title: Scenario of health camps in Nepal.
abstract: It has become a rising trend in Nepal to conduct health camps. This article tries to give an overview about the direction to which this aspect of community based service is going to and also points out a few pros and cons related to this. A couple of issues has also been raised like; ethical issues, lack of governing bodies and a lack of national policy, unavailability of data upon health camps and so forth. Above all, this article tries to clarify the importance of conducting health camps in a country like ours and if properly conducted this has a balanced benefit to all.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Shahid Gangalal National Heart Centre, Bansbari, Kathmandu, Nepal. aranikopandey@gmail.com
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pandey
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Paudel
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Paudel
mesh_terms: D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D009390:Nepal; D012017:Referral and Consultation