 Prem Basel, Phd Candidate
Community based mental health services for pregnant and postpartum female
As of October 2019, 88 pregnant women and 366 post-partum mothers in Dang were screened for depression and anxiety by HFN team. Out of 88 pregnant mothers 28 had anxiety and 16 had depression. Out of 366 post-partum mothers, 51 had anxiety and 19 had depression. HFN psychosocial counselors have been providing individual counseling to all the mothers with anxiety or depression in the communities. HFN has been providing free mental health services to all the mothers and pregnant women. 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 . Social Audit at Health Centers in Kathmandu, Nepal Health Foundation Nepal provided technical support to Chandragiri Municipality of Kathmandu District to facilitate Social Audit in Health Sector Program at Tinthana Health Post and Naya Naikap Health Post. Experts in Health governance and accountability from Health Foundation Nepal facilitated the audit process. A technical team of experts including Achyut Lamichhane, Parsu Ram Shrestha and Shreebhakta Subasi visited the Health Posts and its catchment areas, interviewed clients and staff members to collect quantitative and qualitative data on healthcare quality and its utilization. The collected data was analyzed and presented during mass meetings ( Aam Bhela). Mass meetings were held on July 6 and July 9 in ward 15 and ward 14 respectively. The mass meeting organized on Ward 15 was chaired by ward chairperson Mr. Uttam Rawat and attended by 61 participants. The mass meeting on Ward 14 was chaired by ward chairperson Mr. Ram Hari Basnet and attended by 76 participants. Members of Health Post operation and management committee, Health Post staff, Females Community Health Volunteers, local health services utilizers (clients), local stakeholders and representatives from Municipality were present at the mass meeting . Discussions were held on the health service quality and its improvement, and physical infrastructure development. An Annual Plan was developed for the overall improvement of heath sector of respective wards. This program helped better understand and strengthen health sector planning and development in the health center and the Municipality. All participants appreciated HFN and Chandragiri municipality for their support in conducting social audit program in their health center. Health Foundation Nepal Annual Meeting 2019 held in Rochester, New York
HFN had a very successful meeting in Rochester, NY on May 25-26, 2019 with more than 75 people participating in the event. More than 60 people attended fundraising dinner on 25th. More than 25 people participated on meeting on May 26 which was held in Rochester General Hospital. Dr Ashok Devkota spoke on the theme of the meeting - "Changing Healthcare through innovation and technology". Panelists of physicians and health care professionals from Nepal and US spoke on different topics on health policies and activities in Nepal. Dr Guna Nidhi Sharma from Ministry of Health, Nepal presented on current changes on health care policy in Nepal and activities of HFN, Nepal. Dr Shyam Thapa, an expert in global health spoke on strengthening public health education in Nepal. Dr Peter Andrew Kouidos presented on his experience on treating patients with Hemophilia in Nepal. In the next session, Dr Shreedhar Paudel presented on mental health situation in Nepal and activities conducted by HFN. Dr Manoj Bhandari presented research and clinical work update on non-communicable disease in Nepal and its outcome. Dr Dinesh Neupane, a public health expert commented on non-communicable disease project and his experience working in resource limited setting. Dr Aditya Joshi presented child health and nutrition project and its achievements. Dr Yagya Raj Bhattarai updated financial planning for the organization. Plan for establishing Comprehensive Primary Health Care Center in Dang was presented and discussed. Dr Aarati Paudel was recognized as a dynamic leader and gifted a token of appreciation. Dr Dinesh Subedi, a board member of America Nepal Medical Foundation (ANMF) received an award in recognition for contribution and support from ANMF. HFN is thankful to Dr. Sashi Sigdel, Dr. Sabitha Budathoki and Dr. Chudamani Giri for organizing and making the event very successful. Support for Karma Health
Health Foundation Nepal and Karma Health have partnered to support Rajpur clinic and community actions conducted by Karma Health in collaboration with local government in Rajpur, Dang. Karma Health is a non profit organization registered and working in Dang, Nepal. With your generous support we collected more than $10000 which will help Karma Health to run its various clinical and community activities. |
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HFN Annual Research Award 2019
Madhusudan Pokharel has been awarded HFN Annual Research Award 2019 . Mr Pokharel is doing his Matters in Psychology in Central Department in Psychology in Kirtipur, Nepal. As a research fellow, he will be doing a research on status of Mental Health Crisis Hotline in Kathmandu Valley. His study will address its availability, usage , service delivery model and their effectiveness. He will interact with different stakeholders and users to identify challenges and barriers to improve the quality and services delivery through these programs.
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