Capacity building in environmental health research in India and Nepal.

Arsenic in Drinking Water in West Bengal

gram in Environmental and Occupational Health at UC Berkeley concentrates on two major environmental health issues in the Indian subcontinent: arsenic in drinking water in West Bengal, India, and indoor air pollution in India and Nepal. Local trainees and researchers have had the opportunity to work on related research. Concerning arsenic in drinking water, projects included studies of skin les...

Social Accountability in Maternal Health Services in the Far-Western Development Region in Nepal: An Exploratory Study

Background Social accountability or citizen-led accountability has been promoted in many low- and middle-income countries to improve the quality, access to and use of maternal health services. Experiences with social accountability in maternal health services in Nepal have not yet been documented. This study identifies existing social accountability structures and activities in maternal h...

Development assistance for health given to Nepal by China and India: a comparative study

BACKGROUND Development assistance for health (DAH) promotes health development in low and middle income countries. China and India, as emerging donors, have scaled-up their DAH programs during the recent years. Nepal, as a neighboring country to China and India, has witnessed the history and development of China's and India's DAH. METHODS This research uses a literature review and in-depth in...

Capacity building is not an event but a process: lesson from health sector decentralization of Nepal.

Health Facility Operation and Management Committee are supposed to govern all the affairs of local health facilities under decentralization policy. The capacity building of the committee was deemed necessary and thus different stakeholders involved in the capacity building process. All agreed up on the need of capacity building of the committee but there were different school of thoughts on the...

Capacity Building to Improve Hospital Managers’ Performance in West Asia