Introduction: In Nepal, unintended pregnancies and unsafe abortions continue to be an issue. As a result, maternal morbidity and mortality from unsafe abortions continue to be significant. The goal of this study was to evaluate pharmacists’ and pharmacy workers’ Medical Abortion drug dispensing practices, which included assessing pharmacists’ actual practice of determining clients’ medical eligibility […]

Introduction: In Nepal, family planning is one of the most successful public health programs, with a well-known impact on women’s health and the lowering of maternal mortality. Maternal mortality is a major public health concern around the world. The International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo in 1994 made a significant contribution by recognizing […]

Introduction: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading causes of deaths globally. Currently, there is limited high-quality data on the epidemiology and usefulness of community-based screening and treatment of NCDs in low-to-middle-income countries (LMIC), like Nepal. We describe the protocol of a community-based, longitudinal epidemiological study of screening and management of NCDs in rural Nepal. Method: […]

Introduction: Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of death globally. A community-centric reproducible, cost-effective longitudinal-risk mitigation model can potentially address rising CVD tsunamis in low-and-middle-income countries. Methods: The Non-Communicable Disease in Nepal (NCD Nepal) Study is a community-centric study planned and conducted in close coordination with local community in rural Nepal with an estimated […]

Background: Non-communicable diseases (NCD), including cardiovascular disease (CVD) are a leading cause of death from low to middle-income countries (LMIC), yet there are limited high-quality data from remote areas of LMIC, like rural Nepal. Methods: We designed a prospective epidemiological and implementation study (the NCD Nepal Study) of 40-75 years old individuals from GhorahiSub-Metropolitan Wards […]

Background Non-communicable disease in Nepal (NCD Nepal) study is a community-based prospective study to understand the epidemiology of NCDs in rural Nepalandto test the effectiveness of implementation approaches to reduce NCDs. Methodology The study is conducted in Ghorahi-Dang (Wards 3,4,6,7) in 7,052 estimated target population, 40-75 years old by organizing monthly mobile health clinics. All […]