Name of Head of Department: Dr. Khem Karki
Department introduction/description:
The Department of Community Medicine and Public Health (DCMPH) is one of the leading departments of Maharajgunj Medical Campus devoted to excellence in teaching-learning, research, and developing Community Medicine specialists and public health leaders through community-based learning approaches. The department has recently started a post-graduate (MD) program in Community Medicine with elective subjects in Non-Communicable Diseases, Health System Management, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, and Medical Education. It contributes to imparting knowledge on community medicine, public health, and research methods to undergraduate and postgraduate clinical programs. The department largely contributes to producing competent and socially responsible health professionals. It has dual responsibilities – to teach Community Medicine to undergraduate medical students and contribute to public health education.
Department vision, mission, and goals:
The Department of Community Medicine and Public Health aims to produce socially responsible and competent physicians and public health professionals willing and able to meet the existing and emerging challenges of the national and international healthcare system. MBBS and MD graduates from this department will play major roles in curative health services, preventive health services, and planning, management, and education.
Department faculty members :
| S.N. | Full Name | Designation | Full Academic Qualifications (Bachelor onwards) | Joined year |
| 1 | Dr. Khem Karki | Asso. Prof. | MBBS, MPH | 2016 |
| 2 | Dr. Pranil Man Singh Pradhan | Asso. Prof. | MBBS, MD | 2016 |
| 3 | Mr. Prem Basel | Lecturer | BPH, MPH, MSc. Epidemiology | 2011 |
| 4 | Dr. Smriti Pant | Lecturer | MBBS, MD | 2021 |
| 5 | Dr. Namrata Karki | MBBS, MD | 2018 | |
| 6 | Dr. Tanweer Ahmad Mikrani | Lecturer | MBBS, MD | 2020 |
| 7 | Dr. Gambhir Shrestha | Lecturer | MBBS, MD | 2020 |
| 8 | Mr. Deepak Raj Joshi | Lecturer | BSc. Statistics, MSc. Statistics | 2023 |
Department staff members:
| S.N. | Name | Designation | Academic Qualifications Full (Bachelor onwards) | Joined year |
| 1 | Mr. Sudip Khanal | Technical Assistant | 2009 | |
| 2 | Ms. Anita Pariyar | Helper | 2009 |
Academic programs and students educated/trained each year / total
| Level | S.N. | Program name | Yes / No |
| Bachelor | 1 | MBBS | Yes |
| 2 | BDS | No | |
| 3 | BASLP | Yes | |
| 4 | BOptom | Yes | |
| 5 | BPerfusion | Yes | |
| 6 | BPharmacy | Yes | |
| 7 | BScMIT | Yes | |
| 8 | BScMLT | Yes | |
| Masters | 9 | MD ………… | Community Medicine (One Resident) |
| 10 | MS ………… | Thesis Consultation | |
| 11 | MDS ………… | ||
| 12 | MSc ………… | Yes | |
| 13 | MPhil ………… | Yes (MPhil Clinical Psychology) | |
| 14 | ………… | ||
| Super-specialty | 15 | DM ………… | Thesis Mentoring |
| 16 | MCh ……….. | Thesis Mentoring | |
| 17 | PhD……… | Thesis Mentoring |
Research activities of the faculties/department
Dr. Pranil MS Pradhan, Dr. Gambhir Shrestha, and Dr. Khem Karki conducted the project “Technical and Operational Support for the SAFER Nepal Initiative on Alcohol Control in Nepal” supported by the WHO Country Office for Nepal.
