Background: In Nepal, most of the medical doctors prefer to work in urban areas where they get more opportunities. Traditional healing practices play a strong role in maintaining psychological and physical well being of ...

Executive summary Introduction Exposure to pesticides has been growing as a major public health challenge in developing countries. Overuse and misuse of pesticides have several acute and chronic adverse health consequences. ...

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Background: The age group 5 to 15 years is on the threshold of adulthood on whom the progress and welfare of community depends. Therefore it is necessary to provide targeted services to improve their health status. This ...

Background: Hepatitis B is one of the most common viral infections in the world. Almost one third of the World´s population has been infected with the virus and about 350 Million people live with chronic infection resulting ...

This study was carried out in Salyan district. The indigenous knowledge regarding ethno medicine and folklore remedies acquired by long experience which is in threatened stage and also in scattered form was traced out and ...

Executive Summary: This study was carried out to determine HIV/STI prevalence rates among both migrant and non-migrant males from two VDCs of Kailali district in far-western Nepal. It was further set up to measure the ...

Introduction: Nepal faces considerable challenges in Human Resources for Health (HRH) management, which is characterised by top-down decision-making. This report is part of an operational research project which aims to ...