316 - Nepal’s Growing COVID-19 Crisis

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nepal is suffering from a growing humanitarian crisis. Less than 4% of the country is vaccinated, test positivity rates are up to 60-90% in some areas, and outside of capital Kathmandu, ICU care is extremely hard to find.</span> <strong>Binita Adhikari</strong><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, executive director of Health Foundation Nepal, and</span> <strong>Anup Subedee</strong><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, an infectious disease physician in Kathmandu, talk with</span> <strong>Josh Sharfstein</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">about what contributed to Nepal’s COVID-19 crisis and what the world needs to do to help. Please consider donating to one of these nonprofits: <a href= "http://www.healthfoundationnepal.org/">Health Foundation Nepal</a>, <a href="https://www.anmf.org/">America Nepal Medical Foundation</a>, and the <a href="https://nedsnepal.org.np/">Nepal Development Society</a>.</span></p>