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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 July 5, 2018
Journey from Camera to CARAN
“What? You want to study film making?” was the first reaction from my father when eight years ago I told him I wanted a career in filmmaking. My father gave me a very good lesson that day on choosing my future ...
Blog June 26, 2018
Pain of living outside the radar of Universal Health Coverage
Ram Bahadur (name changed) 13, studies in grade 5 in a school near his home. His parents are both labor workers and are employed on a daily wage basis in construction sector. The family representing marginalized community resides in ...
Blog June 22, 2018
What can we do and what is being done about antibiotic resistance?
In my last blog I talked about antibiotics, antibiotic resistance, why it is such an important issue and therefore why CARAN was important. In this blog I will be talking about what makes the situation worse and what we can ...
Blog June 7, 2018
Making the film on CARAN
The making of introductory video for the CARAN (Community Arts against Antibiotic Resistance in Nepal) project was another step for me. It was not completely new for me but I have not worked on these kind of sensitive topics in the ...
Blog June 6, 2018
Blending film making in research
I was very excited when I heard about the project, Community Arts Against Antibiotic Resistance in Nepal (CARAN). The project is about using participatory approaches particularly film making in the community to understand ...
Blog May 12, 2018
Integrating tobacco cessation in primary health care
Action plans for the development and implementation of locally appropriate tobacco cessation models in primary health care have been drawn up by the member states of the World Health Organization South East Asia Region (WHO SEAR). ...