title: Postage stamps as a health promotion tool in the Nepalese community.
abstract: Over the last 15 years the government of Nepal has issued postage stamps as a way of raising awareness of health issues in the general population and especially in remote communities. The topics covered by 8 different stamps are good child health care practices, combating drug abuse, hazards of smoking, prevention of AIDS, prevention of blindness due to cataract, fighting cancer and rehabilitation of disabled people.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Physiology, Nepal Medical College, Jorpati, Kathmandu, Nepal.
authors.lastname: Pramanik
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pramanik
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chanda
mesh_terms: D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D002386:Cataract / Q000150:complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D002648:Child; D002654:Child Care; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000534:rehabilitation; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control; D009390:Nepal; D010678:Philately / Q000379:methods*; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control; D013664:Teaching Materials