Govinda Prasad Dhungana

ORCID: 0000-0003-3993-1614
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Research Areas
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Statistical Distribution Estimation and Applications
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
  • Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
  • Global Health and Epidemiology
  • Innovations in Medical Education
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
  • Bayesian Methods and Mixture Models
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management
  • Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
  • Immune responses and vaccinations
  • Evaluation of Teaching Practices
  • Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
  • Healthcare Systems and Reforms
  • Energy and Environment Impacts

Tribhuvan University
2014-2025

Chitwan Medical College
2014-2023

Mid Western University
2017-2023

Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University
2019-2022

Ghent University Hospital
2022

Far-western University
2018-2021

University College London
2021

Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
2019-2020

University of Washington
2020

Deepa Jahagirdar Magdalene K. Walters Amanda Novotney Edmond D Brewer Tahvi Frank and 95 more Austin Carter Molly H Biehl Hedayat Abbastabar E S Abhilash Eman Abu‐Gharbieh Laith J. Abu‐Raddad Victor Adekanmbi Daniel A. Adeyinka Qorinah Estiningtyas Sakilah Adnani Saira Afzal Soodabeh Aghababaei Bright Opoku Ahinkorah Sajjad Ahmad Keivan Ahmadi Sepideh Ahmadi Ehsan Ahmadpour Muktar Beshir Ahmed Tarik A. Rashid Yusra Ahmed Salih Addis Aklilu Tayyaba Akram Chisom Joyqueenet Akunna Hanadi Al Hamad Fares Alahdab Fahad Mashhour Alanezi Екатерина Александрова Kefyalew Addis Alene Liaqat Ali Vahid Alipour Sami Almustanyir Nelson Alvis‐Guzmán Edward Kwabena Ameyaw Hubert Amu Cătălina Liliana Andrei Tudorel Andrei Davood Anvari Jalal Arabloo Olatunde Aremu Judie Arulappan Desta Debalkie Atnafu Beatriz Paulina Ayala Quintanilla Muluken Altaye Ayza Samad Azari B B Darshan Maciej Banach Till Bärnighausen Fabio Barra Amadou Barrow Sanjay Basu Shahrzad Bazargan‐Hejazi Habtamu Gebrehana Belay Tezera Moshago Berheto Woldesellassie Bezabhe Yihienew Mequanint Bezabih Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula Nikha Bhardwaj Pankaj Bhardwaj Krittika Bhattacharyya Sadia Bibi Ali Bijani Catherine Bisignano Obasanjo Afolabi Bolarinwa Archith Boloor Azizbek Boltaev Н. И. Брико Danilo Buonsenso Katrin Burkart Zahid A Butt Chao Cao Jaykaran Charan Souranshu Chatterjee Soosanna Kumary Chattu Vijay Kumar Chattu Sonali G Choudhari Dinh‐Toi Chu Rosa A S Couto Richard G. Cowden Berihun Assefa Dachew Omid Dadras Amare Belachew Dagnew Saad M A Dahlawi Xiaochen Dai Lalit Dandona Rakhi Dandona José das Neves Louisa Degenhardt Feleke Mekonnen Demeke Abebaw Alemayehu Desta Keshab Deuba Deepak Dhamnetiya Govinda Prasad Dhungana Mostafa Dianatinasab Daniel Díaz Shirin Djalalinia Linh Phuong Doan

BackgroundThe sustainable development goals (SDGs) aim to end HIV/AIDS as a public health threat by 2030. Understanding the current state of HIV epidemic and its change over time is essential this effort. This study assesses sex-specific burden in 204 countries territories measures progress control epidemic.MethodsTo estimate age-specific trends 48 countries, we extended Estimation Projection Package Age-Sex Model also implement spectrum paediatric model. We used model cases where age sex...

10.1016/s2352-3018(21)00152-1 article EN cc-by The Lancet HIV 2021-09-28

Adherence to ART is the primary determinant of viral suppression and risk transmission, disease progression death. at least 95% needed for optimal suppression. This study aimed determining adherence Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) its associated factors among People Living with HIV AIDS in Center Chitwan, Nepal. A descriptive cross-sectional was conducted 231 clients aged 18 years 49 taking from Bharatpur Hospital Chitwan those who have been enrolled 6 months, were interviewed. Systematic...

10.1186/s12889-019-7051-3 article EN cc-by BMC Public Health 2019-06-10

The prevalence of depression and anxiety disorders is common among people with diabetes mellitus. Coexistence depression/anxiety increases the risk complications reduces overall quality life. Hence, this study aimed to assess patients type 2 mellitus in Chitwan. Descriptive survey was carried out 296 purposively selected clinically diagnosed admitted Chitwan Medical College Teaching Hospital from 15th June 2018 17th September 2019. Patients were interviewed using Patient Health...

