Background Nutrition interventions, often delivered at the household level, could increase
their efficiency by channelling resources towards pregnant or lactating women, instead of …

Background/objectives Understanding of the patterns and predictors of intra-household
food allocation could enable nutrition programmes to better target nutritionally vulnerable …

Background There is scarce evidence on the impacts of food transfers, cash transfers, or
women's groups on food sharing, dietary intakes, or nutrition during pregnancy, when nutritional …

ObjectiveTo outline the development of a smartphone-based tool to collect thrice-repeated
24 h dietary recall data in rural Nepal, and to describe energy intakes, common errors and …

Undernutrition and low women's status persist as major development obstacles in South Asia
and specifically, Nepal. Multi‐sectoral approaches, including nutrition‐sensitive agriculture…

Background With mobile phone coverage and ownership expanding globally, mobile health
(mHealth) interventions are increasingly being used to improve coverage and quality of …

Background As vascular surgery training continues to evolve with the growth of integrated
vascular surgery residency (0+5) programs and the consolidation of fellowship programs, …

… Niva Shrestha is a researcher with extensive experience in the private and development
sectors. Her work with academic institutions, including the London School of Hygiene & …

Background: Scaling and root planing is the gold standard non-surgical therapy in patients
with periodontitis. However, mechanical debridement alone may not eradicate all …

Adolescents’ aspirations are important for a healthy transition into adulthood. Knowledge
about girls’ aspirations and their formation in a low-income context is scant. Framed within life …