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Blog July 7, 2023
Bridging Borders: A Closer Look at Healthcare in Eastern Nepal and Sikkim State of India
As embedded researchers at the Health Division of Pokhara Metropolitan City (PMC) in Nepal, we had the opportunity to visit eastern Nepal and the Sikkim state of India in April of this year. This was the cross-learning visit organized by the metropolitan city as part of the implementation of the annual work plan and budget. We were ...
Blog June 19, 2023
Reflection on My Journey of Exploration in Nepal
I am a medical student at the University of Leeds, currently intercalating in International Health BSc. In May 2023, my fellow student, Alice, and I travelled to Nepal for our separate research projects. My interest in mental health services and barriers to access in Nepal stemmed from a comprehensive literature review. After ...
Blog April 20, 2023
HERD International Presents Research Findings at the 9th NHRC Summit
Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC), in collaboration with various organizations working in health, research and development, organized the Ninth National Summit of Health and Population Scientists on 11-12 April 2023, with the motto of “Research for health: Translating Evidence and Innovation into actions.” The summit ...
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 Universal Health Coverage (UHC), which is effective service coverage with financial risk protection. ...
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 ...
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Blog October 26, 2018
Training Community to Film
CARAN Community Arts Against Antibiotic Resistance in Nepal (CARAN) is a project designed to develop and pilot test an innovative intervention using community led solutions to address the problem of antibiotic misuse at the level of ...
Blog September 14, 2018
Developing scripts for participatory film
During the pretesting of ‘Community Arts Against Antibiotic Resistance in Nepal (CARAN)’ project at Chandragiri Municipality, Kathmandu, we conducted several activities and learning sessions. We held a series of workshops on ...
Blog August 31, 2018
Trusting more on private pharmacy
Where do you go when you fall sick? I asked a Chatapat seller (street vendor). “That Talukhuile Doctor” was what she replied with a smile, referring to the Auxiliary Health Worker (AHW) in a nearby pharmacy.Dipendra Malla As ...
Blog August 29, 2018
TB Tobacco: The Way Forward
“It is very difficult to counsel teenage TB patients,” said Ms. Anita Khadayat, Nursing In charge at DOTS Clinic of Friends of Shanta Bhawan, Lalitpur. “When we talk about their smoking habits during the ...
Blog August 17, 2018
My test in the pretest
A gloomy monsoon morning in Kathmandu, the first day of methodologies’ pretesting of CARAN project at Chandragiri Municipality. We were to start early, as agreed with the participants from the community so as not to disturb their ...
Blog July 19, 2018
Fogo Process in Locally-led Developments
What is Fogo process? How does it contribute to local level developments? I have been talking about participatory video since my first blog. In this blog, lets talk about its inception and how it has changed development ...