Healthy collaboration cleans up Kathmandu

Abstract

With funding from Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Nepal’s National Zoonoses and Food Hygiene Research Centre (NZFHRC) has joined with the Nepalese community agency Social Action for Grassroots Unity and Networking (SAGUN). While the NZFHRC has been responsible for biomedical research detailing the extent of infestations, and designing strategies to counter it, SAGUN has mobilized support for on-the-ground action. Together, they have initiated programs such as a mother-and-child nutrition project, training for health personnel, and skills upgrading for butchers, restaurateurs, street-sweepers, and other key players in the battle against zoonotic diseases.