Israel evacuated 26 newborns from Nepal but left behind about 100 pregnant women — surrogates, carrying the babies for Israeli parents. Renee Montagne talks to Debra Kamin, a journalist in Tel Aviv.

Hundreds of pregnant women in Nepal are at risk of dying from hepatitis E, as the onset of the monsoon season could trigger an outbreak of the virus in the earthquake-hit country, experts warned.

A few weeks ago, a 26-year-old working class mother was rushed to the Thapathali-based Paropakar Maternity and Women's ...

Iron and folic acid supply to state-run health facilities will not resume before December, as the process of procuring the ...

In Nepal, at least three mothers die every day while giving birth. ... In 2018, the government launched a programme to assign army helicopters to rescue pregnant women as a priority.

In another study that investigated the effects of heat on women in 14 low- and middle-income countries including Ethiopia, Nigeria, Nepal, and South Africa, researchers noted greater odds of ...

Newcastle Professor Roger Smith started a Nepal program that now uses military helicopters to save the lives of pregnant women in childbirth emergencies.

In Nepal, at least three mothers die every day while giving birth. The Himalayan nation has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world. The far west of the country is one of the worst ...