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100			_aRajbhandari, Renu
245			_aCommunity medicine in Nepal: opportunities and challenges
260			_c1999
300			_ap.142-44
362			_aDec
520			_aRenu Rajbhandari, Bhabisara Gurung and Saraj Gurung argue that globalization, open market economy, privatization of health institutions and natural resources, as well as paternalistic approaches and structures, have increasingly marginalized women in Nepal, particularly in rural areas. Indigenous knowledge, technology, experience and plant resources of medicinal values have been eroded. They show how the NGO WOREC has been working towards sustainable health facilities at the community level through 11 village development committees in three districts as an example of community based alternatives for sustainable healthy womanhood. - Reproduced
650			_aWomen - Nepal
650			_aHealth services
700			_aGurung, Saraj
700			_aGurung, Bhabisara
773			_aDevelopment
909			_a43767
999			_c43767 _d43767