Sunita (name changed) is a 51-year-old housewife living in a remote village Simalghari in Chitwan district. She belongs to a poor family. Although suffering from poverty, she has lived a happy life. One day after returning from her father’s house, Sunita started feeling weak. She thought it must be some...
Manju is 19 years old female student from a suburban area of Chitwan district in Nepal. She was diagnosed with tuberculosis a few weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic. She started taking medicine immediately and showed improvements in the initial months. She started to believe that she had overcome TB. But...
We were celebrating our family ritual, and in the evening, I puked blood. I was scared to death about what happened to me. My mother in law suggested that probably the ritual was not performed correctly, therefore I had to face the curse. We went to a traditional healer for...
This is Ambika Dhungana, a female community health volunteer in Indrawati Rural Municipality Sindhupalchowk. She is outspoken and brave, talking about issues such as sex, child marriage, gender based violence, and menstrual health with confidence to transform attitudes During a training when this photograph was taken, she shared an inspiring...
It was a great opportunity for me as a part of the IMPACT TB team to participate in the 50th Union World Conference on Lung Health, held in Hyderabad India, from 30th October to 2nd November, 2019. The Union Conference is the amalgamation of public health professionals, researchers, scientists, policy...
It was a wonderful oncology fellowship experience at the hospital from July to September 2018. I take it as a lifetime achievement possible with the support of BNMT team in Kathmandu and Great Britain especially, Co-Chair Dr. Gillian. The Fellowship was coordinated by Prof. Ros Eeles and team at The...
Cancer is the second leading cause of death worldwide as per World Health Organization (WHO). Cancer is very difficult to treat, because it is enormously complex, it can adapt and evolve as its environment changes and in response to treatment. Paramount importance is of the research and trial which can...
Balika Pun Magar is 58, and lives in Majkoat, Pyuthan. She belongs to a very poor family with physically and mentally ill husband and two sons who are currently working in India to earn some money. Crops/grains produced by the family lasts only for three months. Our volunteer, Narayani KC...
Amila Sharma is a social mobilizer for the National TB program at the Budh Nagar Health Post in the Jahada Rural Municipality near the Indian border. Sharma is a qualified Community Medicine Assistant. She was selected as a Contact Tracer and Courier for the TB program for being dedicated and...
Here are some of the voices of the community regarding Sexual and reproductive health and rights problems and challenges in Sindhupalchowk and the project. “There is increasing trend of school dropout rate, child marriage and eloped marriage of school children from schools, teenage pregnancy, early start of menstruation in girls...
Ram (name changed), worked in Kathmandu. In 2016, he returned to his hometown, a remote village in Gulmi district, to visit his parents and three brothers. He was coughing for over two weeks and constantly losing weight, so his mother took him to a nearby health post, however, they had...
Shamsher Thapa (name changed), 45, resident of Pyuthan, was diagnosed with tuberculosis on February 7, 2018 through GeneXpert. Narayani KC, FCHV and one of the volunteers of TB REACH, thought Thapa might be suffering from tuberculosis during her contact tracing process. Mr Thapa and his wife were diagnosed with HIV...
Asamaul Khatun, 55, lives in Mohattari with 5 members in the family, including a married daughter. The chicken and the buffalo herds are the main source of their income. Our volunteer met her during tuberculosis screening in the ward. In the meeting, he informed her about our program and with...
Shreedhar Khadka, an 83 year old residing in Chhatradev Rural Municipality, was diagnosed with tuberculosis by TB REACH project’s staff. Our volunteers came to know that Mr. Khadka was ill and was losing weight since a long time. When our volunteers visited his home another day to collect his sputum,...
Shamsher Thapa (name changed), 45, resident of Pyuthan, was diagnosed with tuberculosis on February 7, 2018 through GeneXpert. Narayani KC, FCHV and one of the volunteers of TB REACH, thought Thapa might be suffering from tuberculosis during her contact tracing process. Mr Thapa and his wife were diagnosed with HIV...
Balkumari happily witnessed the general health camp conducted for the first time ever in its history. It was reflected by the mass gathering around Mahadev Secondary School premises and the enthusiasm of the local people eagerly awaiting the check-up over the sloppy land. The poorest of the poor were delighted...
Shrijana Tamang (14, name changed) often fainted at school. They took her to the doctor. But her medical reports were normal. So, her parents took her to the traditional healers. Still, her problem remained unsolved. She missed lots of her classes in school. One day her teacher asked her to...
Shankar Thapa was living a normal life with his family in Samundratar Nuwakot until the earthquake hit his place. His house collapsed in front of his eyes. With no shelter to live and food to eat, he felt very helpless. As days passed by, he could not carry out his...
Gautam Sunar (70, Banke) had history of persistent cough, fever, night sweats and weight loss since ages. Due to poverty, he was unable to afford the healthcare services. But, his health condition was worsening day by day because of continuous cough and gradual anorexia. He felt helpless and awaited death....
Tistung VDC of Makwanpur district was one of the hardest hit VDCs from earthquake where many of the local health facilities were destroyed and communities were unable to access basic health services. The Health Post building which was then a lifesaving center for the local people, had become a threat...
In many cases, young people are the main change agents in their communities. Therefore in many project interventions, BNMT Nepal works with and through local youth groups in getting messages related to health across to the community. This particular case study is about providing life skills orientation to a local...
Mrs. Indira Biswakarma age 38 is from a dalit community. A widow, she has two sons and at the same time is looking after her elderly mother in law. When BNMT came into contact with Indira, she was working as a daily wage labourer since she has a heavy debt...
Mr. Hari Bahadur Rajbanshi from Morang district went to Mumbai, India in search of a job where he worked for 10 years. During his stay in Mumbai, he started to visit brothels and engage in sexual activities during his leisure time thus, making him a prime target for HIV infection....
Twenty one year old Ram Jani Chaudhary (Tharu) is from Kolhapur, Banke district and comes from a family with seven children. She was unable to continue her studies because of her big family and started to work with her father as a labourer at a construction site where her earning...
When BNMT staff met with Kamal, he was unemployed and living in a village in Surkhet district in Mid-Western Nepal. During the initial discussion we were able to find out that like countless young men from rural areas in Nepal, seven months back he had migrated to Malaysia for work...
42-year-old Kumari Khadka had persistent cough, chest pain and loss of appetite for a month while she was working in Oman. She is a resident of Paruhangtole, Ward no 2, community Belka VDC, Udayapur District. Being a poor single mother for 11 years she decided to go to another country...
Dulari Yadava 50 year's old woman Rajpur-3, Siraha had 6 months continuous coughing, with the evening rise of temperature and night sweating in the beginning one month. She also had severe chest and stomach pain. She lost more than 10 kg of body weight during her few weeks. She is...
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Sunita (name changed) is a 51-year-old housewife living in a remote village Simalghari in Chitwan district. She belongs to a poor family. Although suffering from poverty, she has lived a happy life. One day after returning from her father’s house,...