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Nepal: Action needed to address growing mental health issue

4 years ago Saturday, October 10, 2020telegraphnepal

KATHMANDU 10 Oct, 2020: On World Mental Health Day, the United Nations in Nepal joins everyone, including the Government and development partners, civil society, communities and families, to urgently strengthen actions to mitigate the deteriorating mental health situation among the Nepali population. As Nepal continues to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, suicides among adolescent girls, […]

Nepal needs a truly inclusive and equitable society: Valerie Julliand

4 years ago Wednesday, September 30, 2020telegraphnepal

KATHMANDU, 30 September 2020–The outgoing United Nations Resident Coordinator Valerie Julliand will be completing her tenure in Nepal on 30 September. She has been appointed by the UN Secretary General as the UN Resident Coordinator for Indonesia. Ms. Julliand has termed the relationship between the Government and the UN as one of mutual respect and […]

RDIF and Trinity Pharma to supply 25 Mln C-vaccine to Nepal

4 years ago Tuesday, September 29, 2020telegraphnepal

Kathmandu/MOSCOW, Sept. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, and one of the leading pharmaceutical distributors in Nepal, Trinity Pharmaceuticals, have agreed to supply to the country 25 million doses of the Sputnik V vaccine based on a well-studied human adenoviral vectors platform. The agreement will enable 90% […]

Nepal: UNFPA Project launched to prevent Gender Violence

4 years ago Monday, September 7, 2020telegraphnepal

KATHMANDU: In coordination with the Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizens (MoWCSC) and relevant provincial and local authorities, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) today launched the second phase of a project that seeks to reduce gender-based violence and discrimination against women and girls in two provinces. The Gender-based Violence (GBV) Prevention and Response […]

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