In Nepal, an estimated 56,000 people are burned seriously each year—yet only about 1,000 receive proper treatment. Through the lens of Rojita Adhikari, the photographer who accompanied journalist Joanne Silberner to cover burns in Nepal—the Untold Global Health Story of 2017—we learn more about the brave survivors they met, and the people trying to help them.

Dr. Shankar Man Rai...has devoted his career to bringing more attention and resources to burn victims in Nepal, where burns disproportionately affect the poorest people.

The average span between the time of burn injuries to reconstructive surgery in Nepal is 18 years.

Read the full article about burn survivors from Global Health NOW