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Blog March 12, 2025
Empowering Communities to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance
When disease-causing microbes develop resistance to antimicrobial medicines, this phenomenon leads to infections that are harder to treat, causing prolonged hospital stays, an upsurge in hospital costs, and an increase in mortality rates. Widespread and unmonitored use of antimicrobials over time leads to Antimicrobial Resistance ...

Blog February 27, 2025
Adapting Health Systems to Face the Impacts of Climate Change in Nepal
Introduction Climate change is increasingly being recognized as a crucial public health challenge around the world. Nepal is no different, with rising temperatures, extreme weather events, and shifting disease patterns straining health systems throughout the country. To discuss ongoing initiatives, gaps, and future directions to ...

Blog February 18, 2025
Fieldwork beyond data: People, places, and moments
Wrapped in a thick muffler, gloves, jacket, and carefully adjusting my mask, stepping out into the cold winter air became my routine for a solid month as a field researcher. My fellow researchers and I met at Kalika Chowk in eastern Pokhara to begin our day, with the morning chill creeping through our layers during the winding ...

Blog November 13, 2024
HERD International at the 8th Global Symposium on Health Systems Research
HERD International participated in the 8th Global Symposium on Health Systems Research 2024 in November to share insights and findings from various studies conducted in Nepal. Our team engaged in oral presentations, panel discussions, capacity-building sessions, and poster displays, showcasing results from research projects such ...

Blog September 23, 2024
Strengthening public-private partnerships to address NCDs: a case from Pokhara Metropolitan City of Nepal
In public health, Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) are described as being non-contagious, long-term conditions that are usually a result of genetics and lifestyle factors. Globally, the four main NCDs are cardiovascular disease, cancers, respiratory diseases and diabetes. Of all NCD deaths globally, 77% are in low and middle-income ...
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Blog November 2, 2017
Sharing knowledge about NCDs, realizing where we stand
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are emerging as the leading cause of death globally and also in the South East Asia region including Nepal. Cardiovascular diseases (CVD), Chronic non-infectious respiratory diseases (like COPD), ...
Blog September 15, 2017
Growing Professionally and Personally
Sushmita Dhakal is an intern at the IT department at HERD International It has already been four months since I became the part of HERD International. During this period I have not only enhanced my knowledge but also improved my ...
Blog September 7, 2017
A month full of enriched learning
Being a public health graduate, I was always interested in the research aspect of the public health field. So, I was very much eager to work in a research institute to broaden my knowledge in the public health research arena. ...
Blog September 5, 2017
I was worried but I completed the project
This summer, I spent three months in Nepal for my Masters Dissertation project, which is focused on primary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD). As non-communicable diseases (NCDs), such as CVD, diabetes and cancer, are ...
Blog March 27, 2017
‘Role of Ministry of Health should be clear’: Dr Sushil Baral’s views on forthcoming Public Health Act in Nepal
This is the translated version of the article published recently in Swasthya Khabar Patrika – the most read health magazine in Nepal. The Public Health Act needs to be explicit in some areas. The devolution of authority ...
Blog February 22, 2017
KNOWING AND EXPERIENCING HERD INTERNATIONAL
Mira Khadka shares her experience of the initial month of internship at HERD International. Since my childhood I wanted to pursue medicine as a vocation and when I completed my MBBS (Bachelors in medicine and bachelors in ...