Haphazard urbanisation in Nepal has created ideal conditions for the mosquito that carries the disease
Tom Robertson
Nepal’s history shows that nature matters in dealing with epidemics but, social differences do, too
The fourth in a series about what it took for the scourge of smallpox to be finally eradicated from Nepal in 1975.
The third in a series about how epidemics in the past determined the course of Nepal’s history
Second instalment in a series tracking the chronic epidemic as it ravaged the subcontinent
Recurring epidemics shaped the course of history in the Himalaya in unexpected and important ways
