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Prevalence of anemia by causes, and severity in different age groups in India: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Open

Mahalaqua Nazli Khatib, Nikita Waghmare, Laxmikant Umate, Nikhil Pantbalekundri, Rinkle Gemnani , et al. · 2025

Background: Anemia continues to be a significant public health concern in India, affecting various age groups and carrying substantial economic and health burdens. In India, nutritional anemia, predominantly from iron deficiency, is a sign…

Self-management of type 2 diabetes using a co-designed text based mobile health (mHealth) intervention in Nepal: A study protocol for randomised controlled trial Open

Namuna Shrestha, Padam Simkhada, Om Kurmi, Shiva Gautam, Biraj Man Karmacharya , et al. · 2025

Mobile health (mHealth) is increasingly being used for managing chronic diseases proving its feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness in improving the health outcomes. However, effectiveness of mHealth intervention for self-management …

The Lingering Shadow: Long-Term Effects on COVID-19 Survivors Open

Brijesh Sathian, Javed Iqbal, Padam Simkhada, Hanadi Al Hamad · 2025

The editorial message is unequivocal: Long COVID cannot be sidelined. Governments must enhance access to multidisciplinary care clinics, fund long-term research, and embed mental health services within recovery programs. Vaccination reduce…

Risk of dementia in Nepal: A cross-sectional survey in mountainous, hilly, and lowland regions Open

Bibha Simkhada, Sanju Thapa Magar, Padam Simkhada, Pasang Tamang, John Stephenson · 2025

Introduction Globally dementia is a growing public health problem, with over 135,000 people in Nepal living with dementia. Nepal lacks national and community-based data on dementia prevalence. This study aims to determine the dementia risk…

Life-time experience of violence among women and girls living with disability in Nepal Open

Padam Simkhada, Sapana Basnet, Shaurabh Sharma, Edwin van Teijlingen, Sharada Prasad Wasti , et al. · 2025

Background Violence against women and girls with disabilities remains a serious, yet underexplored, global concern. This paper aims to investigate the prevalence and factors associated with life-time experience of violence within this vuln…

Unmet need for breast cancer screening among women of reproductive age in Ghana: a secondary analysis of the 2022 demographic and health survey Open

Joshua Okyere, Bibha Simkhada, Padam Simkhada · 2025

Coproducing a culturally sensitive storytelling video intervention to improve psychosocial well-being: a multimethods participatory study with Nepalese migrant workers Open

Priyamvada Paudyal, Sharada Prasad Wasti, Pimala Neupane, Jiblal Sapkota, Carol Watts , et al. · 2025

Objective This study aimed to coproduce a culturally adaptive storytelling video intervention to support the psychosocial well-being of Nepalese migrant workers. Design A multimethods participatory study was conducted involving three diffe…

Effect of Treatment of Infections on Anemia and Hemoglobin Levels: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Open

Mahalaqua Nazli Khatib, Shilpa Gaidhane, Shilpa Upadhyay, Nikita Waghmare, Deepak Saxena , et al. · 2025

Mitigating Health Risks After Floods and Landslides in Nepal: A Public Health Perspective Open

Padam Simkhada, Brijesh Sathian, Bibha Simkhada, Edwin van Teijlingen, Pragya Koirala · 2024

In summary, the current floods reveal the deeply seated public health vulnerabilities in this disaster-ridden region, and they are a grim reminder of the catastrophic impacts of climate change on our environment. Massively reducing the imm…

Research Priorities and Needs in Global Migrant Health: A Systematic Review of Reviews Open

Padam Simkhada, Preeti Mahato, Edwin van Teijlingen, Pramod Regmi, Nirmal Aryal , et al. · 2024

_Aim_: Worldwide, the number of migrants is still increasing. Most research is focused on refugees and irregular migrants to high-income countries, with less focus on migrants moving between low and middle-income countries. As migrant heal…

Nepal Family Cohort study: a study protocol Open

Om Kurmi, Nagendra Chaudhary, Gayathri Delanerolle, Charlotte E. Bolton, Puspa Raj Pant , et al. · 2024

Introduction The Nepal Family Cohort study uses a life course epidemiological approach to collect comprehensive data on children’s and their parents’ environmental, behavioural and metabolic risk factors. These factors can affect the overa…

The impact of cultural practice and policy on dementia care in Nepal Open

Bibha Simkhada, Sanju Thapa Magar, Padam Simkhada, Shanti Farrington, Edwin van Teijlingen · 2024

Urgent need for better quality control, standards and regulation for the Large Language Models used in healthcare domain Open

Brijesh Sathian, Edwin van Teijlingen, Israel Júnior Borges do Nascimento, Russell Kabir, Indrajit Banerjee , et al. · 2024

Current methodologies for ensuring AI technology safety and efficacy may be adequate for earlier AI iterations predating generative artificial intelligence (GAI). However, governing clinical GAI may necessitate the development of novel reg…

Risk of Dementia in Nepal: A Cross-Sectional Survey in Mountainous, Hilly, and Lowland Regions Open

Bibha Simkhada, Sanju Thapa Magar, Padam Simkhada, Pasang Tamang, John Stephenson · 2024

Introduction Globally dementia is a growing public health problem, with over 135,000 people in Nepal living with dementia. Nepal lacks national and community-based data on dementia prevalence. This study aims to determine the dementia risk…

Workplace harassment faced by female Nepalese migrants working aboard Open

Padam Simkhada, Edwin van Teijlingen, Manju Gurung, Samjhana Bhujel, Kalpana Gyawali , et al. · 2024

Exploration of family caregivers’ experiences on coping in dementia care in Ghana: a phenomenological study Open