Number of publications by faculties/department
| Original Research articles |
| Dr. Pranil Man Singh Pradhan |
| Effectiveness of a dietician-led intervention in reducing glycated haemoglobin among people with type 2 diabetes in Nepal: a single centre, open-label, randomised controlled trial. Sunuwar DR, Nayaju S, Pradhan PMS et al. The Lancet Regional Health – Southeast Asia, Volume 18, 100285 |
| Pradhan PMS (GBD 2021 Anaemia Collaborators). Prevalence, years lived with disability, and trends in anaemia burden by severity and cause, 1990-2021: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet Haematol. 2023 Sep;10(9):e713-e734. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3026(23)00160-6. |
| Yadav B, Bhusal S, K C A, Pradhan PMS. Occupational stress and environmental impact among traffic police officers in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal: A qualitative study. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2023 Nov 21;3(11):e0002174. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0002174 |
| Mensah GA, Fuster V, Murray CJL, Roth GA, Pradhan PMS (Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risks Collaborators). Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risks, 1990-2022. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2023 Dec 19;82(25):2350-2473. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2023.11.007 |
| Khanal A, Paudel R, Wagle CN, Subedee S, Pradhan PMS. Prevalence of anemia and its associated factors among adolescent girls on Weekly Iron Folic Acid supplementation (WIFAS) implemented and non-implemented schools at Tokha municipality, Kathmandu. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2024 Jan 26;4(1):e0002515. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0002515 |
| Raut S, Kc D, Singh DR, Dhungana RR, Pradhan PMS, Sunuwar DR. Effect of nutrition education intervention on nutrition knowledge, attitude, and diet quality among school-going adolescents: a quasi-experimental study. BMC Nutr. 2024 Feb 27;10(1):35. doi: 10.1186/s40795-024-00850-0 |
| Pradhan PMS (GBD 2021 Demographics Collaborators). Global age-sex-specific mortality, life expectancy, and population estimates in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1950-2021, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet. 2024 May 18;403(10440):1989-2056. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00476-8 |
| Pant S, Koirala S, Acharya AP, Pradhan PMS. Factors associated with adolescent pregnancy among Chepang women and their health-seeking behavior in Ichchhakamana rural municipality of Chitwan district. PLoS One. 2024 Mar 28;19(3):e0301261. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0301261 |
| Pradhan PMS. (GBD 2021 Fertility and Forecasting Collaborators). Global fertility in 204 countries and territories, 1950-2021, with forecasts to 2100: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet. 2024 May 18;403(10440):2057-2099. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00550-6 |
| Pradhan PMS (GBD 2021 Causes of Death Collaborators). Global burden of 288 causes of death and life expectancy decomposition in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990-2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet. 2024 May 18;403(10440):2100-2132. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00367-2 |
| Pradhan PMS (GBD 2021 Risk Factors Collaborators). Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990-2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet. 2024 May 18;403(10440):2162-2203. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00933-4 |
| Pradhan PMS (GBD 2021 Diseases and Injuries Collaborators). Global incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 371 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990-2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet. 2024 May 18;403(10440):2133-2161. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00757-8 |
| Pradhan PMS (GBD 2021 Forecasting Collaborators). Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022-2050: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet. 2024 May 18;403(10440):2204-2256. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00685-8 |
| Pradhan PMS., Pant, S., Shrestha, G., Karki, N., Mikrani, T. A., Joshi, D. R., … Karki, K. B. (2024). Nutritional Status and Its Associated Factors among Under-Five Children in Bidur Municipality, Nuwakot District, Nepal: A Secondary Data Analysis. Nepal Journal of Public Health, 1(1), 1–6. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13332911 |
| Dr. Smriti Pant |
| Pradhan PMS, Pant S, Shrestha G, Karki, Mikrani TA, Joshi DR. Nutritional Status and Its Associated Factors among Under-Five Children in Bidur Municipality, Nuwakot District, Nepal: A Secondary Data Analysis. Nepal Journal of Public Health;2024 |
| Pant S, Koirala S, Acharya AP, Pradhan PMS Factors associated with adolescent pregnancy among Chepang women and their health-seeking behavior in Ichchhakamana rural municipality of Chitwan district. PLoS ONE 19(3): e0301261. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pone.0301261 |
| Pant S, Koirala S. Older Persons in Nepal and the effect of COVID-19. In: Shankardass, M.K. (eds) Handbook on COVID-19 Pandemic and Older Persons. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-1467-8_29 |
