Bhutan
One in three Bhutanese overweight, finds study
The increasing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) on health facilities demands greater multi-sectoral actions for the implementation of NCD prevention activities. NCDs are a major public
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Bhutan
Lifestyle diseases creep into rural areas
Changmey health assistant Karma Wangdi has an old patient of his to see in the evening. His patient Sangpo, 58 from Kharmey under Shongphu gewog in Trashigang has been bed-ridden for almost a year following
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Bhutan
4 Bhutanese test positive
Bhutan has joined the global map of countries affected by the pandemic influenza A H1N1 virus, initially known as swine flu, with four Bhutanese having tested positive for the flu, of whom two were detected within the country. The two cases in Bhutan were confirmed on Monday in a three-year-old girl and a 38-year-old woman, both residents of Thimphu but from different families.
