
About Us
Japan-Nepal Health and Tuberculosis Research Association (JANTRA) is a non-profitable, public service-oriented, and non-government organization. It is affiliated with the Research Institute of Tuberculosis/Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association (RIT/JATA) being supported technically and financially since the establishment of the organization in 2008 to accomplish the given activity with high-quality standards. JANTRA envisions a community free of TB, Every person has the right and access to TB care and support, stigma, and discrimination have no place; and all have a better quality of life.
Current Projects
JANTRA is implementing the following

Strengthening Urban TB Control Programme in Kathmandu

Support NTP in Bagmati and Gandaki Province-NTC/Global Fund

Urban TB Control Programme (RIT/JATA)
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Approaches
The major approaches of JANTRA are partnership and networking at all levels, community system strengthening, research for the generation of evidence, knowledge management, and policy and advocacy. We listen to and learn from the community. We address the root causes of the community and mobilize resources for the common good. JANTRA respect and value each other, prosper on our multiplicity and work with partners to influence our global strength in making a difference for the vulnerable and marginalized population including people affected by tuberculosis. We focus on the development of new knowledge and generate evidence through research and apply it for the improvement of the quality of services. Besides, we leverage and align the interests of current and future donors with the needs identified in the community
- Prevalence of Diabetes in Tuberculosis Patients in kathmandu Valley, Nepal
- Expert Consensus on the Essential Preventive Knowledge of Tuberculosis for High School Students, Kathmandu, Nepal
- NATIONAL TB PREVALENCE SURVEY (2018-19) - FACTSHEET
- Psychosocial and Nutritional Counselling Intervention for Tuberculosis Patient Improves Patient’sStress and Treatment Adherence: A Case Study from Nepal


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Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by a type of bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. TB most commonly affects the lungs, when it is called pulmonary tuberculosis, but also can involve any other organ of the body in which
The most common symptoms of TB are: chronic cough fever, especially rising in the evening night sweats, chest pain weight loss, loss of appetite coughing up blood.
Blogs
Psychosocial and Nutritional Counselling Intervention for Tuberculosis Patient Improves Patient’sStress and Treatment Adherence: A Case Study from Nepal
Running Title : Psychosocial and Nutrition Intervention for TB Patients in Nepal. Bijay Maharjan, Ram Sharan Gopali, N.Ishikawa, K. Okada21Japan-Nepal Health and Tuberculosis Research Association,
April 26, 2023
NATIONAL TB PREVALENCE SURVEY (2018-19) – FACTSHEET
SUMMARY The National TB prevalence survey 2018-19 was the first ever nationally representative TB survey to understand the actual TB disease burden in the general
April 26, 2023
Expert Consensus on the Essential Preventive Knowledge of Tuberculosis for High SchoolStudents, Kathmandu, Nepal
Ram Sharan Gopali, Bijay Maharjan and Mika Kigawa Japan-Nepal Health and Tuberculosis Research Association, Kathmandu, Nepal Kanagawa University of Human Services, Japan Corresponding author: Ram
April 26, 2023