Overcoming Barriers to Accessing Surgery and Rehabilitation in Low and Middle-Income Countries: An Innovative Model of Patient Navigation in Nepal.

Background: Injury and disability are prominent public health concerns, globally and in the country of Nepal. Lack of locally available medical infrastructure, socioeconomic barriers, social marginalization, poor health literacy, and cultural barriers prevent patients from accessing surgical and rehabilitative care. Overcoming these barriers is an insurmountable challenge for the most vulnerable and marginalized, resulting in absence of treatment or even death.

Indications for Cesarean Sections in Rural Nepal.

Objective: Globally, cesarean section (CS) rate is close to 26 %. Nepal has a reported CS rate of 5 %, with huge differences in rural (3.5 %) and urban (15 %) areas.

Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage prevalence in Nepal: evaluation of a method for delayed transport of samples from remote regions and implications for vaccine implementation.

Background: Pneumococcal disease is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in young children in Nepal, and currently available pneumococcal conjugate vaccines offer moderate coverage of invasive disease isolates.

Methods: A prevalence study of children aged 1.5 to 24 months in urban and rural Nepal was conducted.

The state of child health and human rights in Nepal.

Time is running out for the children of Nepal, say the authors. These children will face an uncertain future unless their health and human rights are urgently addressed.