Nepal NCDI Poverty Commission

Commission Members

Co-Chairs

Senendra Raj Upreti (MBBS, MPH) - Secretary, Ministry of Health, Nepal

Bhagawan Koirala (MD, MS) - Professor of Surgery and Chief, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu.

Commissioners

Krishna K Aryal (MPH) - Abt Associates

Shiva Raj Adhikari (MA, PhD) - Associate Professor of Health Economics, Tribhuvan University

Meghnath Dhimal - Nepal Health Research Council

SP Kalaunee (MA, PhD) - Executive Director, Possible Health

Khem B Karki (MBBS, MPH) - Member Secretary, Nepal Health Research Council

Arjun Karki (MD) - Pulmonary and Critical Care, Grande International Hospital

Biraj Karmacharya (MBBS, MSc, PhD) - Chief, Department of Community Relations, Kathmandu University Hospital

Arpana Kalaunee - Nepal Health Research Council

Rajendra Koju (MD) - Associate Dean and Administrative Director, Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences

Anjani Kumar Jha (MD) - Professor & Head, Department of Radiation Oncology, B P Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital

Suresh Mehata - Ipas Nepal

Shiva Raj Mishra - Nepal Development Society

Natalia Oli - Kathmandu Medical College

Vijay Kumar Pandey - Senior Journalist

Sanjib Kumar Sharma (MD, FISN) - Professor of Medicine, B P Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital

Dinesh Neupane (MPH) - Nepal Development Society

Saroj Prasad Ojha (MD) - Professor & Head, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Tribhuvan University

Achyut Raj Pandey - Research Officer, Research Section, Nepal Health Research Council

Bhaskar Raj Pant (MD) - Assistant Director, Joint Replacement & Sports Medicine, Grande International Hospital

Pravin Paudel - HERD International

Anant Raut (MSc) - Electronic Health Data Expert, Possible Health

Deewakar Sharma (MD) - Senior Consultant Cardiologist, Shahid Gangalal National Heart Center

Archana Shrestha (MPH, PhD) - Post-Doctoral Fellow, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Abha Shrestha (MBBS, MD) - Kathmandu University Hospital

Bhola Shrestha (MD) - Chief, Curative Medicine, Ministry of Health, Nepal

Dan Schwarz (MD, MPH) - Possible Health

Abhinav Vaidya (MBBS, MD, PhD) - Associate Professor, Kathmandu Medical University

Nepal NCDI Poverty Commission Updates

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Photo Gallery: The UNICEF ROSA Workshop
Photo Gallery: The UNICEF ROSA Workshop

In early June, delegations from all eight countries in UNICEF ROSA—the Regional Office for South Asia—convened in Kathmandu for a three-day workshop on severe childhood-onset noncommunicable diseases.

Network Team Aligns with the Ministry of Health and PEN-Plus Partners in Nepal</a>
Network Team Aligns with the Ministry of Health and PEN-Plus Partners in Nepal

A team of NCDI Poverty Network technical experts recently traveled to Nepal to align with partners following the Ministry of Health’s decision to expand PEN-Plus to four more district hospitals. The Network group spent the week collaborating with the Ministry of Health, UNICEF, and the Kathmandu Institute of Children Health (KIOCH) to understand how the success of PEN-Plus initiation in Nepal can be replicated nationally.

PEN-Plus in Action Introduces a Global Partnership to Fight Severe, Chronic NCDs
PEN-Plus in Action Introduces a Global Partnership to Fight Severe, Chronic NCDs

More than 60 representatives of leading global health policy, technical, advocacy, and financing institutions and people living with NCDs gathered at UNICEF House in New York on September 15, 2022, to introduce the PEN-Plus Partnership, a major international initiative to address the global burden of severe NCDs and injuries that cause more than 500,000 avoidable deaths every year among children and young adults living in extreme poverty.