Persistent Fever and Skin Lesions Due to Histoplasmosis in a Boy from Rural...
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View ArticleBarriers to evidence-based disaster management in Nepal: a qualitative study
Globally, the incidence of natural disasters is increasing with developing countries tending to be worst affected. Original link: Barriers to evidence-based disaster management in Nepal: a...
View ArticleValidity of self-reported versus actual age in Nepali children and young people
Many international surveys of children and young people rely on age reported by parents or by young people.1 Recording of births is not standardised, age may be reported approximately, and in cultures...
View ArticleWomen In Nepal Banished During Menstruation Despite Law Banning Practice
The Guardian: Nepal’s bleeding shame: menstruating women banished to cattle sheds “…Sofalta is one of thousands of girls and women in Nepal who practice Chhaupadi — banishment to a cattle shed or...
View Article10 things we learnt from Nepal’s first government panel debate on open data
By Pavitra Rana from Open Nepal – a network, supported by Development Initiatives, to promote more effective development through the increased sharing and use of data Open Data Day 2016 attendees were...
View ArticleRecovery Progress Faces Multiple Challenges 1-Year After Earthquakes In Nepal
The Lancet: Nepal’s slow road to recovery, 1 year after the earthquakes “A year after Nepal’s earthquakes, survivors are still living in makeshift shelters in 31 of the country’s 75 districts, which...
View ArticleNepal quake 1 year later: Most of the 2 million left homeless still in...
Recovery is still under way in Nepal one year after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake killed more than 8,700 people and destroyed 750,000 homes. Yet, problems persist as rubble remains and people continue to...
View ArticleNews in the Humanosphere: Wildfires spread across India and Nepal
Nepal and parts of northern India are battling their worst forest fires in years that have devastated thousands of hectares of woodland, killed at least 18 people and sent a pall of smoke across the...
View ArticleThe ecocultural context and child behavior problems: A qualitative analysis...
Publication date: June 2016 Source:Social Science & Medicine, Volume 159 Author(s): Matthew D. Read the article: The ecocultural context and child behavior problems: A qualitative analysis in...
View ArticleEmergency medicine in Nepal: present practice and direction for future
Emergency medicine is one of the youngest recognized specialties in Nepal, and its growth in clinical practice and academic development has been challenging. Visit link – Emergency medicine in Nepal:...
View ArticleThe use of data by government actors in Nepal to solve development problems
The ability of national and local government actors in developing countries like Nepal to produce and use relevant, timely and disaggregated data is critical to development success and sustainability....
View ArticleUsing agricultural data to guide government’s food security efforts in Nepal
Santosh’s demand for data and information “We need a large variety of data for analysing the various dimensions of food security across the country and to ensure we keep poverty at bay” Nepal’s...
View ArticleUsing hydrological data to reduce disaster risk and enhance community...
Regional training for a community-based flood early warning system, Lalitpur, Nepal. Photo: ICIMOD, Kathmandu Rajendra’s demand for data and information “We need real-time data on flooding so we can...
View ArticleUsing joined-up datasets to improve the targeting of health and nutrition...
A mother and infant sit with a healthworker in a classroom in Naubise, Dhading in rural Nepal. Photo © Aisha Faquir/World Bank Raj’s demand for data and information “By being able to join different...
View ArticleNepal’s emerging data revolution for sustainable development
At a national level these changes are unfolding differently, according to particular local contexts – for example those involving multiple stakeholders with diverse interests, and comprising different...
View ArticleInsights into Nepal’s emerging data revolution
We’ve been working with local partners to engage non-state actors and government on this agenda, in particular through our support to the Open Nepal initiative. Alongside this, DI has supported local...
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Q&A with Rob Tinworth, director of The Life Equation
Q&A with Rob Tinworth, director of The Life Equation Crecencia and her family in Guatemala. Photo credit: Rob Tinworth The Life Equation is a documentary about a impossible choices. When José meets...
View ArticleUsing Magpi for Global Health Research
Although Magpi is now used for many purposes in many sectors, it was born from a need to do global health research and evaluation in the field (did you know the original name of Magpi was “EpiSurveyor”...
View ArticleYou Need to Use UAVs in Emergencies
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, or drones, really excel in emergencies as they satisfy the first need in an emergency: provide quick, cheap, and highly local damage estimates. UAV’s: Are small, portable,...
View ArticleThe Journey of Arti Sah, a Midwife in Nepal
By CARE International; GSK April 08, 2019 “There is nothing bigger than the happiness I feel when a healthy mother leaves with a healthy baby.” Arti Sah works as a midwife at the Aambote health...
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