Investigation of the effectiveness of national clean cookstoves program in Nepal in reducing Acute Respiratory Tract Infection in ≤ 5children

Acute respiratory infections (ARI), which include: acute upper respiratory tract infection (AURI) and acute lower respiratory tract infection (ALRI—including bronchitis, pneumonia and bronchopneumonia) are the major causes of morbidity and mortality among ≤5 children in developing countries.In Nepal, the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) have recognized ARI including ALRI as one of the major […]

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Eco-club Network

LEADERS Nepal was instrumental in developing an eco-club network in the University and colleges. Along with Green Chain (Kathmandu University Environmental Club) and St. Xavier’s Environmental club, LEADERS Nepal conducted several environmental education camps, where students measured air and water quality using simple tools. The program of Eco-club network has also been extended to cities […]

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Political Vigilance for Democratic Awareness Campaign (2008-2012)

This project was launched in four districts: Jhapa, Morang, Sunsari, Saptari and Udayapur of Nepal. The main objectives of this project were: a) to make people aware about the complicated voting mechanism of the Constitutional Assembly election and impart education on what citizens need to know in order to exercise their right to vote. Other […]

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Lead-based paint

Recently, a study conducted by LEADERS Nepal on lead levels in commercially available paints in Nepal, has found an average concentration of 23683 parts per million (ppm) of lead in 74 paint samples (distemper, emulsion, enamel, varnish and touch wood paints). This concentration is 263 times higher than the mandated allowable lead concentration in paint […]

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Netherlands Fellowship [2001- 2009]

LEADERS Nepal has received several fellowships from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands, to study issue of energy environmental, project management and new and renewal energy in Europe.

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Arsenic testing and mitigation effort [2000- 2008]

Many shallow tube wells in Jhapa, Sunsari, Morang, Rutahat, Nawalparasi, Bara, Parsa and Bardiya districts contain arsenic between 40 and 3500 ppb. [1] These values are 4 to 350 times higher than the WHO suggested guideline values of 10 ppb. Considering this problem, since year 2002, LEADERS Nepal initiated blanket arsenic testing in Nepal with […]

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