10.1155/2021/8846915 article EN cc-by Nursing Research and Practice 2021-01-13
Joseph Frostad QuynhAnh P Nguyen Mathew M Baumann Brigette F. Blacker Laurie B. Marczak and 95 more Aniruddha Deshpande Kirsten E. Wiens Kate E LeGrand Kimberly B. Johnson Mohsen Abbasi‐Kangevari Amir Abdoli Hassan Abolhassani Lucas Guimarães Abreu Michael R.M. Abrigo Niveen ME Abu-Rmeileh Victor Adekanmbi Anurag Agrawal Muktar Beshir Ahmed Ziyad Al‐Aly Fahad Mashhour Alanezi Jacqueline Elizabeth Alcalde‐Rabanal Vahid Alipour Khalid A Altirkawi Nelson Alvis‐Guzmán Nelson J. Alvis-Zakzuk A. Kofi Amegah GK Mini Fatemeh Amiri Dickson A Amugsi Robert Ancuceanu Cătălina Liliana Andrei Tudorel Andrei Ernoiz Antriyandarti Davood Anvari Jalal Arabloo Morteza Arab‐Zozani Seyyed Shamsadin Athari Marcel Ausloos Getinet Ayano Yared Asmare Aynalem Samad Azari Ashish Badiye Atif Amin Baig Kalpana Balakrishnan Maciej Banach Sanjay Basu Neeraj Bedi Sophia Emmons‐Bell Derrick Bennett Krittika Bhattacharyya Zulfiqar A Bhutta Sadia Bibi Somayeh Bohlouli Soufiane Boufous Nicola Luigi Bragazzi Dejana Braithwaite Sharath Burugina Nagaraja Zahid A Butt Florentino Luciano Caetano dos Santos Josip Car Rosario Cárdenas Félix Carvalho João Maurício Castaldelli-Maia Carlos A Castañeda-Orjuela Ester Cerin Soosanna Kumary Chattu Vijay Kumar Chattu Pankaj Chaturvedi Sarika Chaturvedi Simiao Chen Dinh‐Toi Chu Sheng‐Chia Chung Saad M A Dahlawi Giovanni Damiani Lalit Dandona Rakhi Dandona Aso Mohammad Darwesh Jai K Das Aditya Prasad Dash Claudio Alberto Dávila-Cervantes Diego De Leo Jan‐Walter De Neve Getu Debalkie Demissie Edgar Denova‐Gutiérrez Sagnik Dey Samath D Dharmaratne Meghnath Dhimal Govinda Prasad Dhungana Daniel Díaz Isaac Oluwafemi Dipeolu Fariba Dorostkar Leila Doshmangir André Rodrigues Durães Hisham Atan Edinur Ferry Efendi Maha El Tantawi Sharareh Eskandarieh Ibtihal Fadhil Nazir Fattahi Nelsensius Klau Fauk

10.1016/s2214-109x(22)00332-1 article EN cc-by The Lancet Global Health 2022-09-13

Coverage of cervical pap smear test in Nepal is below general global values. One the reasons may be that cancer prevention policy has 'Visual Inspection Cervix with Acetic Acid' as only screening tool. The focus present study was to find out association demographic factors, knowledge and attitude regarding Pap its practice by women Nepal.This cross sectional analytical observational conducted between February 1, 2013 April 30, 2013. Participants were interviewed help a structured...

10.7314/apjcp.2014.15.20.8905 article EN cc-by Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2014-11-06

Background Nepal is a low-income country undergoing rapid political, economic and social development. To date, there has been little evidence published on the burden of injuries during this period transition. Methods The Global Burden Disease Study (GBD) comprehensive measurement population health outcomes in terms morbidity mortality. We analysed GBD 2017 estimates for deaths, years life lost, lived with disability, incidence disability-adjusted (DALYs) from to ascertain 1990 2017. Results...

10.1136/injuryprev-2019-043309 article EN cc-by Injury Prevention 2020-01-08

Objectives Iron deficiency anaemia and inadequate compliance with iron–folic acid (IFA) supplementation among pregnant postpartum women pose substantial public health challenges in Nepal. Hence, this study aimed to determine IFA identify associated factors mothers Bharatpur Metropolitan City, Chitwan, Design An analytical cross-sectional design was employed. Setting This conducted Participants A total of 286 were selected using non-probability purposive sampling. Ethical approval obtained...

10.1136/bmjopen-2024-087459 article EN cc-by-nc-nd BMJ Open 2025-03-01

Postpartum contraceptives use offers a distinctive opportunity to maintain appropriate birth spacing for health benefits both mother and child. However, the concept of postpartum family planning (PPFP) is poorly understood during period remains low in Nepal. Therefore, this study aimed assess factors affecting utilization (FP) methods among mothers Kailali district, Nepal.A community-based cross-sectional was conducted between September October 2013 district. Simple random sampling applied...

10.2147/ijwh.s249044 article EN cc-by-nc International Journal of Women s Health 2020-06-01

This study suggested a new four-parameter Exponentiated Odd Lomax Exponential (EOLE) distribution by compounding an exponentiated odd function with as generator. The proposed model is unimodal and positively skewed whereas the hazard rate monotonically increasing inverted bathtubs. Some important properties of are derived such quintile median; asymptotic mode; moments; mean residual life, path time; deviation; order statistics; Bonferroni & Lorenz curve. value parameters obtained from...

