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Blog November 18, 2021
Antimicrobial resistance: How it is threatening public health? What should be done?
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is a critical emergency public health issue that has threatened the achievements made till today in the medicine sector. Antimicrobial resistance takes place when bacteria, fungi, viruses change over time and become unable to respond to medicines, making infections harder to treat and increasing the ...
Blog February 8, 2017
Managing Menstruation: Debriefing Session with Field Researchers
Adolescent girls face significant challenges while menstruating. In Nepal, menstruation management is made more difficult in contexts where girls have limited access to water, sanitation and hygiene facilities, and in places where they are unable to access adequate sanitary napkins because of financial or supply issues in rural ...
Blog November 12, 2015
Recruitment for Reconstruction: Engaging Engineers for Household Disaster Assessment
HERD International is collaborating with National Planning Commission (NPC), Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development (MoFALD), Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD), Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), The World Bank, United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) and Kathmandu Living Labs (KLL) to implement a National ...
Blog November 18, 2021
Antimicrobial resistance: How it is threatening public health? What should be done?
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is a critical emergency public health issue that has threatened the achievements made till today in the medicine sector. Antimicrobial resistance takes place when bacteria, fungi, viruses change over ...
Blog November 11, 2021
Urban health concerns and non-communicable diseases in Nepal
The burden of non-communicable diseases (NCD) has grown rapidly in Nepal, and contributes to two-thirds (66 %) of the total deaths that occur in the country. The majority of the NCD related deaths are attributable to the ...
Blog October 6, 2021
Can we do participatory research online?
Engaging community members virtually The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all aspects of our lives. We are compelled to restrict our travel and limit our face-to-face interactions as safety measures against COVID-19. These ...
Blog August 31, 2021
Innovating Covid-19 treatment
Covid-19 has taught us some great lessons. One of such lessons I am presenting here is how Nepal’s hospitals have been moving towards the digitization of the patient information system to effectively manage Covid-19 patients. ...
Blog August 31, 2021
Addressing the unnoticed plights of the urban poor
What is a city? Definitions vary. Generally, it is government authorities who set the benchmarks to call a certain place a city. Administrative and statistical definitions of a city are attributed to populations, households and ...
Blog August 19, 2021
Vaccination for all: Where does Nepal stand?
Diagnosis, treatment and vaccination are essential life-saving tools to contain and control the Covid-19. An unprecedented scientific collaboration has delivered several safe and effective vaccines in the market in record time. ...