www.thelancet.com Vol 374 August 15, 2009 515 On May 4, 2009, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, the Maoist Prime Minister of Nepal, resigned, adding yet another stage to the transformation of Nepal from bullets to ballots. The Maoists had initiated a leg islative agenda to “secure rights for all minority people in Nepal”. Politicians and everyday Nepalese alike spoke of the “New Nepal” with great promise, an...

ABSTRACT Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) is highly vulnerable to climate change, but there the least understanding of impacts change. This study explored local change risk perceptions, vulnerability, and adaptive responses in three HKH countries, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan. For this purpose, 379 farm households from low, medium, high elevations districts Rasuwa Gilgit Pakistan Central District Bhutan we...

G. S. Collins and Y. Le Manach Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, and Departments of Anesthesia and Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Michael DeGroote School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University and the Perioperati...

though muslims have been living in nepal from the 15th century, they have started practicingtheir religious activities freely only after enactment of new civil code in 1963. this paper aims to explore the potentials and problems on the existing mosques, perception of the religious structures by muslim community and analysing of existing legal and institutional framework before drawing a conclus...

Introduction Cataract continues to be the cause of almost half the cases of blindness worldwide and the challenge to meet the needs and develop the required resources is as great as ever. Cataract surgery has evolved from couching, first practised several thousand years ago, through intraand extracapsular extraction (ECCE), to phacoemulsification. However, whatever the technique, the most impor...

BACKGROUND Asthma, dyspnea, and chronic cough are well-established risk factors of COPD and often associated with exacerbation of the disease, which is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in South Asian countries. OBJECTIVE The aims of this study were to, 1) measure the prevalence of asthma, dyspnea, and chronic cough, and 2) assess the relationship between these respiratory problems a...

BACKGROUND Because of limited work opportunities in Nepal and the open-border provision between Nepal and India, a seasonal labor migration of males from Far-Western Nepal to India is common. Unsafe sexual activities of these migrants in India, such as frequent visits to brothels, lead to a high HIV prevalence among them and to a potential transmission upon their return home to Nepal. The prese...

the current status and distribution of the dragonflies (anisoptera) of pakistan were studied during 2005-2009. two dragonfly species were identified for the first time from pakistan. among these, rhodothemis rufa is a red, medium-sized dragonfly. lamelligomphus biforceps is also reported for the first time from pakistan and re-described owing to having minor taxonomic differences from that of f...

The paper in the study of poverty in Pakistan is aimed at the analysis of macroeconomic determinants of poverty. It reviews the empirical literature on poverty in Pakistan over the last thirty years. The literature varies from published research papers to the different reports produced by the national and the international institutions. It also estimates the impact of different causes of povert...

BACKGROUND In South and Southeast Asian countries, tobacco is consumed in diverse forms, and smoking among women is very low. We aimed to provide national estimates of prevalence and social determinants of smoking and smokeless tobacco use among men and women separately. METHODS Data from Demographic and Health Surveys completed in nine countries (India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Maldives,...