Many people with TB experience #depression, #stigma, and #guilt , often fearing to share their diagnosis, even with family. These challenges worsen social, economic, and health outcomes.
#MentalHealth care must be integrated into all TB services.
#worldmentalhealthday2025#EndTB
⚠️The findings of the National Tuberculosis Patient Costs Survey 2024 underscore the need for robust social protection measures to protect TB-affected households from financial hardship and the risk of poverty.
📢The recently released first ever National Tuberculosis Patient Cost Survey in Nepal 2024 showed that over half (51%) of TB-affected households in experienced catastrophic costs due to the disease.🗣️
👉 Read full report: https://t.co/NZLmOifDtu
In rural #Nepal ,many young girls miss school during their periods due to:
🚫Inadequate sanitation
🚫No privacy
🚫Cultural stigma
We must change that because menstruation should never be a barrier to learning & growth!💪
#TogetherforaPeriodfriendlyworld ♥️
#MHDay2025@MHDay28May
Menstruation affects society, it impacts
🏫school attendance
🏘️workplace productivity
👥public health
⚖️gender equity
So #MenstrualHealth is not just a women-only issue
It’s time both men & women take collective responsibility to build a truly #periodfriendlyworld 🫶
#MHDay2025
#Periodfriendlyschools must ensure:
🚰Clean, private toilets with water & disposal
📚Adolescent-friendly curricula
🩸Free or affordable menstrual products
👩🏫Trained, confident teachers with proper resources
☀️Stigma-free, supportive environment
#MHDay2025 🫶
#periodfriendlyworld
GSAHW 2023 INTERNATIONAL CONVENING Registration is Live!
Join us for one week on arts & health engagement,scientific research emerging innovative solutions to health care in the global south
Sept. 23-30
Register for the online & on-site event via https://t.co/eoCLBiXvrG
It’s podcast time 😊. We have developed our first ever local podcast #BNMTCast about @BiratNepal work on TB, story from our TB champion and discussed locally appropriate preventive, curative and psychosocial ways to end TB in Nepal.
Yes, We can End TB 🙏
#WorldTBDay2023
How can pathogen sequencing help in tackling of old health problems like typhoid or tuberculosis?
Watch Dr @BasnyatBuddha , Infectious Disease consultant, talk more on this
ONLY on COVID Kurakani!
⏰Tomorrow - 8th Dec, 7:30am NST on @galaxy_TML @Galaxy4KNepal@wellcometrust