Since the Interim Constitution of Nepal 2063 has acknowledged health care, reproductive rights, women’s rights, safe environment right as the basic human rights, the government is constantly making efforts to improve the health services quantitatively and qualitatively. In spite of economic backwardness, difficult geography and a decade of violent conflict, there has been a tremendous improvement in the health sector of Nepal. However, with demographic and epidemiological transition that the country is going through, there lie a lot of challenges ahead in the field of Public Health. This implies there is still a long way to go for the government for the achievement of the promised status of Public Health in Nepal.
Nepal is now a low middle income country with per capita income of US $1085. In the absence of a supreme sovereign body, there is limited government initiation in the areas of public health. The recent annual budget of Nepal has allocated 90.69 Arab for the health sector which still overshadows the sector of Public Health since curative health services are at high priority than preventive, protective and controlling health services.
To know more about Nepal Health Status, find the latest Annual Health Report below:
