Category: Nepal
Urban October 2023: Urbanisation and Health in Nepal
HERD International Special Edition of ‘Insights’ for Urban October 2023 Urbanisation and Health in Nepal The latest ‘Insights’ evidence brief from HERD International highlights the rapid increase in the urban population in Nepal, and with it the alarming increase in air pollution and challenges in managing urban waste. Click for full ‘Insights’ Edition…
Interview with Professor Helen Elsey, Himalayan Times: “The Urban Health System needs redesigning to achieve universal health coverage”
Helen Elsey, Associate Professor in Global Public Health at the University of York (UK) and Co-Director of the CHORUS Research Consortium, talks to Bal Krishna Sah of The Himalayan Times, on the challenges and opportunities in urban health, and the need to redesign the urban health system in order to achieve universal health coverage. Read the interview here https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/urban-health-system-needs-redesigning-to-achieve-universal-health-coverage
Blog: From People to Policy: Media has a lot to do in Health
By Shreeman Sharma “When a dog bites a man, that is not news, because it happens so often. But if a man bites a dog, that is news.” This is a quote attributed to 19th century American journalist John B. Bogart. This quote is very commonly used in journalism teaching and journalistic practice while defining…
Presentation: ‘Quality of Healthcare Services in Pharmacies of Pokhara Metropolitan City’ – Presentation by HERD International at the 9th Nepal Health Research Council Summit
Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC), in collaboration with various organizations working in health, research and development, organized the 9th National Summit of Health and Population Scientists on the 11th and 12th of April 2023. Ms. Grishu Shrestha, Research Officer at HERD International, presented “the quality of health care service in pharmacies” based on the CHORUS…
CHORUS External Newsletter – February 2023
Welcome to the first external newsletter for CHORUS, providing an update on the CHORUS research projects well underway in Nepal, Bangladesh, Nigeria and Nepal. Don’t forget to subscribe to receive future newsletters on CHORUS research findings, interventions and key urban health issues, using the link on the homepage.
ICUH22 Panel Session: “How are changing gender and social norms influencing health seeking behaviour and health systems in cities?”
CHORUS held a panel session at the International Conference on Urban Health presenting analysis on how gender intersects with other social stratifies to influence health seeking behaviour in poor urban neighbourhoods. The session used findings from the qualitative and quantitative research to explore cross-country similarities and differences between the CHORUS cities in West Africa and…
Blog: Urban slum life hit by poverty and tragedy
Deepak Joshi, CHORUS Researcher, HERD International, Nepal Our team, as part of making the video documentary, visited a slum area located in Pokhara City, located near the airport. We also visited the weekly clinic conducted by one of the health facilities offering services to the residents. We were five people in our team including myself,…
Blog: Introducing Pokhara Metropolitan City: The urban poor and the local health system
By Shreeman Sharma, HERD International Image depicts clients making inquiries at a primary health care centre in Pokhara Metropolitan City. Photo: Shreeman Sharma, HERDi 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…
Video: The impact of COVID-19 responses on the urban poor in Nepal
Our Partners HERD International highlight the findings of the CHORUS study on how the government and private sector responses impacted the urban poor in Nepal during the pandemic. From the first case detected in January 2020 and the response measures that followed, the urban poor were hardest hit, and this was compounded by poor communication,…
Covid & Cities Blog – 3rd in the series: NCDs, Cities and Covid in Nepal
Urban health concerns and non-communicable diseases in Nepal by Anchal Thapa, HERD International The burden of non-communicable diseases (NCD) has grown rapidly in Nepal, and contributes to two-thirds (66 %) of the total deaths that occur in the country. The majority of the NCD related deaths are attributable to the four major non communicable disease…