Tag: #Tuberculosis
Articles tagged with #Tuberculosis
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
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…
Tackling TB amidst a pandemic
Photo: SONIA AWALESabina Magar lost her job at a brick kiln during the Covid-19 lockdown. The 28-year-old, a single mother raising two young…
Staying safe in 2021 and beyond
The only way to prevent Covid-19 for now is for Nepalis to mask up, avoid crowds and wash hands
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…
Prevention while searching for a cure
Hand-washing and masks will help Nepal cope with infectious diseases that pre-date COVID-19
A COVID-19 third wave in the Third World?
Governments in industrialised countries must not ignore the plight of poorer nations facing the coronavirus pandemic, or the disease will not be…
When panic goes viral
Nepali students on their way to the quarantine centre in Bhaktapur after landing in Kathmandu Airport on Sunday morning. Photo: RSSThe global…
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…
“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…
Nepal tests and treats TB with a flying pharmacy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xf4OpwoblRc&feature=youtu.beProblem: Some 70% of Nepalis are carriers of the tuberculosis bacillus and many of…
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.…
TB or not TB
Bikram RaiNeglect by Nepal's rulers of the poor, the disenfranchised and marginalised has been a given throughout our history. Royal or…