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
Kuensel (Bhutan)
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Towards a common stand on climate change
On Tuesday, Bhutan and India discussed the possibility of developing crops resistant to climate change, to keep agriculture apace with warmer global conditions.
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Towards a common stand on climate change
Bhutan and India discussed the possibility of developing crops resistant to climate change, to keep agriculture apace with warmer global conditions.
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4 Bhutanese test positive
Bhutan has joined the global map of countries affected by the pandemic influenza A H1N1 virus, initially known as swine flu, with four Bhutanese having tested positive for the flu, of whom two were detected within the country. The two cases in Bhutan were confirmed on Monday in a three-year-old girl and a 38-year-old woman, both residents of Thimphu but from different families.
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Nu 100m for flood-hit dzongkhags
To support and restore damage caused by the recent flood and storm that hit Bhutan on May 26, the Indian government granted a cheque of Nu 100m to Lyonchhoen Jigmi Y Thinley yesterday. The cheque was handed over by the Indian ambassador to Bhutan, Pavan K Verma, in the presence of the home minister Lyonpo Minjur Dorji and a few dzongdas from flood affected dzongkhags.
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Global warming sends dengue higher
The outbreak of dengue in Bhutan is an indicator of climate change, according to the world health organisation. Health officials said that, with the change in climate, higher altitude places in Bhutan could see cases of dengue fever. Dengue is an urban disease occurring in tropical and subtropical regions and outbreaks commonly occurs in towns and cities.
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Human-wildlife conflict unresolved
With an increasing incidence of human-wildlife conflict, the first question hour session of the third National Assembly discussed this old and protracted issue again.
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Medical waste A minefield of infection
The stretch past the mortuary of Thimphu referral hospital, where all medical waste is dumped, is a difficult place to take a walk by. It smells awful. Dead rats. Placentas. Used needles. Bloody bandages. All rotting. There are also pharmaceuticals, chemicals, medical devices and radioactive material.
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Malaria early this year
With 123 malaria cases recorded early this year, which started in March, contrary to its usual beginning in April, Sarpang dzongkhag has reported the most malaria infections among the five southern malaria prone dzongkhags in the country.
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Bhutans record pretty dismal
Status of Maternal and Child Health Report At least three women die every month on an average in Bhutan from pregnancy related complications (maternal death), according to the public health
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One snow leopard a year lost to poaching
At least one snow leopard has been killed by poachers every year since the enactment in 1995 of the forest, nature and conservation Act, which prohibits the killing of endangered wild animals in the country.