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Introduction: Depression is one of the major problems encountered by medical students. This maycause a negative effect on cognitive functioning and learning of students resulting in poor healthcare and service delivery in future. The presence of this major problem is necessary to be evaluated.Enough recent data regarding its prevalence is not available in our country. Thus, the main aim ofthis study is to find the prevalence of depression among medical students of a tertiary care teachinghospital. Methods: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study which was conducted among undergraduatemedical students of a tertiary teaching hospital over a four-month period (July to October 2019).Ethical clearance was received from the Institutional Review Committee of the same tertiary teachinghospital. Random sampling technique was used to collect data to meet the calculated sample size.Data analysis was done in the Statistical Package for Social Sciences. Point estimate at 95% ConfidenceInterval was calculated along with frequency and proportion for binary data. Results: The prevalence of depression among selected medical students of Kathmandu MedicalCollege and Teaching Hospital is 59 (27.2%) at 95% Confidence Interval (21.28-33.12%). Thirty (14%)of the participants were mildly depressed, 21 (10%) moderately depressed while 8 (4%) were severelydepressed according to Beck’s Depression Index II. Conclusions: Prevalence of depression among medical students is relatively significant as foundin similar studies done in other centres. Thus appropriate programs and strategies should beimplemented to avoid depression from causing a negative effect on cognitive functioning andlearning of students. Favourable environment where students are able to talk about their mentalhealth issues is a must.

Introduction: Hypertension is a cardiovascular disorder rapidly emerging as a major health problem in developing countries. Uncontrolled or poorly managed hypertension leads to several complications such as coronary heart disease, peripheral vascular disease and kidney disease. These complications account for approx 9.4 million deaths worldwide every year. Consequently, it is an urgent need for authorities to act upon this issue. This study was done to determine the prevalence of Hypertension in Deurali village of Nuwakot. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was done in the Deurali Village of Nuwakot district from May 2019 to July 2019. Ethical approval was taken from the Ethical Review Board of Nepal Health Research Council. A simple random sampling method was applied. Blood pressure was measured on three occasions along with the use of a self-administered questionnaire. Descriptive statistical analysis was done. Results: The study showed the prevalence of hypertension among the adult population to be 20 (8.5%) [8.5%±1.83% at 95% CI]. Prevalence was found to be higher among female than male. Age group more than 60 were major sufferers of the condition. The study population consisted of the majority of  Tamang community. Almost 213 (91%) participants were reported to have taken alcohol at some point in their life whereas only 104 (45%) were smokers. Conclusions: The prevalence of hypertension was found to be lower than the previous study done in similar settings.

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