Tag: #public health
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Lockdown+5
Nepal clamped its first Covid lockdown on 24 March 2020, and five years later many have forgotten what it was like
Cleaner air, longer lives
Air pollution is reducing the lifespan of Nepalis, and we know how to clean it up
United by purpose, driven by action
Health for All demands not just commitment but action from every person, everywhere
Dengue days are here to stay
VECTOR FOR VIRUS: Stagnant pools of water, an ideal breeding site for the dengue mosquito, outside the Sukraraj Tropical & Infectious Diseases…
State of malaise
VECTOR FOR VIRUS: Stagnant pools of water, an ideal breeding site for the dengue mosquito, outside the Sukraraj Tropical & Infectious Diseases…
During the pandemic, don’t forget leprosy
Early detection, treatment, rehabilitation and efforts to eliminate discrimination must continue even as Covid-19 threatens to undo past gains against leprosy
Omnipresent Omicron starts to lose its edge
Frontline workers waiting for their booster dose at a hospital in Kathmandu last week. Photos: AMIT MACHAMASIAs elsewhere in the world, the…
Omicron is coming to Nepal, be prepared
“Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.”
Breathing can kill you
Vehicles are one of the biggest emitters of PM2.5 and other pollutants in Kathmandu. Photos: AMIT MACHAMASIIt is that time of the year again…
From scarce vaccines, to storage shortage in Nepal
The 4.1 million doses of Moderna and J&J vaccines sent by Germany via COVAX facility arrived in Kathmandu this week. Photo: UNICEFTill a few…
Non-government of Nepal
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALAThe first 100 days of Sher Bahadur Deuba as fifth-time prime minister is not a huge disappointment to Nepalis -- most did…
To boost or not to boost
We must not go for third doses when so much of the world has not even got its first Covid-19 vaccine shot
A load of rubbish
Kathmandu Valley's only landfill site Sisdole has reached its maximum capacity. All photos: AMIT MACHAMASINepal’s capital stank for more than a…
Medicine goes back to its roots
Photo: CREATIVE COMMONSNearly two years after the global Covid-19 pandemic began, there has been a revival of traditional Ayurveda medicines…
It’s an Emergency
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASI1. Oxygen To save lives, Nepal’s most urgent need now is oxygen. Not just cylinders, but oxygen generators, concentrators…
Helping Nepalis breathe again
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASIOn 12 May, 15 Covid-19 patients died in Rupendehi and Nepalganj after the hospitals there ran out of oxygen supply. Another…
Helping Nepalis breathe again
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASIOn 12 May, 15 Covid-19 patients died in Rupendehi and Nepalganj after the hospitals there ran out of oxygen supply. Another…
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
Nepal’s other pandemic: cancer
Uma Kumari Sah with her grandmother.It started with persistent skin allergy for 15-year-old Uma Kumari Sah. She got a checkup at a leprosy…
UK aid for Nepal’s Covid-affected
The UK government has contributed $5.75 million to help Nepal’s most vulnerable 160,000 families to cope with the impact of the pandemic in the…
UK aid for Nepal’s Covid-affected
The UK government has contributed $5.75 million to help Nepal’s most vulnerable 160,000 families to cope with the impact of the pandemic in the…
Why Nepal’s Covid-19 figures are deceptive
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALAGoing by the Ministry of Health figures, Nepal’s Covid-19 pandemic has peaked, and the number of daily cases, the…
Why Nepal’s Covid-19 figures are deceptive
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALAGoing by the Ministry of Health figures, Nepal’s Covid-19 pandemic has peaked, and the number of daily cases, the…