Dilsara Chand,

Female community health volunteers: Models of behavior change?

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September 9th 2008
My interviews with Yam Kumari Budha and Dilsara Chand happened almost accidentally. After meeting a group of thirty or so female community health volunteers (FCHVs) at a health post in rural Bardiya District, I had been sent hobbling down the road with the local FCHV coordinator in search of interviews. Shantidevi, the coordinator, was taking me to meet a nineteen year old girl who had recently de ... read more

Asia » Nepal

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In 1951, the Nepalese monarch ended the century-old system of rule by hereditary premiers and instituted a cabinet system of government. Reforms in 1990 established a multiparty democracy within the framework of a constitutional monarchy. A Maoist in... ... read more