 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. 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. 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.
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. 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. |
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