Sexual Health5 min read
Why sexual health is still the hardest conversation in a Nepali clinic
Thirty years of consultations have taught me that the medicine is rarely the difficult part. Getting to the first honest sentence is.
Read articleSexual Medicine · Kathmandu, Nepal
The conversation most people never get to have.
Founder of the Nepal Institute of Human Sexuality and of Mata Manakamana Arogya Clinic. Physician, author, and former member of the Constituent Assembly of Nepal.
Dr. Subodh Kumar Pokharel
MBBS · M.Phil · DHSSenior Sexual Health Specialist
30+
Years in practice
- Years in practice
- 30+Years in practice
- Patients treated
- 1000+Patients treated
- Books published
- 3Books published
- Nepal Inst. of Human Sexuality
- FounderNepal Inst. of Human Sexuality
01Video library
Watch the latest, first.
Short talks on the questions patients arrive with most often — recorded for people who are not yet ready to walk into a clinic.
New3 new videos this month
NewYouTubeHealth Awareness
Health awareness: understanding sexual wellbeing
Dr. Pokharel on the questions patients most often arrive with.
Published 12 October 2026
More recent uploads
A patient who cannot say the word will not describe the symptom. My first job is to make the room safe enough for the sentence.
02About the doctor
Three decades in a room most people avoid entering.
Dr. Subodh Kumar Pokharel has spent more than three decades treating what Nepal has long found difficult to name. He is a Senior Sexual Health Specialist, the founder of Mata Manakamana Arogya Clinic and the Nepal Institute of Human Sexuality, and a former member of the Constituent Assembly of Nepal. He is also an author, poet, lyricist and filmmaker — work that has carried sexual health education far beyond the walls of a consulting room.
Qualifications
- MBBS
- M.Phil
- MHS — Master of Human Sexuality
Founder & Chief Consultant
Mata Manakamana Arogya Clinic
Founder
Nepal Institute of Human Sexuality
Member, Constituent Assembly of Nepal
Election Commission of Nepal
03Published work
Books written to be read at home, not in a clinic.
Three titles in Nepali, ordered directly by phone or WhatsApp.
04Journal
Writing from the consulting room.
Notes on sexual health, public education and the long work of making the subject speakable.
Myths & Facts4 min read
Five things I am told every week that are not true
A short list of the beliefs that cause the most unnecessary worry — and what the evidence actually says.
Read articlePublic Health5 min read
What drafting a constitution taught me about public health
Sitting in the Constituent Assembly changed how I understood the limits of clinical work.
Read article05Visit the clinic
Where to find him.
Mata Manakamana Arogya Clinic
Putalisadak, Kathmandu
Consultations are by appointment. Please call ahead — walk-in slots are limited.
OPD hours
- Sunday10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Monday10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Tuesday10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- WednesdayToday10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Thursday10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Friday10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
- SaturdayClosed
Confidential consultation
The appointment is the hard part. The rest is just medicine.
Consultations are private, unhurried and by appointment. Call the clinic and the staff will find you a time.