book allocates about Rs 96.38 billion under the Ministry of Health and Food Safety, with 58.02% managed federally, 5.84% through provinces and 36.14% through local governments.
Nepal’s Health and Food Hygiene Ministry has published a draft bill proposing amendments to laws governing six major health science institutions and invited public comments by Asar 8, 2083.
Nepal’s Health Ministry has shortlisted seven applicants for the chairperson position at B.P. Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital and asked them to submit a 3,000-word vision paper before the next stage of selection.
Nepal has approved a new procedure requiring hospitals to reserve at least 10% of their approved beds for free treatment of targeted poor, helpless and destitute citizens, with services recorded and monitored through the government’s Free Health Portal.