Nepal is among the least developed countries in Asia, and 80% of the population live in rural areas. Hygiene and sanitation are generally poor in Nepal with 36% of the people practicing defecation in fields or bushes. A structured survey was conducted from June to September 2012 at the five sites of Tikapur Municipality and four surrounding Village Development Committees (VDCs) in Kailali, far-...

The development of the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) course in Nepal is recounted. From the stage of having a single medical college to the stage of having ten is documented. The role that the Nepal Medical Council (NMC) has played in the development of medical education in Nepal has been adequately described. Comparison of the MBBS course that the three universities are r...

We read with great interest the article by Hisham AlJadhey et al1 regarding the major challenges facing pharmacovigilance in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). We have been associated with pharmacovigilance in Nepal for many years. The first author was involved with the establishment and the operation of 2 regional pharmacovigilance centers in the country, and the second author is the chief pha...

(isolate RND19188), even though she had no distinct symptoms of cholera. The source of infection for the woman and child was unclear but was assumed to be related to eating fruit rinsed in tap water while in the city of Vrindavan in India. Maximum-likelihood phylogenetic analysis based on high-quality orthologous single-nucleotide polymorphisms (hqSNPs) among 75 V. cholerae genomes showed that ...

H IV/AIDS has reached alarming proportions in Southeast Asia [1]. The magnitude of the epidemic is projected to exceed that of sub-Saharan Africa in the 21st century [2]. More than 7 million South Asians are currently infected with HIV [3], nearly 5 million of whom are in India [3]. Nepal has had a comparatively lower prevalence of HIV/AIDS compared to other countries in Southeast Asia. Seasona...

Neurocysticercosis is a major cause of epilepsy in countries where Taenia solium is endemic and the parasite is a major cause of food-borne disease globally. Pigs are the natural intermediate host involved in transmission of the parasite. T. solium is known to be endemic in Nepal, however there is limited reliable data about the prevalence of the disease in Nepal. The aim of this study was to d...

Background and objectives Diabetes has become an increasingly prevalent and severe public health problem in Nepal. The Nepalese health system is struggling to deliver comprehensive, quality treatment and services for diabetes at all levels of health care. This study aims to review evidence on the prevalence, cost and treatment of diabetes mellitus type 2 and its complications in Nepal and to cr...

INTRODUCTION Vision Science is considered to be a quite developed discipline in Nepal, with much research currently in progress. Though the results of these endeavors are published in scientific journals, formal citation analyses have not been performed on works contributed by Nepalese vision scientists. OBJECTIVE To study Nepal's contribution to vision science literature in the database "Web...

OBJECTIVES Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is a major cause of morbidity in Nepal, particularly affecting women in the rural communities. Women with POP in Nepal may suffer from symptoms for decades. At present, the Government of Nepal advocates surgical intervention but access to surgical care is inadequate. This report evaluated the feasibility of a non-surgical public health programme in rural N...

Swertia chirayita (Roxb. ex Fleming) H. Karst is one of the most important high-value medicinal plants of Nepal prized for its anti-diabetic, antimalarial, hepato-protective and anti-inflammatory properties. It is widely used as an important ingredient in medicinal preparations in Ayurveda, Unnani, Siddha, Tibetan and Chinese traditional medicine. Nepal is one of the main exporters of this impo...