One in three Bhutanese overweight, finds study
The increasing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) on health facilities demands greater multi-sectoral actions for the implementation of NCD prevention activities. NCDs are a major public
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RICBL likely to cough up Nu 15-20M compensation
This tentative estimate was arrived at by the preliminary damage assessment report Windstrom: The December 15 windstorm is likely to cost the Royal Insurance Corporation of Bhutan (RICB) Nu 15 to 20M,
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Environmental audit guideline soon to be launched
It will provide the authority, a platform to deal with the govt. and implementing agencies RAA: Despite designating protected areas like national parks and sanctuaries to protect vital ecologies, the
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Counting the cost of the windstorm
With 92 houses suffering damage from the December 15 windstorm, Dogar gewog in Paro was the worst affected gewog. All 92 houses had their roofs blown away by the storm. Villagers were assessing the damage
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Windstorm hits 11 dzongkhags
One of the many houses left roofless by yesterday’s windstorm in Haa Disaster: The windstorm, which swept across many parts of the country yesterday, left behind a trail of damages by the time it subsided.
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Bhutan commits to strengthen One Health approach
The health and agriculture ministers assured commitment to strengthen ‘one health’ approach in Bhutan and in the region at the South Asia regional ‘one health’ symposium that ended yesterday in Paro.
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Tobacco Act returns for amendment again
NC: Almost exactly two years after the legislation was re-done, that too a year after its enactment, the Tobacco Control Act is up for amendment once more. The national council (NC) will take up the amendment
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25 new HIV cases in 6 months
That takes the country’s total cases to 346 of which 173 are men and 173 female Health: Unlike the usual trend, four of the 25 new HIV positive cases detected in the last six months in the country are
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Dewathang at risk of rabies outbreak
Dog bites: Dewathang military hospital received five dog bite cases within three hours on a single day last week. Except for one, it was found that all others were bitten by a rabid dog inside the military
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Team to assess quake vulnerability of schools
To determine if earthquake damaged schools need relocation or renovation, a team of engineers from the education ministry will leave, November end, to assess the earthquake vulnerability of schools in
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Resolving the human-wildlife conflict
For seven days, stakeholders will brainstorm for solutions to this vexed problem Workshop: Even as farmers in some parts of the country reap their harvest spared by wild animals, conservation experts