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…
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALAThe first 100 days of Sher Bahadur Deuba as fifth-time prime minister is not a huge disappointment to Nepalis -- most did…
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…
Photo: CREATIVE COMMONSNearly two years after the global Covid-19 pandemic began, there has been a revival of traditional Ayurveda medicines…
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASI1. Oxygen To save lives, Nepal’s most urgent need now is oxygen. Not just cylinders, but oxygen generators, concentrators…
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASIOn 12 May, 15 Covid-19 patients died in Rupendehi and Nepalganj after the hospitals there ran out of oxygen supply. Another…
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
Uma Kumari Sah with her grandmother.It started with persistent skin allergy for 15-year-old Uma Kumari Sah. She got a checkup at a leprosy…
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…
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALAGoing by the Ministry of Health figures, Nepal’s Covid-19 pandemic has peaked, and the number of daily cases, the…
