COVID-19 Pandemic: Public Health Implications in Nepal

Mohammad Asim¹, Brijesh Sathian^{1

2}, Edwin van Teijlingen, Ahammed Mekkodathil¹, Supram Hosuru Subramanya³, Padam Simkhada^{4

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Affiliations

¹ Surgery Department, Trauma Surgery, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar.
² Centre for Midwifery, Maternal and Perinatal Health, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, UK.
³ Department of Medical Microbiology, Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara, Nepal.
⁴ Manmohan Memorial Institute of Health Sciences, Nepal.
⁵ Nobel College, Nepal.
⁶ School of Human and Health Sciences, University of Huddersfield, UK.

Editorial

Mohammad Asim et al. Nepal J Epidemiol. 2020.

. 2020 Mar 30;10(1):817-820.

doi: 10.3126/nje.v10i1.28269. eCollection 2020 Mar.

Mohammad Asim¹, Brijesh Sathian^{1

2}, Edwin van Teijlingen, Ahammed Mekkodathil¹, Supram Hosuru Subramanya³, Padam Simkhada^{4

5

6}

¹ Surgery Department, Trauma Surgery, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar.
² Centre for Midwifery, Maternal and Perinatal Health, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, UK.
³ Department of Medical Microbiology, Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara, Nepal.
⁴ Manmohan Memorial Institute of Health Sciences, Nepal.
⁵ Nobel College, Nepal.
⁶ School of Human and Health Sciences, University of Huddersfield, UK.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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