LETTERS Bird flumenaceThe government has not been attentive to the looming bird flu threat which has assumed pandemic proportions in the neighbouring Indian state of West Bengal. If it enters the country, there is a great risk of its rapid spread among the... 29 Jan, 2008
LETTERS Irresponsible remarksIt was highly irresponsible of the home minister to say that the CA polls will take place even amid gunfire and bombing. People cannot risk their lives for the sake of an election that might in the end have little legitimacy if the... 28 Jan, 2008
Looming threat An imminent threat of the outbreak of bird flu looms large in Nepal, following the confirmation by the authorities in the northern Indian state of West Bengal on Wednesday that it had witnessed the worst ever outbreak of H5N1 strain of avian flu over a... 24 Jan, 2008
‘Talking dirty’ can save lives Although 2.6 billion people in the world — two-thirds of whom are in southern or eastern Asia — are living without access to basic sanitation, the issue has been a poor cousin to water supply in terms of visibility and financing. However, efforts... 06 Dec, 2007
TOPICS: Nutrition can help fight AIDS The world observes World AIDS Day on December 1. But what has gone missing is there is a link between food and health and how enough food supply can resist maladies. Consider this: For obese people the idea of going to the doctor and being told to eat... 04 Dec, 2007
IN BRIEF AP scribe honouredKATHMANDU: Raj Kumar Dikpal, reporter of the Annapurna Post, was felicitated on Wednesday for his contribution in combating HIV/AIDS through reporting on the pandemic. At a function, National Association of People Living with HIV/AIDS... Horoscopes 29 Nov, 2007
Minister promises efforts to combat AIDS Kathmandu, November 24:Minister for Health and Population Giriraj Mani Pokharel said today the government will work with grassroots-level organisations for the effective implementation of programmes aimed at combating HIV/AIDS.Speaking at a press meet... Travel 24 Nov, 2007
Hope sets tone for AIDS congress The 8th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP) opened here in Colombo with a strong message of hope, anchored on the fact that the world’s most populous region still has relatively low prevalence rates of HIV despite problems... 20 Aug, 2007
TOPICS: Act now to stop drug-resistant TB One hundred twenty-five years ago, a virtually unknown German country doctor called Robert Koch stood before the Physiological Society of Berlin and announced that he had discovered the cause of tuberculosis. This was probably the most astonishing and... 30 Apr, 2007
Access to ARV still low: Report Kathmandu, April 17:A report released today said only 11 per cent of the HIV-Positive pregnant mothers in the middle and low income countries receive anti-retroviral drugs, which help them prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV.The report... Travel 18 Apr, 2007
10 per cent of PCs are under criminal threat Massachussets, April 8:Is your personal computer (PC) a member of an international crime syndicate? Before you laugh, consider this: computer security experts believe that atleast 10 per cent of home PCs have been recruited into robot networks, or... 08 Apr, 2007
Call to fight AIDS, violence against women jointly Kathmandu, March 9:Highlighting the need to tackle Violence Against Women (VAW) and HIV/AIDS jointly, the 97th International Women’s Day organising committee, Asia Pacific Alliance for Combating HIV/AIDS Nepal and the National Coalition against... Horoscopes 10 Mar, 2007
