12 research outputs found
Student perception about working in rural Nepal after graduation: a study among first- and second-year medical students
Informed consent in patients undergoing eye surgery: A qualitative study assessing their attitude, knowledge and anxiety level in a community based hospital of Nepal
Assessment of graduate public health education in Nepal and perceived needs of faculty and students
Socioeconomic factors associated with trajectories of caring by young and mid-aged women: a cohort study
Background: The health and socioeconomic outcomes from being a caregiver are well described. In contrast, the long-term trajectories of caring undertaken by women, and the demographic, socioeconomic status, health status and health behaviour characteristics associated with these trajectories is not well known
Exploring experiences in peer mentoring as a strategy for capacity building in sexual reproductive health and HIV service integration in Kenya
Food and nutrition security in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region
The status of food and nutrition security and its underlying factors in the HinduâKush Himalayan (HKH) region is investigated. In this region, one third to a half of children ( \u3c 5 years of age) suffer from stunting, with the incidence of wasting and underâweight also being very high. The prevalence of stunting, wasting and underâweight in children is particularly high in some mountain areas such as Meghalaya state in India, the western mountains and farâwestern hills of Nepal, Balochistan province in Pakistan, eastern Afghanistan, and Chin state in Myanmar. Food habits in the HKH region are changing. This has led to a deterioration in traditional mountain food systems with a decline in agrobiodiversity. Factors such as high poverty and low dietary energy intakes, a lack of hygienic environments, inadequate nutritional knowledge, and climate change and environmental degradation are also influencing food and nutrition security in the HKH region. To achieve sustainable food and nutrition security in the mountains, this study suggests a multiâsectoral integrated approach with consideration of nutritional aspects in all development processes dealing with economic, social, agricultural and public health issues