INSLAR Team Visit at the Blood Lead Level Testing Centre Established by LEADERS Nepal

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 […]

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Colour of health

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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Kavre BEAR (Biogas Earthquake Assistance and Recovery) Project

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 […]

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Lead 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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Kerosene raises pneumonia risk among kids, says study

KATHMANDU, 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 a research titled ‘Acute Lower Respiratory Infection in Childhood and […]

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Kitchen smoke hazardous for women, children

KATHMANDU, 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 and has to get up early as her baby girl […]

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Energy revolution

By 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 of a renewable energy expo and during renewable energy week. […]

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Govt yet to ban paints laced with lead

PRATIBHA 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 suggested to Indrajeet to take some rest from his painting […]

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More people take to morning walk to beat heart ailments

By 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 patient of uric acid, she saw the alarming rise in […]

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