Socio-Economic Determinants of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT) in Nepal

Nepal is a low income country in Asia with 38M inhabitants. In August 2016 a Blood& Marrow Transplant (BMT) Center was opened at Civil Service Hospital in Kathmandu initially performing autologous HSCT and since August 2017 also allogeneic HSCT. University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) has been collaborating with Civil Hospital since 2012 to provide training for staff, advice on infrastructure and stem cell lab operations, clinical protocols, and implementation of a quality program. Until September 2019, a total of 46 HSCT were performed for patients (29 males and 17 females) with hematologic malignancies or aplastic anemia.
Source: Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation - Category: Hematology Authors: Tags: 456 Source Type: research