Infant Mortality Screening and Prevention Initiatives in Nepal.

Infant mortality is one of the leading public health crises in Nepal. While Nepal has made significant advances in mitigating under-five mortality, much work is still needed to be done regarding the healthcare of infants. The Nepalese government has identified this as a problem and has introduced a series of interventions to improve the health outcomes of infants.

Purpura fulminans in probable scrub typhus group of rickettsioses from hilly region in Nepal - A case report.

Introduction: Purpura fulminans is an acute and fatal condition presenting with acute progressive hemorrhagic infarction of the skin and disseminated intravascular coagulation. Scrub typhus, is an emerging disease of Nepal, despite being a rickettsioses has been rarely associated with Purpura fulminans. The non-specific clinical presentation and limited diagnostic facility make it difficult for clinicians to diagnose the disease.