USAID funding freeze: Ministry terminates jobs of 36 staff nurses in federal, provincial hospitals

Health experts warn that achievements made in Nepal’s health sector with years of investment could unravel as a key donor agency pulls the plug.

As many as 36 staff nurses serving in 18 federal and provincial hospitals across the country lost their jobs in three months, as funds from the USAID, which was used to hire those health workers, were suspended abruptly and indefinitely in January-end.