COMPLEXITIES AND CONTROVERSIES IN HIMALAYAN RESEARCH: A CALL FOR COLLABORATION AND RIGOR FOR BETTER DATA

The Himalaya range encompasses enormous variation in elevation, precipitation, biodiversity, and patterns of human livelihoods.These mountains modify the regional climate in complex ways; the ecosystem services they provide influence the lives of almost 1 billion people in 8 countries.However, our understanding of these ecosystems remains rudimenta

Introduction: Gender analysis in the different aspects of life, specially in the health sciences, is more and more frequent.Many studies have been carried out, from gender perspective in the social, economic, productive and political sphere which may be reviewed through different ways and, in many cases, create doubts as their meanings are unknown,