The committee also recommended a booster dose of mRNA for people aged 60 and older, active…
Category: Health
Six Bangladeshi medical specialists resign
The govt. is also working to hire specialized doctors from Sri Lanka in view of the…
Health sector to undergo major reforms
The reforms involve major changes in financial rules and regulations and human resource policies among others…
Increasing awareness on mental health issues
SONAM PENJOR and SANGAY RABTEN Thimphu The Ministry of Education in partnership with UNICEF Bhutan launched…
A better respite for our elderlies
October has been declared as “the month of elderly” to provide comprehensive health screening services throughout…
Kicking off rabies by 2030
SONAM PENJOR Thimphu As part of the global effort to eliminate human rabies by 2030, Bhutan…
Towards patient-centered healthcare
Healthcare workers should move out of their facilities to provide services without looking for incentives LHAKPA…
Bhutan calls for technical stewardship and resources
Representing health minister, Health Secretary delivers Bhutan’s intervention at the 74th session of the World Health…
Bringing cancer screening program at your doorsteps
Some 2,600 people, reportedly infected with H. pylori bacteria, are on treatment Lhakpa Tshering With doctors…
Use our resources judiciously
Since early 2020s the founder of Mawongpa Water Solutions with assistance from Bank of Bhutan installed…
Pet animals will also have to undergo mandatory quarantine
In addition pet owners will have to pay for food and other necessary amenities of the…
200,000 Pfizer doses set to arrive on 6 September
Lhakpa Tshering As the deadline for the second vaccine shots for children aged 12 to 17…