Background: The socio-economic factors such as religion, cultural beliefs, education, occupation and economic status etc affect the practices of safe motherhood. Therefore, safe motherhood programme need to be reached to ...

Background: Respectful maternity care is the universal right of childbearing women, but in Nepal there are no midwives to deliver this care and it is provided by skilled birth attendants (SBAs), who may be physicians, ...

Background: Japanese encephalitis (JE) is common mosquito-borne viral encephalitis found in Asia, and is widespread throughout Asia. It is principally a disease of rural agricultural areas and primarily a zoonotic disease ...

Background: Dengue fever (DF) and more severe forms namely dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) and dengue shock syndrome (DSS) are caused by dengue virus, transmitted by Aedes mosquito. DF/DHF is primarily a disease in tropical ...

Background: Traditional medicine based health service centers were found almost never monitored and evaluated once observed by the incumbents of concerned agencies at the time of establishment. This research is, therefore, ...

Background: There is an urgent need to address the massive treatment gap for mental health problems, especially in low income settings. Packages of care integrated in routine primary health care are posited as a strategy ...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY : The main objectives of the study were to document and analyse the extent of sexual and reproductive health risk behaviour of young factory workers (14-19 years) and to understand risk perceptions and ...

Executive Summary: Introduction: Pollution induced respiratory diseases have increased worldwide, a phenomenon that can be largely attributed to environmental effects. Among environmental factors, air pollution is identified ...

Background: Environmental health incorporates environmental issues affecting public health. The subject though important to the planners, policy makers, government and related institutions, was not given due weightage ...