Blog August 9, 2022

Experience of Pilot Testing – Virtual Nutrition Counselling to Pregnant Women in Kapilvastu

In the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, HERDi conducted a randomized control trial testing a virtual nutrition counseling intervention for Pregnant Women (PW) in the Kapilvastu district. Such intervention, if found effective, ...
Blog July 25, 2022

Costs of climate change on women’s lives

“I carry more water than I actually can. It’s more important to fetch water than to listen to my body,” Kamala Devi Pathak of Salyantar (Dhading) shares her hardships in the documentary film, “The Weight of Water: The ...
Blog July 11, 2022

Imagining a world without pandemic

Pandemics are unpredictable. It is hard to forecast when the next one will strike. Pandemics can start in any place in the world where animals and people are in close proximity, as pathogens can spread from an animal to a human who ...
Blog June 13, 2022

Political Economy of Health Financing Reforms in Nepal

Access to quality health services is a major concern for many countries, and health financing reform is a key way to achieve this goal. The 2010 World Health Report highlighted the importance of health financing reform in advancing ...
Blog May 17, 2022

Building a resilient local health system in Nepal

Nepal has faced natural disasters, environmental catastrophes and disease outbreaks in the past. The devastating earthquake of 2015, the current COVID-19 pandemic, diarrheal outbreaks in different parts of the country, and seasonal ...
Blog April 21, 2022

HERD International team presents fresh evidence at Health and Population Scientists’ summit

Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC) hosted the Eighth National Summit of Health Population and Scientists in Nepal from 10th – 12th April 2022 in Kathmandu with the theme of ‘Advancing Health Policy and Systems Research: ...