Sonamoni project field visit
This week I had the pleasure of visiting one of the two major research sites of our Sonamoni project. Sonamoni is jointly coordinated by Bournemouth University in collaboration with the Centre for...
View ArticleCapacity building with CIPRB staff in Bangladesh
Yesterday I had the pleasure to delivery two research capacity building workshop sessions in Dhaka with staff at CIPRB (Centre for Injury Prevention and Research, Bangladesh). I was in Bangladesh as...
View ArticleFHSS academics teaching in Nepal
As part of our long-standing Memorandum of Agreement between Bournemouth University and Manmohan Memorial Institute of Health Sciences (MMIHS) in Nepal, Dr. Pramod Regmi taught a postgraduate class in...
View ArticleAcademic writing: Six encouragements
The Festive Season is a good time to clean up and clear out the pile of paper collected throughout the proceeding year. One the many pieces of potentially useful information I archived was a...
View ArticleImpact of federalisation on Nepal’s health system
On Boxing Day and the following day (Dec. 27th) a member of our research team, Amshu Dhakal based at Manmohan Memorial Institute of Health Sciences (MMIHSS), presented findings from our Nepal Federal...
View ArticleAnyone can drown. No one should!
The first editorial of The Lancet Public Health [1] highlights a public health issue close to our work in Bangladesh, namely the risk of drowning, especially in young children. “Anyone can drown. No...
View ArticleMeeting at BU to address maternal inequalities
Today and yesterday (January 7-8) academics involved in MIHERC (Maternal and Infant Health Equity Research Centre), the successful interdisciplinary collaboration to address challenges in maternity...
View ArticleNew BU midwifery publication by Joanne Rack
This week the international scientific journal Midwifery published Ms. Joanne Rack’s second paper from her PhD research. This latest paper ‘The Pregnant Pause: Engaging and Involving Public...
View ArticleNew PhD publication on Caesarean Section
Congratulations to Dr. Soluchana Dhakal-Rai whose latest research paper ‘Explaining rising caesarean section rates in urban Nepal: A mixed-methods study’ has been accepted today by the international...
View ArticleRKEDF ECR development opportunities – book now!
ECRN: Demonstrating Research Impact – Mon 3rd Feb, 14:00-16:00, online Are you hopeful that you research is going to make a difference? Have you considered the variety of ways your research can have...
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