Stress Management  Webinar
  HFN  is running Stress Management Webinar to support  health professionals and common people during this   pandemic.   Mental  health professionals in USA and Nepal run webinar sessions   on different mental health issues.   Anyone can join our live  webinar or view them online. For more information on our stress management webinar, please follow our facebook page.   https://www.facebook.com/HealthFoundationNepal
PictureMental Health Rehab Center Kuirepani, Dang
Mental Health Rehab Center  Opens in Dang
​Mental Health Rehab  Center   in Kuirepani, Dang has finally opened its door for services.   The center    is approved by   local government   and   will  admit patients with mental health issues  for rehab.   The center  is run by local organization MOFIN and HFN Dang.   MOFIN provides administrative support and HFN team provides medical and mental health care. Screening team  from the rehab center is working closely with   local government to  identify people with mental illness   who are left homeless on street  or are living at community   or with family.    We have a team of physician, nurse, counselor and psychiatrist to  provide care  for our patients.    A team  of psychologist   and psychiatrists  from Kathmandu and US  provide tele-mental health  service  to support local team.
PicturePrem Basel, Phd Candidate
Smile Mothers (SIM ) Campaign 2020  
Saving mothers, promoting development of children and creating better workforce for the future by bringing smiles in the faces of mothers in rural Nepal
​Smile Mothers (SIM) Campaign 2020 is a maternal mental health program of Health Foundation Nepal (HFN) which brings smiles in the faces of mothers in rural Nepal. Our aim is to save mothers, promote development of children and create better workforce for future. Our community mental health workers identify and screen each pregnant woman and each mother with a child less than one year (post-partum mother) for depression and anxiety. Those mothers with symptoms of depression or anxiety get regular counseling and treatment. Those mothers with severe forms of depression or anxiety are referred for further evaluation by a psychiatrist. Psychiatrists and psychologists from America and Nepal closely supervise community mental health workers working in the community. Those mothers without any depression or anxiety are followed every 3 months. 
HFN team evaluates and provides treatment to mothers where they are. We serve all mothers in the community and don't charge any fee.  SIM Campaign 2020 aims to serve at least 1,000 pregnant and post-partum mothers in Dang district of Nepal in the year 2020. 
HFN recently raised more than 7000 through crowd sourcing   to support this campaign for this year. Thank you everyone for your support.

HFN   Doctoral Research Fellowship  
HFN Nepal has awarded Doctoral Research Fellowship award to Prem Basel. Currently Prem Basel is pursuing doctoral research at Unit of Health Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences in Tampere University, Finland. Subject of his research is "Overweight, Pregnancy and Delivery Complications and Mental Health among a Cohort of Pregnant Women in Urban Nepal". For this academic purpose HFN Nepal has financially supported him. We believe the knowledge and skills gained from Finland will be best utilized in addressing the issue of mental health problem at the HFN project site in Dang, Nepal. As an immediate past president of Health Foundation Nepal, his contribution and leadership was instrumental in establishing an organizational base in Nepal. Since 2011 he has been working as a University lecturer in Epidemiology at Central Department of Public Health, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University Nepal.
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​​​​HFN Collaborates with NIC
HFN is collaborating with   National Innovation Center (NIC)    to support their work and raise fund from donors in US and abroad.  NIC is non-profit organization working in Nepal with mission and vision to promote innovative ideas in technology. Mahabir Pun, the Chairman of NIC is a Magsaysay recipient and globally recognized leader in innovative communication technology. HFN has already raised more than $7000 to support innovation and research in Nepal. NIC will spend the fund to build innovative healthcare technology in Nepal. Please visit   gofundme page  to donate to NIC.​​​
HFN Annual Progress Report 2019
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Ask Ava is a  Facebook forum of  Physicians from Nepal applying for Residency in US.   Please send request to one of the administrator of the page to join.
Please click   the brochures above for detail information on   HFN and   Mental  Health  Project. ​

​Our Projects
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Noncommunicable  Diseases Project
​HFN is conducting regular outreach clinic to screen and treat chronic renal and cardiovascular diseases in different areas in Dang. We collect demographic information like height/weight measurement, calculate BMI, measure blood pressure, screen for CKD/CVD risk factor and perform laboratory tests (serum lipid profile, creatinine, glucose, urine protein/creatinine ratio and urine dipstick) following an established algorithm. We prescribe medications and follow-up patients who are diagnosed with chronic cardiac or renal diseases. Please    click here for more information on NCD Projects.

Health and Computer  Literacy  
 We have expanded our   Digital Literacy Program to more than 24 public schools and shelters in Chitwan. We have hired a computer tutor to teach the students basics of computer. We also run training programs for teachers in those schools. We would like to thank all our contributors and supporters for their generosity. For more information please  look  at the   report of our program.

Mental Health Rehabilitation 
​​With support from America Nepal Medical Foundation (ANMF), HFN has built a psychiatric care and rehabilitation center in Dang, Nepal which will operational. We are currently conducting mental health screening and psycho-social counseling programs in community. We have focused program to screen and treat pregnant and peripartum women in community.  Please visit our report page for   progress report  and     facebook page  for updates. 
​HFN is registered as non profit organization in USA and Nepal. HFN operates its activities in through its offices in Kathmandu and Dang.   Together we can improve the health of Nepal; Join our humanitarian mission today by contributing to   ​Health Foundation Nepal.  

In USA you can donate by clicking donate button, or   sending checks to  our address.   

Health Foundation Nepal USA
3953 Doonvalley Drive, Fayetteville, NC 28306
 In Nepal you can deposit your donation to our bank account or contact us.
​Health Foundation Nepal
​Sanepa, Lalitpur
Bank Account No: 0020508170017
​Himalayan Bank Limited,   Maharajgunj, Kathmandu
SWIFT Code: HIMANPKA
​Contact:   Yagna  Bhattarai
​YRBhattarai@Gmail.com
​​Contact: Madan Bhatta
​ MBhatta@HFNNepal.org
Health Foundation Nepal is a non-profit with 501(3)(c) status from the IRS, all donation to our organization are tax deductible. ​
 Please   contact us     if you   need  EIN number of HFN before filing tax return.