On 28 May 2020, Finance Minister Dr Yubaraj Khatiwada announced a total national budget of NRs1.47 trillion (US$12.1 billion) for the fiscal year 2020/21. This budget is less than the ongoing fiscal year’s (2019/20) budget which was NRs 1.53 trillion (US$13.6 billion).
Read more: Health sector budget of Nepal for fiscal year 2020/21 (2077/78)
The International Day of the Nurse and the 200th anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale is a day to highlight the importance of nurses in the healthcare continuum and thank nurses for what they do. The theme for 2020 is” Nursing the World to Health”.
A truly global event taking place every year on 4 February, World Cancer Day unites the world’s population in the fight against cancer.
The current outbreak of coronavirus disease, also known as COVID-19 was first reported from China (Wuhan) on December 31, 2019. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared COVID-19 as a pandemic due to “the alarming levels of spread and severity, and by the alarming levels of inaction.”
Read more: Current Scenario and Recent Development of COVID-19 in Nepal
Although key health personnel were available, Emergency Obstetric Care (EmOC) services at the health facilities assessed in rural Nepal were below the minimum coverage level recommended by the World Health Organisation, a recently published study on Maternal and Child Health Journal found.
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