Precious Adade Duodu, Joshua Okyere, Bibha Simkhada, Ransford Akrong, Caroline Barker , et al. · 2024

Gendered differences in the prevalence and associated factors of dementia in Ghana: a cross-sectional survey Open

Precious Adade Duodu, Nutifafa Eugene Yaw Dey, Joshua Okyere, Bibha Simkhada, Caroline Barker , et al. · 2024

ChatGPT: Challenges to editors and examiners Open

Bibha Simkhada, Alexander van Teijlingen, Padam Simkhada, Edwin van Teijlingen · 2024

The past year saw an exponential growth in the use of machine learning using AI (artificial intelligence) and particularly Generative AI (GenAI) such as ChatGPT. The latter has seen a spectacular rise in the public debate and in the mass m…

COVID-19 as a Challenge to Nepal’s Newly Federalized Health System: Capacities, Responsibilities, and Mindsets Open

Bikash Koirala, Simon Rushton, Pratik Adhikary, Julie Balen, Srijana Basnet , et al. · 2024

Objective:The aim of this study is to explore how Nepal's newly federalized health system responded to the COVID-19 pandemic, using this as a basis for drawing wider lessons for health policymakers in Nepal.Method: An exploratory qualitati…

Editorial: Evidence-based approaches in aging and public health Open

Brijesh Sathian, Edwin van Teijlingen, Padam Simkhada, Russell Kabir, Hanadi Al Hamad · 2024

Keywords: aging research, statistical modeling, clinical trials, evidence-based medicine, collaboration

An analysis of Nepal’s Draft Mental Health Acts 2006–2017: competing values and power Open

Jane Stephens, Padam Simkhada, Edwin van Teijlingen, John D. Porter, Julian Eaton · 2024

This qualitative study maps the process of drafting and consulting on Nepal’s mental health legislation from 2006 to 2017. A total of 14 people were interviewed and interviews were analysed thematically. These themes were subsequently inte…

Primary caregivers’ experiences of caring for people living with dementia in Ghana: a phenomenological study Open

Precious Adade Duodu, Bibha Simkhada, Joshua Okyere, Ransford Akrong, Caroline Barker , et al. · 2024

Background Dementia is often associated with functional impairments that limit the independence of persons living with dementia (PwD). As such, many PwD often require a higher level of support provided by persons referred to as caregivers.…

Nepal needs Continuing Professional Development for Re-registration in Nursing and Midwifery Open

Bibha Simkhada, Edwin van Teijlingen, Chandrakala Sharma, Apsara Pandey, Padam Simkhada · 2024

The nursing and midwifery profession needs to stay up to date with the latest developments. In this Viewpoint, we shall be referring to ‘nurses’ and ‘nursing’ to mean ‘nurses and midwives’ and ‘nursing and midwifery’ respectively. Nurses m…

Effect of IV ferric carboxy maltose for moderate/severe anemia: a systematic review and meta-analysis Open

Mahalaqua Nazli Khatib, Anju Pradhan Sinha, Shilpa Gaidhane, Shilpa Upadhyay, Nikita Waghmare , et al. · 2024

Introduction Anemia remains a prevalent global health issue with varying severity. Intravenous iron supplementation, particularly with ferric carboxymaltose (FCM), has appeared as a possible therapeutic intervention for individuals with mo…

Domestic Violence Against Women in Nepal: A Systematic Review of Risk Factors Open

Bindu Devkota Sapkota, Padam Simkhada, Dillon Newton, Sara Parker · 2024

A systematic review was conducted to examine the factors that put women at risk of domestic violence in Nepal. Using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA), PubMed, Cochrane, MEDLINE, CINAHL, and Ps…

Participatory policy analysis in health policy and systems research: reflections from a study in Nepal Open

Sujata Sapkota, Simon Rushton, Edwin van Teijlingen, Madhusudan Subedi, Julie Balen , et al. · 2024

Addressing the inequalities in global genetic studies for the advancement of Genetic Epidemiology Open

Brijesh Sathian, Edwin van Teijlingen, Bedanta Roy, Russell Kabir, Indrajit Banerjee , et al. · 2023

The human reference genome assembly has been available for two decades, and advancements in sequencing technology have enabled rapid whole-genome sequencing in single institutes. WGS (whole-genome sequencing) data analysis applications wil…

Sexual Harassment Among Nepali Non-Migrating Female Partners of International Labor Migrant Men Open

Kalpana Gyawali, Padam Simkhada, Edwin van Teijlingen, Shraddha Manandhar, Ram Chandra Silwal · 2023

International migration shows an increasing trend around the world. The majority of labor migrants, particularly low/semi-skilled migrants from low- and middle-income countries, immigrate to destination countries leaving their family membe…

Need for evidence synthesis for quality control of healthcare decision-making Open

Brijesh Sathian, Edwin van Teijlingen, Israel Júnior Borges do Nascimento, Mahalaqua Nazli Khatib, Indrajit Banerjee , et al. · 2023

Systematic reviews that are out-of-date delay policymaking, create controversy, and can erode trust in research. To avoid this issue, it is preferable to keep summaries of the study evidence. Living evidence is a synthesis approach that pr…

Overcoming the challenges facing Nepal’s health system during federalisation: an analysis of health system building blocks Open

Sharada Prasad Wasti, Edwin van Teijlingen, Simon Rushton, Madhusudan Subedi, Padam Simkhada , et al. · 2023

Introduction Nepal’s move to a federal system was a major constitutional and political change, with significant devolution of power and resources from the central government to seven newly created provinces and 753 local governments. Nepal…

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