Community-wide behavior change and clean fuel interventions in some homes to maximize cleaner cooking and to achieve modest indoor and outdoor air quality in Panchkhal and Mandandeupur municipalities, Nepal In Nepal, traditional energy sources such as wood, dung, and plant residues supply most of the household energy requirement. Studies conducted to find the household air […]
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at 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 the support from QSP/UNEP. The major task of this project […]
read moreEvaluation of the impact of major disaster (earthquake and aftershocks) on air pollution and children’s health in Nepal
The earthquake of April 25, 2015 and series of aftershocks have caused multiple damages in the Kathmandu valley, and in several districts including Kavre district, a PEER health study project site in Nepal. According to the Nepal government, earthquake has killed at least 8,700 people, displaced about 8 million people, and damaged 756,000 houses and […]
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From January 2015, LEADERS Nepal is conducting an observational (cohort) study, “investigation of the effectiveness of biogas in reducing ARI in ≤5 year’s old children” in 6 Village Development Committees (VDC) of Kavre district of Nepal. Funded by the PEER Health program (http://sites.nationalacademies.org), the main objectives of Nepal PEER health study are i) to assess […]
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Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) is the leading cause of childhood morbidity and mortality in Nepal. The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) has recognized ARI as one of the major public health problems. It has given due importance to improve medical case management strategies to lower the incidence of ARI. In spite of such strategies, […]
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The 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 for Public Health and Environmental Development (Cephed), from 2010 to […]
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Re-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 Biogas cookstove Biomass-based CleanCook Appeal An appeal to colleagues around […]
read moreLead level alarmingly high among children
KATHMANDU, 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 time for the parents to be aware of their kids […]
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Workshop on lead content in paints
Aug 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 rights, public health and livelihood issues since 1987, is organising […]
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