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Strengthening of the health system is a safety imperative, especially in a crisis as caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. While there is a need for enhancing the number and skill sets of the public health professionals, especially the frontline workers, it will be prudent to use the digital health technologies, including artificial intelligence, in enhancing the capacity of the healthcare professional education and delivery. However, it has to be ensured that an ethical and safe approach is adopted to develop and use digital health technology and, ethically appropriate training is imparted, to enhance the capacity of the human resources for health, leading to an overall health system strengthening.
RESUMO
Strengthening of the health system is a safety imperative, especially in a crisis as caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. While there is a need for enhancing the number and skill sets of the public health professionals, especially the frontline workers, it will be prudent to use the digital health technologies, including artificial intelligence, in enhancing the capacity of the healthcare professional education and delivery. However, it has to be ensured that an ethical and safe approach is adopted to develop and use digital health technology and, ethically appropriate training is imparted, to enhance the capacity of the human resources for health, leading to an overall health system strengthening.
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To analyse the sex and age incidences, clinical presentations and histopathological picture of the benign tumours of nose and paranasal sinuses. Prospective, Longitudinal, Descriptive. GMS Memorial Academy of ENT and HNS,TUTH, Kathmandu, Nepal. 2 years, September 2008 to August 2010. All cases of benign masses of nose and paranasal sinuses who visited the Outpatient department and were undergoing surgical intervention were included. The histological proven malignant masses were excluded from the study. Out of 49 patients, majority of the patients were between 13-20 years [34.69%]. Male:female ratio was 3.9:l.The most common presenting symptoms were unilateral nasal obstruction and nasal bleeding [65.29%]. Inverted papilloma and angiofibroma were the most common tumours [42.84%]. All masses of nose and paranasal sinuses should be subjected to histopathological examination and followed up for two years for assessment of outcome of treatment and monitoring recurrences