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Dr Tara Singh Bam Dr Tara Singh Bam, Regional Advisor for tobacco control at the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) spoke with CNS Managing Editor Shobha Shukla on the sidelines of the 47th Union World Conference on Lung Health in Liverpool, UK. Click here to listen or download this podcast . He reflects on past game-changing successes in tobacco control and calls for accelerating progress in implementing effective tobacco control in countries. He also advocates for broader partnerships among public health programmes across the board for improving outcomes. [ Click here to listen or download this podcast ]

Chhatra Karki, CNS Correspondent, Nepal Malaria is still a major health problem in Nepal where more than 80% people are at risk, with 4% of them being at high risk. According to the Epidemiology and Disease Control Division (EDCD) of Health Ministry of Nepal, 1 million people (out of Nepal’s current population of 29,000,000) live in malaria high-risk areas with a reported incidence of more than 1 case per 1000 population per year. Dr. Dirgha Singh Bam , Senior Physician and former health secretary of Nepal government says, "Pregnant women and children under five years of age are especially at high risk and special preventive measures should be taken for them." Nepal has made remarkable progress towards controlling malaria spread, and malaria cases declined by 84% over the past decade. But, it has been a challenge for the National Malaria Control Programme to provide sufficient anti-malaria services such as early diagnosis and treatment, indoor residual spraying, distribution...