Transforming Nepal's primary health care delivery system in global health era: addressing historical and current implementation challenges

B Adhikari, SR Mishra, R Schwarz - Globalization and health, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Nepal's Primary Health Care (PHC) is aligned vertically with disease control
programs at the core and a vast network of community health workers at the periphery …

Community health workers and Covid-19: Cross-country evidence on their roles, experiences, challenges and adaptive strategies

S Salve, J Raven, P Das, S Srinivasan… - PLOS Global Public …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Community health workers (CHWs) are a key part of the health workforce, with particular
importance for reaching the most marginalised. CHWs' contributions during pandemics have …

Overcoming the challenges facing Nepal's health system during federalisation: an analysis of health system building blocks

SP Wasti, E Van Teijlingen, S Rushton… - Health Research Policy …, 2023 - Springer
Introduction Nepal's move to a federal system was a major constitutional and political
change, with significant devolution of power and resources from the central government to …

Prevalence of non-communicable diseases risk factors and their determinants: Results from STEPS survey 2019, Nepal

B Bista, M Dhimal, S Bhattarai, T Neupane, YY Xu… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends ongoing surveillance of
non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and their risk factors, using the WHO STEPwise …

Epidemiology of dengue virus infections in Nepal, 2006–2019

KR Rijal, B Adhikari, B Ghimire, B Dhungel… - Infectious diseases of …, 2021 - Springer
Background Dengue is one of the newest emerging diseases in Nepal with increasing
burden and geographic spread over the years. The main objective of this study was to …

[HTML][HTML] Fear, Stigma and Othering: the impact of COVID-19 rumours on Returnee migrants and Muslim populations of Nepal

PR Regmi, S Dhakal Adhikari, N Aryal… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The paper explores how COVID-19-related moral panics have led to fear and othering
practices among returnee Nepalese migrants from India and Muslims living in Nepal. This …

Anxiety and depression among people living in quarantine centers during COVID-19 pandemic: A mixed method study from western Nepal

UB BC, S Pokharel, S Munikar, CN Wagle, P Adhikary… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, incoming travelers were quarantined at
specific centers in Nepal and major checkpoints in Nepal-India border. Nepal adopted a …

Perceptions around COVID-19 and vaccine hesitancy: A qualitative study in Kaski district, Western Nepal

P Mahato, B Adhikari, SB Marahatta… - PLOS Global Public …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Burgeoning morbidity and mortality due to COVID-19 pandemic including the peaks in
outbreaks due to different variants have attracted global attention. Although the development …

Community-level experiences, understandings, and responses to COVID-19 in low-and middle-income countries: a systematic review of qualitative and ethnographic …

CB Raymond, PR Ward - … Journal of Environmental Research and Public …, 2021 - mdpi.com
(1) Background: COVID-19 disruptions offer researchers insight into how pandemics are at
once biological and social threats, as communities struggle to construct meaning from novel …

Lessons from the frontline: The COVID-19 pandemic emergency care experience from a human resource perspective in the Pacific region

CE Brolan, S Körver, G Phillips, D Sharma… - The Lancet Regional …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background This study explores emergency care (EC) and other frontline healthcare worker
(HCW) experiences responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Pacific region. The crisis …