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Blog July 8, 2025
Fieldwork beyond data: Building connections, finding stories
The Participatory Engagement of City Communities Against Non-Communicable Disease Risk in Bangladesh and Nepal (PECAN) Project is an implementation research initiative based on the principles of citizen science. It aims to equip policymakers, practitioners and citizens with evidence-based, equitable and sustainable strategies for ...

Blog June 10, 2025
Strengthening Health Policy and System Research Institutions: A multi-country initiative
Health Policy and Systems Research (HPSR) investigates the functioning of health systems, policy formulation processes, and identifies how systems and policies can be optimized for better health outcomes. This investigation is often led by Health Policy and Systems Research Institutions (HPSRIs), who play a pivotal role in the HPSR ...

Blog May 15, 2025
Improving Maternal and Neonatal Health Indicators in Kapilvastu Municipality
Background Kapilvastu Municipality faced a persistent challenge on Maternal and Neonatal health (MNH) indicators, despite having 50-bedded provincial hospital at the territory of the municipality. Municipality struggled with low antenatal care (ANC) check-up rates and a higher number of home deliveries compared to other local ...

Blog April 23, 2025
Field Realities of Research Beyond Data
What does it take to become a good health researcher? For sixteen fresh public health graduates, the answer came not from textbooks, but from their experience of data collection. Tasked by HERD International, these young professionals stepped into the field to gather the data for an ongoing research on health system strengthening ...

Blog April 16, 2025
A Lifeline for the People: Free Ambulance Service in Suddhodhan Rural Municipality
In many parts of Nepal, particularly in the rural areas, getting to a hospital during an emergency can be a daunting task. Long distances, poor roads, and lack of transport are among the most common barriers, especially for people without the means to procure a vehicle in a timely fashion. In Suddhodhan Rural Municipality of ...
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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 ...
Blog June 5, 2023
From People to Policy: Media has a lot to do in Health
“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 ...
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 ...
Blog December 23, 2022
Awareness: A Key to Address Antimicrobial Resistance
HERD International has long been working on multiple studies on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). Everyone’s contribution counts toward tackling the drivers of AMR because it has become a major public health threat to the world ...
Blog December 5, 2022
Antimicrobial awareness: Community engagement is a key
Antimicrobials are used to treat the majority of bacterial illnesses. This may change in the upcoming years since diseases are evolving defenses against antimicrobials. As a result, when an antimicrobial treatment is initiated, it ...
Blog November 3, 2022
Urban slum life hit by poverty and tragedy
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 ...