Medicine on the move
The Asia-Pacific Travel Health Conference in Kathmandu to discuss disease dynamics in an interconnected world
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Pandemic eclipses Nepal's TB epidemic
Tuberculosis kills many more Nepalis than Covid-19, but prevention, early diagnosis and treatment will save lives
From pandemic to epidemic to endemic
While many countries lift mask mandates and coronavirus restrictions, Hong Kong and China are reeling from an Omicrons surge. Britain, the US...
Think nationally, vote locally
When the second wave hit Nepal in May 2021, city hospitals ran out of ICU beds and oxygen, and politicians in Kathmandu appeared helpless,...
Omnipresent Omicron starts to lose its edge
As elsewhere in the world, the Omicron-led third wave in Nepal is starting to peak, but experts say the pandemic is far from over. The...
Covid undermines Nepal's mother-child gains
Despite periods of political and economic instability, Nepal achieved dramatic progress in maternal and child health in the early 2000s becoming an...
3rd Covid wave infects Nepal’s frontliners
During the devastating second wave last year, hundreds of people were dying every day. Hospitals had run out of ICU beds and oxygen...
Omicron is coming to Nepal, be prepared
“Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.”
Breathing can kill you
It is that time of the year again when smog makes Kathmandu’s air hazardous to health. Hospitals are swamped not with Covid, but COPD...
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...
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