INSLAR Team Visit at the Blood Lead Level Testing Centre Established by LEADERS Nepalat Siddhi Memorial Hospital-Bhaktapur 28 April 2014 Kathmandu/Bhaktapur, Nepal Backround Society for Legal and Environmental Analysis and Development Research (LEADERS Nepal), a NGO working in the field of legal and environmental issue since 1987. LEADERS Nepal is currently working on lead in paint issue with…
Read more Colour of healthThe new standard of 90 ppm lead in paints will ultimately help eliminate leaded paint from Nepal - RAM CHARITRA SAH Jan 19, 2015-Three consecutive studies of lead in paint carried out for the first time in Nepal by a research-based non-governmental organisation, the Center…
Read more Kavre BEAR (Biogas Earthquake Assistance and Recovery) ProjectRe-building community by supporting biogas and biomass-based clean cookstove program in some earthquake affected areas of Kavre, Nepal Installation of biogas and biomass-based clean cookstoves will help lower the level of household air pollution (HAP), and incidence of several diseases associated with HAP. 4 m3…
Read more Lead level alarmingly high among childrenKATHMANDU, Nepal– Do your children always live in the house where inverter battery is placed? If so, you should place the battery far from the presence or access of the kids who are always fond of moving near the light. Now it is a high…
Read more Workshop on lead content in paintsAug 23, 2012-In an attempt to raise awareness on the lead content of imported paints and its negative impact on public health, an NGO is organising a one-day workshop in the Capital on August 29. LEADERs Nepal, an NGO working in the field of human…
Read more Kerosene raises pneumonia risk among kids, says studyKATHMANDU, APR 10 - The use of kerosene, sometimes considered a ‘modern’ and ‘clean’ household fuel for cooking purposes, is an increasing risk factor for pneumonia and other Acute Lower Respiratory Infection among children aged below five years, a new study suggests. The findings of…
Read more Kitchen smoke hazardous for women, childrenKATHMANDU, May 8: Rina Gwachha, 29, a resident of Golmadi in Bhaktapur district, has not had a sound sleep ever since she gave birth to her second daughter 10 months ago. Rina goes to bed late in the night only after putting her baby to sleep…
Read more Energy revolutionBy DHIRAJ POKHREL FEB 05 - A recent decision to install a 40MW diesel thermal plant to minimise loadshedding shows a complete lack of vision by the government. The most surprising thing about this decision is that it came just a day after the conclusion…
Read more Govt yet to ban paints laced with leadPRATIBHA RAWAL Kathmandu, March 20: Two years ago, Indrajeet Mandan, 49, who worked as a painter, suddenly passed out while painting the walls of a house at Bouddha, Kathmandu. His friends immediately rushed him to the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH). The doctors at the hospital…
Read more More people take to morning walk to beat heart ailmentsBy PRATIBHA RAWAL KATHMANDU, March 27:Four years ago, Parbati Prajapati, 44, a resident of Kalopul in Kathmandu, felt pain in her chest. She went to a nearby clinic for check-up and the report showed a very high level of cholesterol in her blood. Already a…
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