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…𝒉𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓, 𝑯𝑷𝑽 𝒗𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑯𝑷𝑽 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝑯𝑷𝑽 𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒅𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝑯𝑷𝑽 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆, 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓 Phurpa WangmoCervical cancer is the most prevalent cancer among women in Bhutan. It has a high mortality rate and is a major public health concern in the country. More …

“…. 𝑮𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 10 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒂 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕” By Sonam Deki According to the report, the first high unemployment rate of 5 percent was observed in 2020, which could be attributed to COVID-19 pandemic where it has greatly reduced the employment opportunities for those unemployed as the businesses and service …

Tenzin Lhaden Sonam R. Kuenfel is an actor, script writer and film director. He has been working in the film industry for a decade; he spent 7 years taking minor roles in films before he got the break for a protagonist role in the film. He shares his insightful experience in the industry and its contribution as an instrumental impetus …

…𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝑰𝑰𝑰 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑬𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑨𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 2021 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕, 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒂𝒇𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍𝒔 Tenzin Lhaden The recent National Education Assessment 2021-Grade III report published in 2023 by the Bhutan Council for School Examinations and Assessment, Ministry of Education and Skill Development reports that students and …

Phurpa Wangmo Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), also known as chronic diseases, tend to be of long duration and are the result of a combination of genetic, physiological, environmental and behavioural factors. It has been noticed that the most common NCDs among Bhutanese are alcoholic liver disease, hypertension, cervical cancer, stomach cancer, diabetes, heart and kidney disease. Despite Health Ministry’s continuous effort …