Tag: #TB
Articles tagged with #TB

Ending TB is possible, and cost-effective
But not unless Nepal is serious about treating latent and active cases in tandem

Pandemic eclipses Nepal's TB epidemic
Tuberculosis kills many more Nepalis than Covid-19, but prevention, early diagnosis and treatment will save lives

Nepal anti-TB drone project awarded
Photos: BNMTDrone therapy for tuberculosis diagnosis in Nepal’s remote and hard to reach mountains has won at the 2020 International Air Cargo…

Nepal anti-TB drone project awarded
Photos: BNMTDrone therapy for tuberculosis diagnosis in Nepal’s remote and hard to reach mountains has won at the 2020 International Air Cargo…

TB patients in limbo due to COVID-19
Photo: NEPALI TIMES ARCHIVECOVID-19 has made headlines every day over the past two months, but tuberculosis (TB) patients across South Asia have…

POOR HEALTH MAKES NEPALIS POORER
Photo : BIKRAM RAIThere used to be a time when the main public health threat in Nepal was from infectious diseases like malaria, encephalitis,…

“Nepal is a microcosm of all of the changes in world health”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYrj1Et-9PkSir Jeremy Farrar is a British medical doctor and researcher with 30 years of experience in tropical…

Nepal TB cases grossly underestimated
Paul Nunn and Bhim Singh ThakuriPic: NT ARCHIVETuberculosis remains a major public health problem in Nepal, with over 32,000 notified cases and…

For Nepal, a game-changer in TB control
TB OR NOT TB: Birat Nepal Medical Trust team in Hetauda on Wednesdady used the Holi festival to raise awareness about tuberculosis in Nepal.…

Polio hunt
Photo: UNICEFPolio eradication is one of the most ambitious public health initiatives undertaken in human history. Launched in 1988 by the World…
