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Health & wellbeing

Everyday health, first aid, water safety and seasonal illness.

17 guides in this topic.

Beginner11 min read

Basic First Aid Everyone Should Know (Home Guide for Nepal)

Simple, calm first-aid steps for common emergencies, cuts, burns, choking, fainting, fever and more, plus what to keep in a home first-aid k…

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Beginner12 min read

Child Vaccination in Nepal: The Khop Schedule

Nepal's national immunisation programme is free at government health facilities and works on a fixed pattern of visits from birth to the sec…

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Beginner13 min read

Dog Bites, Rabies and Snakebite in Nepal: What to Do

Rabies is fatal in every case once symptoms appear and entirely preventable before them. Snakebite kills people who go to a healer first. Bo…

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Beginner7 min read

Drop, Cover, Hold On: How to Run an Earthquake Drill at Home

Learn the internationally recommended Drop, Cover and Hold On response and how to run a simple, regular earthquake drill at home so your fam…

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Beginner8 min read

Earthquake Go-Bag Checklist for Nepali Homes (What to Pack)

A practical, room-by-room checklist for packing a 72-hour emergency go-bag (jhola) so your family can survive the first three days after an …

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Intermediate9 min read

Earthquake-Proof Your Home: Secure Furniture and Hazards

Most earthquake injuries come from falling furniture, glass and heavy objects, not from the building itself. This guide shows you how to fin…

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Beginner12 min read

How to Buy Medicines Safely in Nepal and Read a Prescription

Most medicine risk in Nepal is not fake pills. It is the wrong drug bought over a counter without a prescription, the right drug at the wron…

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Beginner12 min read

How to Check a Doctor or Hospital Is Registered in Nepal

Nepal registers doctors, nurses and pharmacy staff through separate professional councils, and licenses health institutions separately again…

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Beginner8 min read

How to Find Reliable Health Information Online (Nepal Guide)

A plain-language guide for Nepali readers on judging whether online health information is trustworthy, which sources to lean on, and how to …

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Intermediate9 min read

How to Spot Health Misinformation and Fake Cures

Learn the warning signs of fake cures, miracle treatments and health rumours spreading on social media, and how to protect your family and m…

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Beginner12 min read

Kathmandu Air Pollution: How to Protect Your Health

Kathmandu's bowl-shaped valley traps winter air for weeks at a time, and the exposure that damages you most is not the visible smog outside,…

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Intermediate8 min read

Make a Family Emergency Plan for Earthquakes (Nepal Guide)

A go-bag is not enough on its own. This guide helps your family agree a clear plan, meeting points, contacts, roles, and care for children a…

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Beginner13 min read

Maternity and Newborn Care Services in Nepal: A Guide

Nepal treats safe motherhood as a legal right, not a charity. Knowing that changes what a family can ask for, antenatal care, a skilled birt…

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Beginner13 min read

Mental Health Support in Nepal: Where to Get Help

Nepal has no separate mental health service. Care runs through the same health posts and hospitals as everything else, which changes where y…

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Beginner10 min read

Monsoon & Seasonal Disease Prevention in Nepal (Dengue, Diarrhoea, Flu)

How to protect your family from Nepal's common seasonal illnesses, dengue, waterborne diseases like diarrhoea and typhoid, and seasonal flu …

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Beginner9 min read

Telemedicine in Nepal: How to Consult a Doctor Online

A practical walk-through of online and phone doctor consultations for Nepali patients: when telemedicine is useful, how to prepare, what to …

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Beginner9 min read

What to Do After an Earthquake: Aftershock Safety Guide

The shaking is only the beginning. This guide covers the critical first minutes, how to handle dangerous aftershocks, checking for gas leaks…

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Sources & data note

Guides are written from primary sources, Nepali government departments, operators, park authorities and standards bodies, and each guide lists the sources used for its own facts. Rules, fees and prices in Nepal change; treat figures as current at the review date shown on each guide and verify anything money- or visa-critical with the issuing authority before you rely on it.