| Dr. Gambhir Shrestha |
| Nutritional Status and its Associated Factors among Under-Five Children in Bidur Municipality, Nuwakot District, Nepal: A Secondary Data Analysis Authors: Pradhan, P. M. S., Pant, S., Shrestha, G., et al. Published in: Nepal Journal of Public Health 2024; 1(1), 1-6. |
| Knowledge, attitude and practice towards hepatitis B vaccination among medical undergraduate students of Maharajgunj Medical Campus in Nepal: a cross-sectional study Authors: Dahal K, Rawal L, Shah S, Dahal M, Shrestha G Published in: Annals of Medicine and Surgery 2024;86(2):782-8. |
| Community-based Screening of Oral Cancer in Selected Districts of Nepal: A Cross-Sectional Study Authors: Shrestha G, Gautam DK, Siwakoti B, et al. Published in: Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention: APJCP. 2023;24(12):4111. |
| REPCAN: Guideline for REporting Population-based CANcer Registry Data Authors: Roshandel G,…, Shrestha G, et al. Published in: Asia Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2023 24(9): 3297-3303 |
| Oral cancer screening with visual inspection: A way forward to prevent and control the burden of oral cancer in Nepal Authors: Shrestha G, Siwakoti B, Mulmi R Published in:Tropical Medicine & International Health 2023; 28:245-246 |
| Cancer Stigma in Non-patient Population Visiting B&B Hospital, Lalitpur, Nepal: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study Authors: Shrestha R, Shrestha G, Paneru P Published in: Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Care 2023;8(2):275-9. |
| Mr. Deepak Raj Joshi |
| Clinical Characteristics and Outcome of Patients With Intraoperative Aneurysm Rupture:A Retrospective Cohort Study From Nepal. Neurosurgery Practice. Mohan R. Sharma, MD, Sandeep Bohara, MS, MCh, Dipendra K. Shrestha, MS, MCh, Deepak R. Joshi, MSc, Shreejana Singh, MN, Ritesh Lamsal, MD, DM, Subhash P. Acharya, MD, Prakash Kafle, MS, MCh, Amit B. Pradhanang, MS, MCh, Gopal Sedain, MS, MCh, Farrokh Farrokhi, MD, Gerald A. Grant, MD |
| Interrater Variability among Anesthesiologists Using American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status Classification System Journal of Nepal Health Research Council. Amit Sharma Bhattarai, Navindra Raj Bista, Madindra Bahadur Basnet, Deepak Raj Joshi, Anil Shrestha |
| Clinico-Histopathological Consistency in Dermatological Disorders in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Kathmandu Nepal Journal of Dermatology Venereology & Leprology. Akankshya Shrestha, Tsering Dolma Gurung, Deepak Raj Joshi, Dwarika Prasad Shrestha |
| Knowledge and attitude on umbilical cord blood stem cell therapy among bachelor nursing students in Lalitpur Metropolitan City. Journal of Karnali Academy of Health Sciences. Karuna Bajracharya, Shreejana Singh, Deepak Raj Joshi, Isabel Lawot |
| Perception and Willingness Regarding Organ Transplantation/donation among Medical Students of Maharajgunj Medical Campus: A Cross-sectional Study Journal of Nepal Health Research Council. Amit Sharma Bhattarai, Bidur Adhikari, Deepak Raj Joshi, Alisha Yadav, Pankaj Joshi, Bashu Dev Parajuli, Megha Koirala, Kushal Jung Karki, Krishna Prasad Subedi, Gentle Sunder Shrestha, Anil Shrestha, Shreejana Singh |
| Awareness and Attitude Regarding Modes of Delivery among Pregnant Women Visiting Antenatal Clinics of University Hospital of Nepal: Cross-sectional Study. Nepal Mediciti Medical Journal. Shreejana Singh, Deepak Raj Joshi, Bimala Parajuli, Pratima Khatri, Bikash Shrestha, Isabel Lawot |
| Knowledge and Preventive Practices of Dengue Fever among Adolescents in a Terai District of Nepal: A Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of Nepal Pediatric Society. Shreejana Singh, Deepak Raj Joshi, Alisha Yadav, Isabel Lawot, Mohan Raj Sharma |
| Nutritional Status and Its Associated Factors among Under-Five Children in Bidur Municipality, Nuwakot District, Nepal: A Secondary Data Analysis. Nepal Journal of Public Health. Pranil Man Singh Pradhan, Smriti Pant, Gambhir Shrestha, Namrata Karki, Tanweer Ahmad Mikrani, Deepak Raj Joshi, Sushan Man Shrestha, Prem Basel, Khem Karki |
Achievements/Grants/Awards received by faculties/department
Achievements: Dr. Gambhir Shrestha was awarded the Mrigendra Samjhana Medical Trust Young Health Researcher Award (Medical Doctor Category) at the 10th National Summit for Health and Population Scientists organized by Nepal Health Research Council 2023.
Grants:
Dr. Pranil Man Singh Pradhan (Principal Investigator) was awarded a Department Research Grant by Research Management Cell, MMC for the research “Nutritional status and its associated factors among under-five children in Bidur Municipality, Nuwakot District, Nepal: a secondary data analysis”
Dr. Pranil Man Singh Pradhan (Co-Investigator) was awarded a Collaborative Research Grant by the University Grants Commission for the research “Prevalence of Human Hydatid Disease Among High-Risk Population in Baglung District of Nepal: a Screening Study”
Dr. Pranil Man Singh Pradhan (Co-Investigator) was awarded a Bernard Lown Scholar Grant by the Harvard School of Public Health, USA for the research “Estimating the disease burden, economic impact, and health and economic benefits of raising taxes to counter the dual combustible and smokeless tobacco epidemics in India: an economic and disease modeling study”
