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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 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 ...
Blog July 5, 2018
So why is CARAN important?
HERD International is currently implementing CARAN (Community Arts against Antibiotic Resistance in Nepal) project. It is an important project because antibiotic resistance is a growing issue in both Nepal and Worldwide. The ...
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 ...