NEW YORK/KATHMANDU, 10 December 2020 –, “COVID-19 is the first truly global crisis we have seen in our lifetimes. No matter where we live, the pandemic affects every one of us. Children have been seriously impacted. However, with more news about promising vaccines, and as we begin to imagine a day when COVID-19 is behind us, our guiding principle must be that the light at the end of the…

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON DC, 26 November 2020:, UNICEF and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) announced today the launch of a tender inviting all COVID-19 vaccine developers to submit a proposal for supply in 2021. The tender, which will run for 6 weeks, aims to provide at least 2 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines on behalf of the COVAX Facility , administered by Gavi, the Vaccine…

Cricket is one of the most popular sports in Nepal. The men’s team of Nepal is making quick progress in the international arena, often nicknamed as a gentleman’s game. They recently beat UAE to clinch the One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 series. Paras Khadka However, there are some highly motivated women in the country who are proving the…

JOINT PRESS RELEASE, KATHMANDU, 28 November 2018 – The Royal Norwegian Embassy and UNICEF have entered into a partnership to improve the situation of children with functional limitations with the aim of strengthening inclusive education in Nepal. In a ceremony held in Kathmandu today, His Excellency Mr. Lasse Bjørn Johannessen, Ambassador, Royal Norwegian Embassy, and…

Nepal’s disability allowance is one of five governmentrun social security allowance (SSA) schemes, and provides cash transfers to people with disabilities. It is part of the government’s approach to promote the inclusion and welfare of people with disabilities by adopting a set of policy instruments that protect their rights and also entitles them…, Highlights, The latest survey data available estimates that between 1.94% and 3.6% of the population in Nepal were living with some form of disability. However, the incidence of disability is thought to be much higher than this. As of March 2017, 199,490 Nepali citizens held the 2016/17 disability identification card – which determines eligibility for…

This paper by Disability Research Center at School of Arts in Kathmandu University presents a review on relevant literatures and policies related with disability issues and research in Nepal. In addition, the paper also tracks the progress that has already been made in the area of disability issues, and it also finds gaps that need to be…

In November 2016, Humanity & Inclusion (formerly Handicap International) and Resource Center for Rehabilitation and Development (RCRD), with support from World Education Nepal and UNICEF, initiated a pilot screening programme in mid and far western Nepal to support and inform the government's efforts to identify, diagnose and treat functional…

KATHMANDU, 2 July 2018 –, The Government of Nepal, along with organizations of people with disabilities, the Government of the United Kingdom and UNICEF, called for greater opportunities for people and children with disability to help them reach their full potential. The call was jointly made during a conference titled “Disability in Nepal: Working together for an…

न्युयोर्क, /काठमाडौं,, २०७७, मंसि, र , २५, - "हामीले आफ्नो जीवनकालमा देखेका संकटहरुमध्ये कोभिड-१९ महामारी एउटा वास्तविक संकटको रूपमा देखा परेको छ। विश्वको जुनसुकै कुनामा बसोबास गर्ने भएतापनि हामी सबैलाई प्रभावित पारिरहेको यस महामारीले बालबालिकामाथि गम्भीर प्रभाव पारेको छ। यद्यपि खोपहरू  विकसित भएका समाचारहरू आउने क्रम जारी रहेको तथा कोभिड-१९ लाई पछि पारेर हामी अगाडि बढेको अवस्थाको कल्पना…, र राष्ट्रिय स्तरमा गरिने वितरण कार्यमा कोभ्याक्स फसिलिटिलाई सहयोग गरिरहेको छ।     विश्व स्वास्थ्य संगठन, पिएएचहो, गावी र विश्व तथा क्षेत्रीय स्तरका अन्य साझेदारहरूसँगको सहकार्यमा युनिसेफले  देशहरूलाई यस ऐतिहासिक आपूर्ति पश्चात आफ्ना खोप कार्यक्रमहरू सन्चालनको लागि 'तयारी अवस्था'मा  रहनको लागि सहयोग गर्ने कार्यहरू पनि जारी राखेको छ। प्रयोग गर्ने…

न्यूयोर्क, /, वाशिंगटन, डिसी, ,, २०७७, मंसिर ११, :  युनिसेफ र पान अमेरिकी स्वास्थ्य संगठन (पिएएचओ)ले बोलपत्र  आव्हान गर्दै, सन् २०२१ मा कोभिड-१९ विरुद्वको खोप आपुर्तिका लागि खोप विकासकर्ताहरूसँग प्रस्तावको माग गरेका छन् ।  ६ सातासम्म चल्ने बोलपत्र प्रक्रिया मार्फत गावीको व्यवस्थापनमा कोभ्याक्स फसिलिटि को तर्फबाट कम्तीमा २ अर्ब कोभिड-१९ विरुद्वको खोप आपुर्ति गर्ने लक्ष्य राखिएको छ। हाल उक्त सहकार्यमा आवद्व  १८६ वटा देशलाई  गुणस्तरीय खोप समान एवं तीव्र रूपमा प्रदान गर्नु…