Nepal, Oct. 26 -- Nepal is a multi-disaster prone country, and climate breakdown will make these compounded hazards more and more frequent.

But even through disasters that have struck over the past decades, Nepal has continued to endure silent emergencies and slow-moving crises that do not make it to the headlines.

Although infant and maternal mortality rates have gone down drastically and the average lifespan of Nepalis has doubled in the past 35 years, progress has flatlined in the past decade.

Nearly 25,000 children in Nepal still die each year before they reach their fifth birthday, more than half of them from causes that are entirely preventable through full vaccination, safe drinking water, clean air, and timely medical care.

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