Indonesian women with HIV face persistent, layered discrimination
Stigma against people with HIV puts the lives of women who contract the virus in jeopardy, as discrimination may block them from opportunities for better lives and proper health…
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Hypertension and diabetes driving eye crisis in Kathmandu Valley
Over 69 percent of people above 40 have hypertension, and 47.2 percent have diabetes, a Tilganga study shows.
Silent caregivers: Bhutanese medical escorts in India’s Kolkata
Every month, dozens of Bhutanese escorts arrive at the city's hospitals, struggling with language barriers, navigating bureaucracies, and translating medical jargon into words…
Glory inside, garbage outside: Public health crisis brews ahead of Pakistan’s National Games
The Games are set to kick off on Dec 6, with athletes from all around the country travelling to the metropolitan to participate in the event.
Nepali children’s awareness of sexual abuse ‘rarely translates into practical knowledge’, study says
Many children who survive abuse are forced to cope with trauma on their own.
‘This year, we hope to have zero deaths’: India’s south makes giving birth safer
The state of Tamil Nadu has steadily shrunk maternal mortality in the past decade, now recording 35 deaths per 100,000 live births. This is the second-best performance in India…
HIV killed 559 Nepalis and infected 614 last year
Infections and mortality have fallen, but funding cuts threaten years of progress against the disease, say experts.
Brazil approves world’s first single-dose dengue vaccine
Currently, the only dengue vaccine available worldwide is TAK-003, which requires two doses administered three months apart, according to the World Health Organisation.
Essential medicines are free, but most Nepali patients in need are without them
Most patients suffering from non-communicable disease fear that they need to take medicines lifelong and may not afford to buy them.
Early winter chill in Nepal fuels surge in respiratory illnesses
Hospitals in Kathmandu — including Bir Hospital and TU Teaching Hospital — are overwhelmed as colder weather and rising air pollution drive up asthma, pneumonia, COPD and…