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Research
Research
BNMT Research Overview
BNMT has a growing portfolio of multidisciplinary research, embedded within our implementation programmes. We aim to generate evidence to inform policy and drive innovation in fields including infectious diseases, mental and adolescent health and health system strengthening in Nepal.
We address issues affecting the health, development and resilience of our communities in Nepal, while ensuring our work is globally relevant by working with a network of leading experts and global collaborators.
Our current research fields include pathogen genetics, health economics, evidence synthesis, implementation research and policy translation. We partner with universities to support Nepali early career researchers in public health, infectious diseases, and global health related BSc, MSc and PhD studies. We continue to publish our work in international, peer reviewed journals and to present at domestic and international scientific conferences to ensure our findings reach a wide audience and inform the global evidence base.
PHD STUDENTS
Mr. Suman Chandra Gurung
Suman Chandra Gurung is a Senior Technical Advisor of BNMT Nepal. He is a public health specialist with MPhil in Population Studies from TU, MSc in Development Management (International Health) from UK, PG Development Management from UK and Bachelor in Public Health, Certificate in General Medicine from TU, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal. He has over 27 years’ experience of health & development work in Nepal, Bangladesh, China and Tibet and employers include BNMT Nepal, IOM Nepal, NHSSP (DFID) Nepal, DHSP (DFID) Nepal, UNDP/UNV Bangladesh, Surmang Foundation Tibet/China, ADRA/Nepal, UMN CDHP Nepal, Save the Children Fund (UK) Nepal. Suman is currently perusing PhD at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, his PhD title is, ‘ Active Case Finding for Tuberculosis in Nepal’.
Suman has had wide and extensive experience of project management, health systems strengthening, planning, monitoring, evaluation, facilitation skills, co-ordination, research and technical assistance to government & External Development Partners (EDPs). He has also been involved in developing guidelines, manuals, resource maps, MoHP staffs job descriptions, proposal developments, curriculums, lesson plans and has trained health workers, volunteers and teachers.
Kritika Dixit
Kritika Dixit is the Research Manager at BNMT with experience of over eight years in infectious diseases, mental health, and reproductive and sexual health. Her main areas of interest are the social and structural determinants of health and the design and evaluation of socioeconomic interventions to tackle these factors. Ms Dixit led research projects explore barriers to healthcare access especially in rural areas and provide evidence to inform patient-centric healthcare models to improve equity in communities. More recently, she led the research implementation in the projects supported by the European Union, the Wellcome Trust, UK, and the Stop TB partnership which aim to increase tuberculosis case diagnosis in Nepal and to develop a locally appropriate socioeconomic support package for TB affected households. She holds a master’s degree in Global Health from Thammasat University, Thailand, and is a current PhD student at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. Ms Dixit is a Farrar Foundation fellow and is also a recipient of early-career research grant from the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH), National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) as well as travel scholarships from the RSTMH and the TB Modelling and Analysis Consortium, UK.
Publications
Stigma, depression, and quality of life among people with pulmonary tuberculosis diagnosed through active and passive case finding in Nepal: a prospective cohort study
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Comparing cross-sectional and longitudinal approaches to tuberculosis patient cost surveys using Nepalese data
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Interventions pathways to reduce tuberculosis-related stigma: a literature review and conceptual framework
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Protocol for the Addressing the Social Determinants and Consequences of Tuberculosis in Nepal (ASCOT) pilot trial
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Should all pregnant women take calcium supplements in Nepal? GRADE evidence to policy assessment
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Is routine Vitamin A supplementation still justified for children in Nepal? Trial synthesis findings applied to Nepal national mortality estimates
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Feasibility of HPV self-sampling pathway in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal using a human-centred design approach
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Barriers and facilitators to accessing tuberculosis care in Nepal: a qualitative study to inform the design of a socioeconomic support intervention
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Building on facilitators and overcoming barriers to implement active tuberculosis case-finding in Nepal, experiences of community health workers and people with tuberculosis
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Comparative Yield of Tuberculosis during Active Case Finding Using GeneXpert or Smear Microscopy for Diagnostic Testing in Nepal: A Cross-Sectional Study
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‘A double-edged sword’: Perceived benefits and harms of active case-finding for people with presumptive tuberculosis and communities—A qualitative study based on expert interviews
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Active case-finding policy development, implementation and scale-up in high-burden countries: A mixed-methods survey with National Tuberculosis Programme managers and document review
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Developing Feasible, Locally Appropriate Socioeconomic Support for TB-Affected Households in Nepal
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How to reduce household costs for people with tuberculosis: a longitudinal costing survey in Nepal
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‘Power plays plus push’: experts’ insights into the development and implementation of active tuberculosis case-finding policies globally, a qualitative study
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Research protocol for a mixed-methods study to characterise and address the socioeconomic impact of accessing TB diagnosis and care in Nepal
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Factors influencing active tuberculosis case-finding policy development and implementation: a scoping review
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The role of active case finding in reducing patient incurred catastrophic costs for tuberculosis in Nepal
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स्वास्थ्य सेवामा पहुँच: हाम्रो सरोकार र पहल – A story on the importance of human resource for health
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Situational Analysis of Human Resources for Health (HRH)- In Public and Private sectors in Nepal 2011
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Assessing Current Situation of Domestic Violence against Women (DVAW) in Morang District 2009
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Community intervention to promote rational treatment of acute respiratory infection in rural Nepal
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Formative research – effective mass media communication and IEC medium on TB-HIV co-infection
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