Malnutrition among children is widespread, hygienic conditions are appalling and public knowledge on health and sanitation are virtually non-existent. This background of poor health conditions, inadequate health infrastructure, ineffective health policy and poor budgetary allocation and its utilisation is costing the Nepalese a very high mortality rate.  

Medical treatment is very expensive and whatever facility available is far and impractical. Moreover the superstitious beliefs of the people and their abject proverty and ignorance about modern medicine forces people to depend upon the local witch doctors. This makes even harmless diseases lethal.  
 

The health condition in Kathmandu is also in a potential disaster situation due to the continuous migration of people from other parts of the country, a century old and inadequate water supply system, open sewage in many parts of the city, high air pollution and rampant dumping of the sewage & chemicals unto the rivers.

Though there has been an increase in private clinics; ordinary Nepalese cannot afford them. Unfortunately, the Nepalese government has not been able to provide affordable health facilities for the majority poor. Initiatives like the CFC has an important role to play in such a situation.