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Blog March 21, 2022
Introducing Pokhara Metropolitan City: The urban poor and the local health system
HERD International is a partner in the CHORUS research consortium. We are implementing a study in Pokhara Municipality of Nepal to understand the local health system, and we aim to contribute to its strengthening, so it can address the health needs of the urban poor communities. The study will specifically focus on the ...
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 July 25, 2021
The Rising Burden of Non-Communicable Diseases in Nepal: Problems and Prospects for Health System
Recently, on behalf of HERD International, I got an opportunity to participate in the Seventh Virtual National Summit of Health and Population Scientists in Nepal held on 1-2 July 2021. The theme of the summit was ‘Research in Public Health Emergencies: Evidence to Policy and Action’. The Nepal Health Research Council ...
Blog April 30, 2021
Work from Home: Problems and Prospects
I live in a joint family, where my father is 67 years old and my nephew is 4 years old. Both of them fall under vulnerable population for COVID-19 infection. In addition, both of them were very resistant and hesitant to follow the ...
Blog February 4, 2021
Gender and Intersectional Stratifiers in Health Information System of Nepal: a study of HIS policies and practices
Our context – HIS and federalization Health Information System (HIS), one of the building blocks as identified by WHO is a priority for strengthening health systems in Nepal. Health Management Information System (HMIS) is the ...
Blog December 16, 2020
Experiences of three tires of government in Responding COVID-19 pandemic
Government of Nepal has been responding COVID-19 pandemic since the day it affected country despite some negligible preparations before COVID-19 cases were first found in the country. Since then, federal, provincial, and local ...
Blog November 23, 2020
Handling ‘Work From Home’ During Pandemic
“WFH?” A colleague dropped me a message in my Chat box few months back. I had not noticed how soon Working from Home had set a new work culture in professional setting and acronym for the same- ‘WFH’ was being so ...
Blog April 1, 2020
Behaviour in Times of Corona [COVID-19]
‘COVID 19 will be the worst pandemic we will ever witness in our lifetime’, says my colleague. It was January 23, 2020 when Nepal confirmed its first positive case. He had come back from Wuhan, China, had minor COVID-19 ...
Blog September 5, 2019
मधुमेहका भ्रम चिर्दै
ज्योति मण्डल / आवृति अर्ज्याल जनकपुरधामको बाह्र बिघा मैदानमा भगवान शिवको चर्चामा ...