Family-Centered Intervention and Epidemiology of Developmental Delays and Disabilities in Kaski Nepal (FINE-DDD))

A recent study estimated that over 200 million children living in Low Middle-Income Countries will not fulfill their developmental potential, due to risk factors such as intrauterine growth restriction, malnutrition, infectious diseases and inadequate cognitive stimulation, and the World...

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) target 4.2 aims that, by 2030, all children access quality early child development (ECD), pre-primary education and are ready for primary education. However, children most at risk of poor educational outcomes, including those with neuro-developmental...

Several studies in low- and middle-income settings have shown that mistreatment and disrespectful care during childbirth is a major issue that needs addressing. A multi-country study by Bohren et al. showed that more than a third of women experience...

High quality neonatal resuscitation is a key to save newborn lives, prevent brain injury and optimize child development, yet the quality of care remains far below standards. In this project, we investigate the use of video filming of neonatal...

Cerebral Palsy (CP) is a syndrome of non-progressive movement and posture disorder caused by damage to the developing brain during pregnancy, delivery or first two years of life. It is the most common form of motor disability in childhood...

Golden Community in collaboration with the Government of Nepal (GoN) and University of Washington, Department of Paediatrics, School of Medicine, Washington for improving key quality improvement (QI) interventions including neonatal resuscitation to skilled health worker who will be in...

Golden community in collaboration with the Ministry of health and Population, Government of Nepal (GoN) and Uppsala University has scaled up a set of quality improvement interventions specific to improving intrapartum care aimed atreducing intrapartum related mortality (intrapartum stillbirth and neonatal...

EVERY NEWBORN – SIMPLIFIED MEASUREMENT INTEGRATING LONGITUDINAL NEURODEVELOPMENT & GROWTH (EN-SMILING) This study is an extension to the Every Newborn Birth Indicator Research Tracking in Hospitals (EN-BIRTH) study in Tanzania, Bangladesh and Nepal. EN-BIRTH is an observational study of 20,000 births...

Effectiveness of Simulation Based Education on midwifery skills among pre-service and in – service trainees from selected institutes of Nepal An operational research for a period of 2 years among pre-service midwifery students and in-service trainees aims to evaluate...

Rapid Feedback for quality Improvement Neonatal Resuscitation (REFINE) Study The REFINE study is being carried out in Pokhara Academy of Health Sciences/Western Regional Hospital in Pokhara since November 2018. The aim of the study is to improve maternal and...