All posts tagged: nhc kusms

Project Cervicare

PROJECT CERVICARE: Cervical Cancer Screening Program

Nepal Health Corps – KUSMS (2022-23) Background Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer among women globally, with an estimated 6,04, 000 new cases and 3,42, 000 deaths in 2020. About 90% of the new cases and deaths worldwide in 2020 occurred in low- and middle-income countries. Every year about 1943 women die in […]

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Project Dristi

PROJECT DRISTI: SCHOOL EYE SCREENING PROGRAM

Nepal Health Corps – KUSMS (2022-23) Background Refractive errors are a known cause of visual problems in children which may lead to lay eye and blindness if uncorrected. New cases appear particularly between the age of 6-15 years. Data from the National Blindness Survey of Nepal (1981) revealed refractive error in 1.3% of 39,887 people […]

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