"economic growth has delivered many benefits, including for health. But at a heavy price of pollution, climate change, unhealthy diets & behaviours, and the increasing burden of NCDs & antimicrobial resistance." #Health of people & planet should be the goal of economic growth.

Cancer should be prioritized within the country’s universal health care package and is a political choice. Attending Union for International #CancerControl World Cancer Congress in Geneva. Representing Bergen Centre for Ethics and Priority Setting Institutt for global helse og samfunnsmedisin Universitetet i Bergen . #cancer #UHC #WCC2024

BCEPS PhD Research Fellow Pratik Khanal presented on a #costing approach to estimate the #cost of #cancercare in #lowresource settings at the @UICC #WorldCancerCongress today! He also participated in the World Health Organization (WHO) “Co-creating Cancer Priorities” workshop at the United Nations Geneva Office. Universitetet i Bergen

South Asia को मात्र अरु देशसंग दांज्दा धेरै major indicator हरुमा नेपाल पछाडि देखिन्छ। Net migration धेरै बढि। Life expectancy समेत धेरै भन्दा कम। एउटा मात्र देशको डाटा राखेर सबै improve भइ राखेको छ भनेर खुशी हुनु भन्दा त्यो दौरानमा समानका देशहरु कता पुगे भन्ने पनि महत्व राख्छ।

Attending #WHS2024, or joining virtually? Please join The Lancet commission on investing in health #CIH workshop conference.worldhealthsummit.org/Program/Sessio… where we'll also share about proposed #Nepal chapter of #CIH themed "#SpendingWiselyinHealth" World Health Summit #healthfinancing @shivaadhikari

Minister Ministry of Health & Population, Nepal, Pradip Paudel shares about the success of & further needs (such as capacity building, fair pay to #FCHVs) of #Nepal's #FCHVs program in strengthening community health delivery in the #CHDP anniversary session in #WHS24

Congratulations to Nepal's Under-19 women cricket team. They will be playing U-19 Cricket world cup next year. What an achievement for the women's team at the global stage! ICC CAN #Cricket #worldcup

'Protecting people from spending out of pocket for healthcare is our vision and we are working towards that aiming for improvised social health insurance with good governance' Pradip Paudel, Minister, Ministry of Health & Population, Nepal. National joint annual review #NJAR #OOPE #UHC2030 #UHC

🎉 Published today by the World Bank: Disease Control Priorities Fourth Edition (DCP-4) Volume 1! 📖 👉 You can download the entire volume or each chapter free of charge: dcp4.w.uib.no/volumes/volume… The Secretariat was based at BCEPS, Universitetet i Bergen, and Ole F. Norheim was Series Editor.

Our recent publication entitled : Transforming health in Nepal: a historical and contemporary review on disease burden, health system challenges, and innovations | Health Research Policy and Systems | Full Text: Text:doi.org/10.1186/s12961…

Exploring the chronological development of the health system in Nepal, and the next steps.👉 More in our recent paper in Health Research Policy and Systems. …alth-policy-systems.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… Bipin Adhikari Resham Khatri | रेशम खत्री Diptesh Aryal Pratik Khanal

I am delighted to share our latest publication on Nepal’s health financing system. This comprehensive review outlines the trajectory of Nepal's health financing policy, issues, challenges, and offers recommendations. Full text: doi.org/10.1371/journa…

BCEPS PhD Research Fellow Pratik Khanal co-authored the study "Navigating #Nepal’s #healthfinancing system: A road to #universalhealthcoverage amid epidemiological and demographic transitions", recently published in PLOS One: journals.plos.org/plosone/articl… #healthcare #UHC Fig. 5:

🎉 New study 👇 "Association between out-of-pocket expenditure and health-related #qualityoflife among patients receiving #cancertreatment: a cross-sectional study from #Nepal", published in BMC Health & Qual. of Life: hqlo.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… 📷 S. Rajbahak, Nepal

💥 Several BCEPS researchers will be presenting at the upcoming International Health Economics Association (#IHEA) Congress 2025 in Bali, Indonesia, July 19-23, 2025! See below for the timing and topics of the BCEPS researcher presentations👇 Full program: healtheconomics.confex.com/healtheconomic…

👏 At the International Health Economics Association (#IHEA) Congress in #Bali, #Indonesia, BCEPS PhD Research Fellow Pratik Khanal (pictured) presented his paper on "Estimating the #financialburden of #cancer in #Nepal: A cross-sectional study of #patientcosts" Universitetet i Bergen Norad

Disturbing news throughout the day. Misuse of power and failure of political leadership in #Nepal.