Jul 07 2025 | २०८२, असार २३ गते
Jul 07 2025 | २०८२, असार २३ गते
The number of deaths due to tuberculosis in Nepal is increasing every year.
According to the Health Office Baglung, 68,000 TB patients are found in Nepal every year and 17,000 of them die. "The discrimination and stigma along with the death of a member to TB makes the family more vulnerable," said Dev Prakash Ghimire, Tuberculosis and Leprosy Inspector of the office According to him, the government's investment in TB control has not increased as of late.
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In Baglung, he shared that Badigad rural municipality has been most affected from tuberculosis and leprosy. Presenting a working paper at an 'Orientation on Campaign Against Stigma and Discrimination' recently organized by the Health Office here, Ghimire stressed on the need to increase investment in TB control and prevention measures. He said that about 37 percent of the total infected people in Nepal have some form of latent tuberculosis.
People with tuberculosis are more likely to have coronary heart disease, HIV and other infectious diseases.
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