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Nepali nurses gone and going to the UK

Three nurses speak about higher pay, greater appreciation and learning opportunities in Britain

Nepal’s nurse flight

If nurse salaries and work conditions do not improve, we will have to ask why nurses stay, rather than why they leave.

Renewed call on UK to rush vaccines to Nepal

British actor Michael Palin and Amnesty International on Wednesday called on the UK government to redistribute surplus Covid-19 vaccines to those most...

Vaccines, variants and a third wave

For the first time in weeks, Nepal recorded more than 3,000 new cases on 20 July. There were 25 deaths. The country...

Sonia Awale

Global solidarity needs intensive care in pandemic battle

The world is at a tipping point in the battle to contain the spread of Covid-19. Countries across Asia are struggling to access...

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...

Sonia Awale

Vacillating on vaccines

The flood of social media posts of donated medical supplies being unloaded at Kathmandu airport every day, gives the impression that the...

It’s an Emergency

1. Oxygen To save lives, Nepal’s most urgent need now is oxygen. Not just cylinders, but oxygen generators, concentrators and liquid oxygen....

Sonia Awale

International help for Nepal picks up

Nepal’s Covid-19 crisis has figured in a US Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in Washington on Wednesday, where members heard USAID officials,...

International help for Nepal picks up

Nepal’s Covid-19 crisis has figured in a US Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in Washington on Wednesday, where members heard USAID officials,...