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The reopening of the Khangma Chiwog Sub-Post a month ago in Pema Gatshel has brought immense relief to villagers. Last year, its temporary closure due to a shortage of health assistants made accessing healthcare difficult. Now, with services restored, the community is grateful to have healthcare close to their home again. Lungten, a resident from upper Khangma in Yurung Gewog,...

The construction of the Royal Centre for Infectious Diseases at Gidakom in Thimphu is on track as scheduled. The Health Minister and the Chief Representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) visited the site, yesterday. For now, more than 15 per cent of the construction work has been completed. Supported by the Government of Japan through JICA, the centre...

The Bhutan Ecological Society, BES, has planted around 200,000 trees across 11 districts as part of its Mountains to Mangroves initiative. The initiative, launched last year, aims to plant over 10 million trees by 2030. Farmers in around 11 districts have planted 72,000 fruit trees and over 120,000 high-value timber species through the Mountains to Mangroves initiative. To encourage participation...

The Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck Super FabLab has locally manufactured 75 units of the slit used in the Smart Eye Camera used for detection of eye diseases. Of these, 25 units have been distributed domestically, while 50 units have been supplied to OUI Inc. a Japanese start-up. According to the Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck Super FabLab, this marks its first international partnership...