Center for Molecular Dynamics Nepal

Public Health Research:

CMDN and INPL have been assisting various governmental and non-governmental agencies in research and disease surveillance activities in Nepal. We have not only participated in several rounds of Integrated Bio-behavioral Studies of HIV/ AIDS in Nepal by providing our technical expertise, and mobile screening of pathogens, but also assisted Government health sector and partner non-government organizations on research projects such as Hepatitis B/C prevalence, cholera outbreak investigation and others. Additionally, we have undertaken various research projects in the field of public health and nutrition.

Occurrence of Cryptococcal Meningitis, a...

Intrepid Nepal, under the lead of the DoHS and with support from the Global Fund/Save The Children, STIDH and NCASC, is implementing research to determine the prevalence of cryptococcal disease among ...

Mapping Population Hotspots of High-risk...

Nepal has conducted several rounds of size estimations in order to estimate the number of key population members with specific risk behaviors. Intrepid Nepal, under the direction of a technical commit...

Trends of HIV in Female Sex Workers in 2...

In 2016 the sixth round ofthe Integrated Biological and Behavioral Surveillance (IBBS) survey was carried out by Intrepid Nepal (INPL) under the leadership of the National Center for AIDS and STD Cont...

Coverage Survey and Sero-Survey Followin...

This survey results have provided anoverall holistic assessment of coveragesurvey of the MR vaccination campaigncarried out in three phases during 2012-13.The expected coverage was estimated tobe 85% ...

Prevalence of chronic hepatitis B virus ...

In Nepal, it is estimated that 2-4% of the populationhas chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV). To combat thisproblem, between 2002-2004, a national three dose hepatitis B vaccination program was implemente...

A study on the Plasmodium vivax Relapse ...

Malaria is one of the major public health problems in Nepal. CMDN/INPL in collaboration with the Nepal Health Research Council carried out prospective longitudinal study in 2010/2011 in a six health c...

HIV/AIDS research on Street Children and...

The risk of HIV infection among street children and adolescents may be especially high due to their involvement in number of high risk behaviors, including intravenous drug use, putting them at sig...

One Health in Nepal

One Health Concept emphasizes on multidisciplinary approach to study disease dynamics interlinking wildlife, environment, livestock and human health with multiple disciplines working together (loca...

Virus Discovery in Animals (Domestic and...

Threat of emerging infectious diseases in humans has increased dramatically in recent decades especially in the developing countries. PREDICT Nepal...