Publications by authors named "Anisha Rai"
Oral Glucose Tolerance Test for Universal screening for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.
J Nepal Health Res Counc
June 2024
Article Synopsis
- Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) incidence has risen significantly in Nepal, highlighting the need for universal screening, with cases increasing from 2.48% in 2010 to 4.47% in 2019.
- A study involved training healthcare providers in rural Nepal to perform the Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT) and conducted in-depth interviews to gather their insights on the testing process.
- Results showed that while only a few healthcare providers identified GDM, those trained in OGTT were more confident, though challenges emerged, such as patients' reluctance to stay for the full testing duration due to transportation issues.
Microorganisms with antimicrobial resistance (AMR) are prevalent among humans and animals, and also found in the environment. Though organisms with AMR can spread to humans via food from animal sources, the burden of AMR in food-producing animals remains largely unknown. Thus, we assessed the resistance pattern among isolated from chicken cecum samples and explored issues contributing to AMR in animals in the Dhulikhel Municipality of Nepal.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEvidence-based decision-making to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR) mandates a well-built community-based surveillance system for assessing resistance patterns among commensals and pathogenic organisms. As there is no such surveillance system in Nepal, we attempted to describe the antimicrobial resistance pattern in isolated from the fecal samples of apparently healthy individuals in Dhulikhel municipality and also explored the local drivers of AMR. We used a mixed-method design with a cross-sectional quantitative component and a descriptive qualitative component, with focus group discussion and key informant interviews as the data collection method.
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