Nepal clamped its first Covid lockdown on 24 March 2020, and five years later many have forgotten what it was like
Air pollution is reducing the lifespan of Nepalis, and we know how to clean it up
Health for All demands not just commitment but action from every person, everywhere
VECTOR FOR VIRUS: Stagnant pools of water, an ideal breeding site for the dengue mosquito, outside the Sukraraj Tropical & Infectious Diseases…
Early detection, treatment, rehabilitation and efforts to eliminate discrimination must continue even as Covid-19 threatens to undo past gains against leprosy
Frontline workers waiting for their booster dose at a hospital in Kathmandu last week. Photos: AMIT MACHAMASIAs elsewhere in the world, the…
“Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.”
Vehicles are one of the biggest emitters of PM2.5 and other pollutants in Kathmandu. Photos: AMIT MACHAMASIIt is that time of the year again…
The 4.1 million doses of Moderna and J&J vaccines sent by Germany via COVAX facility arrived in Kathmandu this week. Photo: UNICEFTill a few…
The first 100 days of Sher Bahadur Deuba as fifth-time prime minister is not a huge disappointment to Nepalis -- most did not expect much from…
We must not go for third doses when so much of the world has not even got its first Covid-19 vaccine shot
Kathmandu Valley's only landfill site Sisdole has reached its maximum capacity. All photos: AMIT MACHAMASINepal’s capital stank for more than a…
Nearly two years after the global Covid-19 pandemic began, there has been a revival of traditional Ayurveda medicines that boost the human…
Oxygen To save lives, Nepal’s most urgent need now is oxygen. Not just cylinders, but oxygen generators, concentrators and liquid oxygen. Most…
On 12 May, 15 Covid-19 patients died in Rupendehi and Nepalganj after the hospitals there ran out of oxygen supply. Another 18 patients died the…
Dedicated nurse returns to the village of her birth to run a birthing centre, and save lives during the pandemic
Social entrepreneur fulfils promise to his mother to improve maternal care in rural Nepal
It started with persistent skin allergy for 15-year-old Uma Kumari Sah. She got a checkup at a leprosy hospital in Dhanusa, and later in India.…
The UK government has contributed $5.75 million to help Nepal’s most vulnerable 160,000 families to cope with the impact of the pandemic in the…
Going by the Ministry of Health figures, Nepal’s Covid-19 pandemic has peaked, and the number of daily cases, the positivity rate and the number…
Nepal is facing a rapidly spreading Covid-19 contagion somewhat similar to the surge of HIV/AIDS during the 2000 decade, and the country’s…
Charikot Hospital in 2015 after it was upgraded from a primary health care centre by Nyaya Health Nepal. Photo: Nyaya Health Nepal. In one of…
With the pre-winter resurgence of Covid-19 around the world and in Nepal, pressure is mounting on governments to procure vaccines to protect…
