Childhood neurological illness in Nepal.

The commonly encountered neurological disorders in Nepalese children are febrile encephalopathies, neurocysticercosis, and epilepsy, and neonatal encephalopathy, neuro-psychiatric and neuromuscular disease. Also, these children in Nepal remain one of the most vulnerable and marginalized groups in the community. Due to the lack of proper facilities some preventable and treatable neurological conditions continue to paralyze the children's physical and mental health. The alarmingly high prevalence of these neurological illnesses has high mortality and morbidity in children ultimately adding financial burden to the family, society and the country as a whole. The paucity of data and difficulties in proper collection of reliable facts further hampers to understand the actual magnitude of this problem.