Visual disability, particularly in children, can lead to a high mortality, economic loss and burden to the individual, family, community and the nation as a whole (Holden 2007; Roberts, Hiratsuka et al. 2010). Approximately 30,240 children are estimated to be blind in Nepal (Apex Body for Eye Health, Ministry of Health and Population, Nepal, 2011). One of the reasons of this high number might b...

Under-five mortality in Nepal remains high, at approximately 100 deaths per 1,000 live births, and as in other high mortality settings, pneumonia is a leading cause of childhood death. However, Nepal is an exceptional example of donorlMOWNGO partnership on a large scale to reduce childhood deaths through case management at the community-level. Nepal's CB-IMCI initiative has grown out of experie...

Neuraphes (Pararaphes) mephistopheles n. sp. from Nepal (Taplejung), and N. (P.) qinghaiensis n. sp. from China (Qinghai) are described, illustrated, and compared to allied species. K e y w o r d s : Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae, Neuraphes, Pararaphes, Himalaya, Nepal, Tibet, China, taxonomy, new species. Z u s a m m e n f a s s u n g Neuraphes (Pararaphes) mephistopheles n. sp. aus ...

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is common psychiatric morbidity among earthquake survivors, and if untreated people suffer from it for years. Government of Nepal and NGOs provided various short-term mental health services to the victims of the 2015 earthquake in Nepal, but there was no plan or provision for long-term mental health problems. The prevalence of PTSD following natural disaste...

At the KOFF Roundtable on Challenges for Human Rights Defenders: Reflections from Nepal, three inputs were made by Dipendra Jha, Advocate of Supreme Court of Nepal and Chairman of Terai Human Rights Defenders Alliance, Martin Stürzinger from the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Human Security Division and Anna Leissing from the Centre for Peacebuilding KOFF. The roundtable highlight...

Using data from a nationally representative sample of 3224 ever-married women interviewed as part of Nepal Demographic Health Survey—2011, this paper examined the prevalence and correlates of violence against women in Nepal. Results showed that one out of every two ever-married women aged 15 49 of the country experienced violence of any kind in their life. Odds of experiencing violence are high...

The genus Microplinthus Zherikhin, 1987 is revised. It is assigned to the tribe Aminyopini Voss, 1956, based on the female genitalia and the presence of appendiculate claws in one species. The following new species are described: M. parbatensis sp. n. (Central Nepal); M. kaligandaki sp. n. (Central Nepal); M. shiva sp. n. (India: Darjeeling); M. laurae sp. n. (India: Darjeeling; Sikkim; Central...

Nepal is having a series of enteric fever epidemics over the last decade1,2 with changing resistance patterns.3 The fi rst report of multidrug resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi in Nepal was published in 1991.4 In the following years, with the introduction of fl uoroquinolones in the treatment, nalidixic acid-resistant strains associated with reduced susceptibility to fl oroquinolones ...

Copyright © 2011 by The Geochemical Society of Japan. roughly the same since the Miocene (Bouquillon et al., 1990; France-Lanord et al., 1993). The sources are dominated by contributions from the Higher Himalaya (HH) with subordinate supply from the Lesser Himalaya (LH). However, on millennial timescale, there are evidences of variations in the provenance of sediments related to climatic change...

Background: The burden of cancer will increase both in males and females in Nepal. Due to the unavailability of a population based cancer registry it is difficult to precisely predict of future incidence rates. However, using hospital-based data to predict the cancer incidence in Nepal it was found that it will certainly increase both in males and females from 2013 to 2020. Material and Methods...