Menstrual taboos negatively affect adolescent girls. Global evidence suggests that girls receive insufficient guidance and information about menstrual onset, hygiene and management, and often, cult...
The Dreadfulness of Diabetes: Patient Experiences
Knowing Diabetes
Diabetes is a condition where the body fails to utilize the ingested glucose properly. The term “diabetes” refers to a group of me...
Initial Inroads to TB-Tobacco RCT Study: Experiences from UK and Czech Republic Researchers
Sahil Warsi from University of Leeds, UK and Iveta Nohavova from Society for Treatment of Tobacco Dependence, Czech Republic paid a week long visit to HERD team to work on...
Road to Recovery: Summary of Post Disaster Recovery Framework (2016-2020)
The Road to Recovery has been a topsy-turvy ride. Government of Nepal has recently come up with a Post Disaster Recovery Framework 2016-2020 that provides a policy pa...
Getting the Ground Reality: Talking to MDR-TB Patients
Kritagya Regmi, Assistant Communications Officer at HERD shares her experience of a recent field visit to Rupandehi with MDR-TB project team.
I joined the MDR TB...