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Articles tagged with #health care
When denial goes viral
What lessons we have not learnt five years after Covid-19 turned the world, and Nepal, upside down.
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Nepalis are living longer, women have longer lives than men and the population is ageing
Periphery within the periphery in Nepal
Deputy chair of Chaurpati Rural Municipality in Achham district Maya Kunwar has been working to reduce domestic violence, alcoholism and to…
Healthcare moving from hospitals to homes
Photo: SONIA AWALEThe spread of telemedicine is one of the most remarkable spillover effects of the Covid-19 pandemic worldwide, and could also…
Paul Farmer on my mind
Paul Farmer visiting Bayalpata Hospital in Achham run by Nyaya Health Nepal on its third anniversary in 2012. Photo: DEEPAK BISTA/NHNWhen we…
Once Nepal gets vaccines, they need to be fairly distributed
All photos: AMIT MACHAMASIGlobal inequities in the distribution of the Covid-19 vaccine have revealed themselves during the past six months.…
Hunger strike on 13th day
Photo: BIKRAM RAIThe power struggle within the ruling NCP has overshadowed the country’s COVID-19 emergency. The government has no time to…
Protecting those who protect us from the epidemic
As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps the globe, hospitals have been overwhelmed. Nepal is ahead of the curve, but if the case load is to rise steeply…
What is novel about the novel coronavirus?
Everything you want to know about COVID-19 and the threat it poses to Nepal
This is a test
A quarantine zone at Nepal Army's headquarters in Tundikhel. Photo: BIKRAM RAIBy now the novel coronavirus pandemic has affected every corner of…
No conceivable reason for unwanted pregnancies
Lack of access to and awareness of family planning, the prevalence of unhealthy superstitions and taboos, and the desire to produce a son…
Miracle drug to reduce maternal deaths
Tranexamic acid (TXA) is a game-changer drug in the treatment of post-partum haemorrhage (PPH), the main cause of death in women immediately…
Federalism leaves Nepal’s medical sector ailing
https://youtu.be/FmieAvLuWBoFederalism was supposed to bring the government closer to the people, decentralise medical care and improve public…
Is free health care possible in Nepal?
Around the world, in rich countries and poor, financing healthcare is one of the biggest challenges. In poor countries, it becomes a…
Cold comfort
In her recent article in this paper ‘Gurkha Grandparents’ (#944) Sikuma Rai movingly describes the plight of many elderly Nepalis now living in…
Manisha Koirala’s new life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4g5rSiWEhMShe was just 19 when she starred in her first movie in Bollywood. As a fresh face from the mountains…