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By A Staff Reporter

KATHMANDU Mar. 27: Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Himani Rajya Laxmi Devi Shah inaugurated the 6th International Conference of Nepal Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (NESOG) today.

Speaking at the inaugural function of the three-day conference, Health Minister Upendra Devkota said Nepal's health sector faces a challenge which is as high as Mt. Everest. "Ninety percent of the deliveries are still carried out at home and without the assistance of trained medical attendants," he said.

He said that the NESOG was an effective organisation to improve this situation. He asked the hospitals to design a curriculum for six-month-long trainings to mid-wives and others involved in deliveries, so that they could be carried out safely and in hygienic condition.

He said the Ministry of Health was working to keep its promise of improving the country's health sector. "The ministry is really serious in this matter," he said.

Speaking at the conference, president of the society Dr. Sudha Sharma said that women who are suffering from menopause problems need not worry.

The conference, themed 'Life and Health at Menopause', focuses on women's health issues especially relating to safe motherhood, adolescence, care of women and on improving the overall health situation of women in Nepal.

On the occasion, Sharma handed over the presidentship of the NESOG to Dr Saraswati Upadhyaya.
General Secretary of the Society, Dr. Pramila Pradhan said that the society aims at improving the situation of women's health by promoting safe motherhood. She said the society runs health camps in the rural areas to provide health facilities to women.

Professor Hiroaki Soma of Japan said that the Japanese government was going to run mid-wife training in Nepal. He added that the Japanese Government was willing to help Nepal in the health sector especially to improve the health of women and children.

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