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From scarce vaccines, to storage shortage in Nepal

Till a few months ago, Nepal was struggling with a critical shortage of vaccine doses, and the situation was so dire that the...

Donated ventilators gather dust in Nepal

When the second wave of the Delta variant ravaged Nepal in April-May this year, hospitals ran out of oxygen and ICU beds. The international community...

At the Covid-19 frontlines in rural Nepal

Nepal’s rural health system, already underfunded, understaffed and overstretched, is struggling with the enormous added burden of the Covid-19 pandemic.  Having barely...

At the Covid-19 frontlines in rural Nepal

Nepal’s rural health system, already underfunded, understaffed and overstretched, is struggling with the enormous added burden of the Covid-19 pandemic.  Having barely...

Nepal designates more hospitals for Covid-19 treatment

Amidst a dramatic surge in Covid-19 infections in Nepal, Prime Minister K P Oli has announced that all big government and private...

Nepal designates more hospitals for Covid-19 treatment

Amidst a dramatic surge in Covid-19 infections in Nepal, Prime Minister K P Oli has announced that all big government and private...

Kathmandu locks down again

https://youtu.be/Fcpz1Dj-ZFcThere is a feeling of déjà vu in Nepal as the country goes into a Covid-19 lockdown all over again one year later. The only difference...

Unique hospital handover in Dolakha

In one of the few arrangements of its kind in Nepal, a public-private partnership initiative has handed over to the local government...

Nepal health workers battle Covid-19, but also stigma

Nepal reported the first death of a medical worker from Covid-19 last week, a 35-year-old health assistant in Mahottari district. Across the...

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Nepal’s frontline workers brave it out

Until the COVID-19 crisis hit Nepal, the phrase ‘frontline health worker’ mainly referred to the 55,000 Female Community Health Volunteers (FCHVs) who form the...

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