Illuminating Nepal\'s Health Care and Social Issues

Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Immunization/child health. 2. Primary health care/health management. 3. Book review. 4. Public health threat. 5. Code of ethics for doctor. 6. Health communication. 7. Health Day. 8. Women\'s issues/reproductive health. 9. Tuberculosis/DOTS Strategy. 10. Nepalese monarchy. 11. Melamchi drinking water/water resources. 12. Garbage problem/environmental health. 13. Miscellaneous. 14. Health post management.

"The book is a compilation of a series of articles published in various Kathmandu\'s English daily newspapers over the last ten years from 1996 to date. In a decade of turbulence, these articles reflect the contemporary issues, opinions, experiences and other ideas on a variety of critical public health concern in Nepal. This book is expected to serve as a common platform where people from different walks of life can gain practical insight on ground realities of Nepali health care and some other contemporary social systems."