Tag: #child health
Articles tagged with #child health
Why are autism cases rising in Nepal?
A worrying increase in autism among younger Nepalis means more support for patients and caregivers
Balancing life and death in Nepal
Bhavana with her young son. Photo: RITA ALE MAGARIt was a night that Rita Ale Magar says she will never forget. Bhavana, 17, from remote Dumre…
Saving Nepali mothers on Mother’s Day
Dedicated nurse returns to the village of her birth to run a birthing centre, and save lives during the pandemic
“What can be more fulfilling than saving lives?”
Social entrepreneur fulfils promise to his mother to improve maternal care in rural Nepal
Japan to assist Nepali mothers and children
Photo: WFP NEPALThe Government of Japan is to provide assistance worth $3.47 million to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Nepal, to…
Covid-19 to reverse child survival gains
Photo: OM ASTHA RAI/NEPALI TIMES ARCHIVEThe world recorded an all-time low under-five deaths in 2019, but the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in…
Infant deaths up during Nepal lockdown
Photo: RSSA report published online in the journal The Lancet Global Health this week revealed that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused 50% fewer…
COVID-19 impact on food and school in Nepali children
A survey of Nepal’s children during the lockdown has confirmed what experts had feared – that there has been an adverse impact on education and…
Children are collateral damage in Nepal lockdown
Photo: GOPEN RAIOn Friday, it will be four months since Nepal closed the country down to prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus strain that…
EU, UNICEF support child nutrition during lockdown
A mother in Kalikot District measures arm of her child using a MUAC tape after receiving a short orientation on family MUAC NTThe European Union…
Newborn deaths and a vision for a post-pandemic Nepal
The overall trend in neo-natal deaths is positive, but the poorest families will lag behind further as inequality grows
A shot in the arm for vaccines in Nepal
Photo : UNICEFLast month, the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine published a study of the successful trial of a new typhoid vaccine…