Pesticide Free Kitchen

This is one of my campaigns, if you agree and support, please share and contribute to keep our kitchen pesticide free, so that our people can stay healthier!

https://www.facebook.com/Pesticide-Free-Kitchen-Campaign-876951955780099/

Green vegetables produced in a home/kitchen garden in Rautbesi, Nuwakot.

Let us grow and eat organic food, keep our kitchen pesticide free and the Government corruption FREE!

Post Quake Field Visit (Central Hills of Nepal)

Gaunkharka, Nuwakot

View from Charikot, Dolakha

Near Barpak, the epicenter of 2015 Earthquake, Gorkha, Nepal

Gateway to Northern Dhading 

Beautiful and Diverse Cultures of Nepal

Bhotenamlang village, Sindhupalchowk

Baksila Bazar, Northern East Khotang

Southern village in Jhapa 

Garuda Bazar, Rautahat

Chandragari, Jhapa, the economic hub in Eastern Nepal

About me

About me

Suresh has over two decades’ work experience with specific knowledge in non-profits project management, community-based health research and development. He has a PhD in Social Welfare form University of Hawaii at Manoa (USA), and a Masters’ Degree in Health, Population and Nutrition from Keele University (UK). He was an East West Center / Asia Pacific Leadership Fellow (2007).

He has a unique blend of academia, research and management experience and passion for managing research and advocacy projects. He has worked with diverse populations in Nepal, Hawai‘i and the US Affiliated Pacific Islands, in the field of population health and social welfare. His passion and research / scholarship goals are to serving the under-served, minority, geographically challenged (rural) and resource limited communities; and promoting social justice and health equity. 

Suresh works for Nick Simons Institute (http://www.nsi.edu.np/en) as a senior research coordinator, based in Kathmandu. Similarly, he serves as a board of directors for Community Leadership Nepal, a not-for-profit company. Dr. Tamang is currently engaged in conducting health and public policy research, advocacy and University teaching in Nepal. He has been supporting NGOs in developing project proposals and designing and conducting health and social research studies in Nepal.

MHM Study 2017

My Publication (2002-2017)

List of Peer Reviwed Journal Articles: 1. Thapa, R., Yih, A., Chauhan, Poudel, S., Singh, S., Shrestha S.; Shrestha, R., Tamang, S. & Rajbhandari, R. (2022). Effect of deploying biomedical equipment technicians on the functionality of medical equipment in the government hospitals of rural Nepal. Human Resources for Health 20(1). 2. Smith, S., Henrikson H., Thapa, R, Tamang, S., Rajbhandari, R. (2022) Maternity Waiting Home Interventions as a Strategy for Improving Birth Outcomes: A Scoping Review and Meta-Analysis. Annals of Global Health, 88(1): 8, 1–13. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.3496 3. Witte, P., Tamang, S., Groves, C.C., House, D.R., Khadka, L., Bhotia, T. and Hartman, J., (2021). Feasibility Assessment of the ICF Minimal Generic Set as a Disability Screening Tool in Rural Nepal. Disability, CBR & Inclusive Development, 32(3), pp.53–75. 4. Acharya, Y.; James, N.; Thapa, R; Naz, S.; Shrestha, R. & Tamang, S (20121). Content of Antenatal Care and Perception about Services Provided by Primary Hospitals in Nepal: A Convergent Mixed Methods Study. International Journal for Quality in Health Care 33(2). 5. Ka‘opua, L. S., Diaz, T. P., Park, S. H., Bowen, T., Patrick, K. Tamang, S. & Braun K. L. (2014). Colorectal Cancer Screening at the Nexus of HIV, Minority Statuses and Cultural Safety. American Journal of Health Education, 45(1): 42-51. 6. Sy, A., Heckert, K. A., Hedson, J., Buenconsejo- Lum, L., Tamang, S. & Palafox, N. (2011). An Evaluation of the Pacific Regional Cancer Coalition: Outcomes and Implications of a Regional Coalition Internal and External Assessment. Hawaii Medical Journal, Pacific Islander Health, 70 (Supplement 2). 7. Morrison, J., Osrin, D., Shrestha, B., Tumbahangphe, K. M., Tamang, S., Shrestha, D., Thapa, S., Mesko, N., Manandhar, D. S. & Costello A. (2008). How did formative research inform the development of a women’s group intervention in Nepal? Journal of Perinatology, 28, S14-22. 8. Morrison, J., Tamang, S., Mesko, N., Shrestha, B., Manandhar, M., Manandhar, D.S., Standing, H. & Costello, A. (2005). Women's health groups to improve perinatal care in rural Nepal. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 16; 5(1): 6. 10.1186/1471-2393-5-6. 9. Borghi, J., Thapa, B., Osrin, D., Jan, S., Morrison, J., Tamang, S., Manandhar, D. S. & Costello A. (2005). Economic assessment of a women’s group intervention to improve birth outcomes in rural Nepal. The Lancet, 26: 366 (9500) 1882-4. 10. Manandhar, D.S., Osrin, D., Shrestha, B.P., Mesko, N., Morrison, J., Tumbahangphe, K.M., Tamang, S., Thapa, S., Shrestha, D., Thapa, B., Shrestha, J.R., Wade, A., Borghi, J., Standing, H., Manandhar, M. & Costello, A. M. (2004). Effect of a participatory intervention with women's groups on birth outcomes in Nepal: cluster randomized controlled trial. Lancet, 11-17; 364:970-9. 11. Osrin, D., Mesko, N., Shrestha, B., Shrestha, D., Tamang, S., Thapa, S., Tungbahamphe, K. M., Shrestha, J. R., Manandhar, M., Manandhar, D.S., Standing, H. & Costello, A. (2003). Reducing childhood mortality in poor countries (2003). Implementing a community-based participatory intervention to improve essential newborn care in rural Nepal. Transaction of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 97(1): 18- 21. 12. Mesko, N., Osrin, D., Tamang, S., Shrestha, B., Manandhar, D.S., Manandhar, M., Standing, H. & Costello, A. (2002). Care for perinatal illness in rural Nepal: a descriptive study with cross-sectional and qualitative components. BMC, International Health and Human Rights, 3(1): 3. 13. Tamang, S. & Mesko, N. (2002). A Qualitative Description of Perinatal Care Practices in Makwanpur District, Nepal, Contributions to Nepalese Studies (CNAS), 29 (1). Soruces: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9659-1700 https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=xDWw2z 8AAAAJ&hl=en https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Suresh-Tamang-2 https://independent.academia.edu/SureshTamang3

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This is my personal blog (including professional work, travel and family). In the course of my work, I have witnessed many amazing and life-affirming moments, and I want to share a few of my favorites from early days to date randomly.