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Pragya Timsina

Kathmandu based passionate broadcast journalist with special field of interest being Health , Education and Social issues . I have been continuously writing on these issues for 8 years.

How a 'nightmare' cholera outbreak brought Nepali hospitals to the brink

Beginning in August, cholera hospitalised thousands in the southern city of Birgunj. In mid-October, a million doses of vaccine brought relief.

3 Dec 2025
5 min read
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Cholera
Birgunj's Narayani Hospital was filled with cholera patients. Credit: Dr Chumanlal Das
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Children taking photos after receiving vaccination. Credit: Laxmeshor Jha

Nepal has officially eliminated rubella. Here’s what it took

17 Nov 2025
4 min read
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Rubella
A little puppy on a terrace in Bandipur, Nepal. Credit: Francois de Halleu (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Nepal is racing to wipe out rabies by 2030, but leaders say it’s time to up investment in vaccines

26 Sep 2025
6 min read
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Rabies
Health workers going door to door to check if children have received their vaccinations. Credit: Radha Poudel

How Nepal hit its 100% immunisation target

20 Aug 2025
5 min read
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Routine immunisation
A student being given the HPV vaccine in Nepal. Credit: Pragya Timsina

Over a million girls turn out for Nepal's first HPV vaccine campaign

21 Feb 2025
5 min read
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HPVSpotlight on HPV
Health workers conducting Kala-Azar tests for children in Kalikot District. Credit: Katak Mahat

A deadly disease of the lowlands has moved into Nepal’s hill zones

31 Jan 2025
5 min read
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Climate change
A dengue patient being treated in an infectious disease hospital. Credit: Pragya Timsina

In Nepal, climate change is shadowed by two decades of surging dengue

22 Nov 2024
6 min read
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DengueSpotlight on climate changeClimate change
A stool sample being tested using the RDT kit in the laboratory of the infectious disease hospital, Kathmandu. Credit: Pragya Timsina

New rapid diagnostics kits ease Nepal’s fight against endemic cholera

19 Jul 2024
6 min read
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CholeraDiagnostics
Nurse Pemba Gurung travelling in horse to deliver vaccines to different villages of dolpa.

Travelling by horseback through the Himalayas: Getting vaccines to the people in Nepal

7 Feb 2022
4 min read
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