Background Social accountability or citizen-led accountability has been promoted in many low- and middle-income countries to improve the quality, access to and use of maternal health services. Experiences with social accountability in maternal health services in Nepal have not yet been documented. This study identifies existing social accountability structures and activities in maternal h...

Recent religious studies and international relations scholarship has highlighted secularism as a critical element in dominant modes of identity, power, and exclusion in global politics. Yet, the implications of these insights for global justice theory and practice have rarely been considered. This article suggests that the current dominance of secularism within global justice theory and practic...

This paper examines the professionalism of tourism in Sudurpaschim province Nepal. Tourism is a multidimensional discipline which covers various tourism-related phenomenon- accommodation, food and beverage services, recreation entertainment, transportation, travel services. All these sectors require competent, efficient skilled human resources to provide better In order gain all skills for empl...

Bhaktapur is one of the ancient and most famous cultural tourist destinations Nepal. One can observe have a wonderful experience tangible intangible tourism products such as historical, archeological, religious secular monuments, treasures arts crafts varied indigenous living activities. As mirrors Bhaktapur, heritage reflect folktales, music dance, history traditions, way life, beliefs, costum...

BACKGROUND To eliminate visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in India and Nepal, challenges of VL diagnosis, treatment and reporting need to be identified. Recent data indicate that VL is underreported and patients face delays when seeking treatment. Moreover, VL surveillance data might not reach health authorities on time. This study quantifies delays for VL diagnosis and treatment, and analyses the du...

Breast cancer is the second most common malignancy among women in Nepal. It is more common in young premenopausal women. Breast cancer continues to increase in incidence due to lifestyle changes in Nepalese women despite constant remarkable development in the management of this disease over the past three decades. Breast cancer was diagnosed solely clinically and surgery was the only treatment ...

Nepal boarders India and China and all three countries lie within the Central Asian Flyway for migratory birds. Novel influenza A H7N9 caused human fatalities in China in 2013. Subclinical infections of influenza A H7N9 in birds and the potential for virus dispersal by migratory birds prompted this study to assess avian H7N9 viral intrusion into Nepal. Surveillance of influenza A virus in migra...

INTRODUCTION In Nepal, a number of private sector medical schools have opened recently; although sufficient numbers of doctors are graduating there continues to be a doctor shortage in rural areas. This article analysed the rural doctor shortage in Nepal and reviewed the international literature for strategies that may be suitable for use in Nepal. METHODS Original research articles, reviews,...

INTRODUCTION Early neonatal deaths account for 75% of neonatal deaths globally. Antenatal iron-folic acid (IFA) supplementation has significantly reduced the risk of early neonatal deaths in China and Indonesia. We investigated the impact of antenatal IFA supplements on the risk of early neonatal deaths in Nepal and Pakistan during the last decade. METHODS Data from the most recent singleton ...

We consider the characteristic polynomials of random unitary matrices U drawn from various circular ensembles. In particular, the statistics of the coefficients of these polynomials are studied. The variances of these “secular coefficients” are given explicitly for arbitrary dimension and continued analytically to arbitrary values of the level repulsion exponent β. The latter secular coefficien...