
Prof. Dr. Kirk Smith from School of Public Health at the University of
California, Berkeley visited Centre for Rural Technology, Nepal (CRT/N)
on June 6, 2005 in the course of his visit to Nepal. During his visit
to CRT/N, Prof. Smith was briefed on ICS activities undertaken by CRT/N
so far and also the future scope of ICS in the context of Nepal.
Correspondingly Prof. Smith also shared his experiences about his
recent research being done by UC Berkeley including studies done in
Nepal on the association of indoor cooking smoke to cataract and TB.