United Nations Secretary-General (UNSG) Antonio Guterres arrived in Kathmandu Sunday on a four-day official visit to Nepal at the invitation of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’.
Although the World Health Organisation (WHO) and other governmental and non-governmental organisations have been marking every third week of October as International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (ILPPW) since 2013, lead poisoning, particularly among children, remains a major health problem and is in fact increasing.