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 ...

Expectant mothers in Nepal are trekking for days in rough conditions to glimpse their unborn children at Australian-run ultrasound clinics. Humanitarian organisation Australians for Women's Health ...

Huge numbers of pregnant women and new mothers are taking their own lives in Nepal as they deal with extreme poverty, natural disasters, domestic violence and oppression. Research shows suicide ...

Among pregnant and postnatal women in Nepal, mental health issues are more severe today than ever.

In the 1990s, three in four pregnant women in Nepal were anaemic. To address the growing burden of anaemia and resulting health consequences, the government had initiated an iron and folic acid ...

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.

National and regional levels of abortion complications and unintended pregnancy were also estimated. RESULTS: In 2014, women in Nepal had 323,100 abortions, of which 137,000 were legal, and 63,200 ...