Home sweet home for older Nepalis
Ten years ago, Patan’s Astaman Maharjan donated a plot of land in a prime location and Rs5 million to build an old...
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Jyoti for the elderly
Jyoti Bikash Bank this week distributed warm clothing for the elderly at the Matatirtha Old-Age Home. Assistant General Manager of the Bank...
Giving all Nepalis a shot at the Covid vaccine
State neglect, international apathy, and the climate crisis magnify vaccine inequity in Nepal
Vaccines too little, too late for Nepal?
There is breaking news every other day: the United States donates 2 million Moderna shots to Bangladesh and Pakistan. Denmark announces 250,000...
Nepal braces for new wave with vaccine drive
Even as Nepal completes the first phase of its Covid vaccine drive to inoculate frontline health workers and other high-risk groups, new hyper-spreading variants...
Nepal-Japan jobs deal still stuck
On 21 December 2020, Prakash Parajuli was waiting at the Tribhuvan International Airport to board his flight to Japan. He had secured...
With temples locked up, Nepalis improvise
For decades, Dhanamaya Singh concluded each day at Aakash Bhairab Temple in Indrachok in Kathmandu’s historic heart, to sing bhajan hymns.As an unmarried elder,...
Spared at first, elderly hit hard by Covid-19
Up until two months ago, health experts were perplexed as to why mostly younger people were dying of Covid-19 in Nepal and other South...
The long journey back to Nepal
After the COVID-19 pandemic struck in early 2020, it was not immediately apparent that the world would turn upside down like it...
Home health care during a lockdown
Even before the two-week lockdown, more and more Nepali families with elderly relatives hired nursing care at home. Several companies had started...
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