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Nepal

¹ Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
² Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
³ Medical Director, Nepal International Clinic, Lal Durbar, Kathmandu, Nepal

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Correspondence to:
Dr A Pandit, GPO 252, Kathmandu, Patan Hospital, Lalitpur, Nepal;
a_p78@yahoo.com

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Nepal is a tiny Himalayan kingdom situated between China and India with a population of 21 million people of diverse ethnicities and religions. The country has snow clad mountains on the northern side bordering China and plains on the southern side bordering India. It is one of the poorest countries in the world, with a gross national product of only $200 per person. Almost 90% of the population live in rural areas, and 40% live below the poverty line. About 50% of children are undernourished. Infant mortality and maternal mortality are the worst in the region. The doctor:population ratio is 1:5000 people.

Nepal was once a peaceful country but has been turned into a conflict zone after the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist declared civil war against the state in 1996. So far more than 11000 Nepalese have lost their lives as a direct result of the conflict, which has affected . . . [Full text of this article]