 Prem 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 any 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 also followed every 3 months for potential depression and anxiety. HFN team evaluates and provides treatment to mothers where they are. We serve all mothers in the community and don't charge any fee. HFN has already been providing maternal mental health services to more than 500 mothers as of October 2019. 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 has been able to bring smile on faces of mothers in rural Nepal due to ongoing contribution from HFN supporters and members like you. Pregnancy and post-partum period is a significant risk to the mother. Suicide is the second leading cause of mortality and accounts for 20% of deaths in post-partum mothers. Among all maternal deaths during post-partum period, suicide accounts 20% of causes. Who wouldn't support a plan to help our own sisters and mothers to be free from depression and anxiety in Nepal? Please join HFN team to support the maternal mental health program by sending in your donations through facebook fundraiser or donate link above. 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 . 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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