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The tribal population of Nepal is far away from the
mainstream population. They are still found to be practicing
primitive life style and are unaware of basic modern
amenities of life. Various factors like poverty, illiteracy,
lack of awareness, malnutrition etc further increases their
state of miseries and hardships. This deprived and depressed
part of population contribute an important role of carrier
and reservoir of some endemic diseases as their
socio-economic and socio behavioral practices favor a good
number of pathogenic parasites to survive.
The present study has been selected among Chepang (Praja), a
tribal community to obtain their health status in relation
to their socio-economic, socio-cultural and behavioral
practices. The aim of the present study is to highlight the
endemic parasites in Chepang community. These parasites
unknowingly influence on the health and have a direct
bearing on the incidence, cause and outcome of a variety of
parasitic diseases as well as many other health problems besetting the world today. Parasitic diseases probably retard
or reduce the socio-economic development to a greater extent
and declare them to be the public enemy number one.
Parasites have an important effect on the provision health
care to all strata of society. Poverty, malnutrition, poor
sanitation, age factors, lack of education, cultural and
behavioural factors all predispose to ill health. Parasite
infection contributes directly to malnutrition and
malnutrition in turn reduces the resistivity or immunity of
an individual to parasitic diseases. Zoonoses with reservoir
of infection in domesticated animals impose particularly a
serious burden of ill health on vast number of people who
live in rural areas.
General Objective
To study the epidemiology of endemic parasites among Chepangs at Taklung VDC of Gorkha aiming at elevating health status of the Chepangs.
Specific Objectives
- To determine the prevalence of intestinal parasites among Chepang population.
- To find out the status of filariasis among the study opulation.
- To study the status of ectoparasites like head louse, body louse etc. among the Chepang people.
- To survey the prevalence of malaria.
- To bring awareness about different aspects of parasites among the Chepang people.
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For more information about this project, see Epidemiology of Endemic Parasites or contact ANMF.