10.1371/journal.pone.0269450 article EN cc-by PLoS ONE 2022-06-03

Teacher training focusing on teaching learning methodologies, assessment tools, and approaches that motivate the teachers enhance their confidence is one of fundamental programs faculty development. The objective this study was to assess self-reported perceived members after participating in a basic workshop.The retrospective post-then-pre design questionnaire used for evaluating members' at Kirkpatrick level 1 (evaluation reaction) completing workshops. 30 statements were analyzed by 3...

10.2147/amep.s154166 article EN cc-by-nc Advances in Medical Education and Practice 2018-06-01

Background: There are more than 1 million patients with a permanent colostomy and the number is increasing by rate of 100 000 per year. Clients new stoma must master multiple psychomotor skills to remove their pouch, clean peristomal skin empty dispose effluent from pouch. Stoma care self-efficacy has been positively related ostomy adjustment.Objective: To assess knowledge practice among ostomates.Method: This simple descriptive cross sectional study. A total 94 ostomates who met eligible...

10.3126/jonmc.v4i1.13302 article EN cc-by Journal of Nobel Medical College 2015-09-01

Background: The knowledge of students regarding hepatitis B virus (HBV) before attending clinical years, when their daily activities will be closely related to patients’ body fluids, plays vital role in minimizing the risk acquiring HBV infection. Objective: We aimed assess infection, its mode transmission, and prevention among preclinical medical dental students. Materials Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted using a structured self-administered questionnaire...

10.5455/ijmsph.2016.15042016474 article EN International Journal of Medical Science and Public Health 2016-01-01

Background: The nutritional status of children is important as it determines their health, physical growth well development, productive life and academic performance. national figures for stunting, underweight wasting in under five years Nepal stands at 41%, 29% 11%, respectively according to NDHS 2011. However, the magnitude this problem hilly areas not understood.Objectives: objective study was find 6 59 months its associated factors.Materials Methods: A cross-sectional, population-based...

10.3126/njs.v1i0.18814 article EN Nepalese Journal of Statistics 2017-12-29

Background: The learning process of medical students is influenced by their attitude and perception towards different subjects. In conventional curriculum, basic sciences generally provide basement for to construct the mansion clinical knowledge skills. Objective: We aimed assess first second year students’ attitudes sciences. Materials methods: questionnaire (nine items) designed West coworkers was distributed among 240 they were asked denote opinions using a five-point Likert scale, which...

10.5455/jcme.20151125021314 article EN Journal of Contemporary Medical Education 2015-01-01

Isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT), for people living with HIV (PLHIV) is the proven and recommended intervention to avert tuberculosis (TB). In 2015, Nepal implemented 6 months of IPT all PLHIV registered care in antiretroviral (ART) centres. After programmatic implementation, there has been no systematic assessment initiation completion rates among PLHIV. We aimed assess Far-Western Region (FWR) Nepal. conducted a retrospective cohort study using secondary data extracted from registers...

10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029058 article EN cc-by-nc BMJ Open 2019-05-01

The study was under taken to assess nutritional status of children and identify the associated factors. Nutritionalstatus age 12-59 month assessed using anthropometric measurement namely weight, height mid upper arm circumference (MUAC) standard procedure. To factor, semi structural questionnaire used for mothers. Sixty percent had normal 40% followed by some malnutrition Gomez classification. No ANC visit (odd ratio = 7.54 95% CI 1.37 - 41.41), practice during pregnancy period (P value <...

10.3126/jcmc.v3i4.9553 article EN cc-by-nc Journal of Chitwan Medical College 2014-01-11

Background: Pregnancy in people Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV) involves significant public health risks, including the risk of HIV transmission to uninfected partners and fetus. Despite growing importance fertility issues for HIV-infected people, little is known about their desires Nepal. This study, therefore, aimed determine magnitude factors associated desire PLHIV. Patients Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 280 PLHIV attending antiretroviral therapy (ART) clinic Teku...

10.2147/hiv.s235502 article EN cc-by-nc HIV/AIDS - Research and Palliative Care 2020-01-01

Introduction: Psychiatric morbidities are common among patients with chronic non-communicable diseases. These diseases have high morbidity, mortality, and higher health costs. However, psychiatric conditions often underdiagnosed undertreated in our country. This study aimed to find out the admitted inpatients units of medicine department.
 Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional was conducted department a tertiary care hospital 926 Ethical approval obtained from Chitwan Medical College...

10.31729/jnma.5255 article EN Journal of Nepal Medical Association 2020-12-31

Abstract Objective The Old Age Allowance in Nepal aims to support the welfare of older people, improve their social and economic status encourage independence. aim this study was assess satisfaction with utilisation patterns among people Nepal. Methods A cross‐sectional, quantitative conducted Chitwan, Face‐to‐face interviews were carried out 232 asking about demographics, Allowance. Results Seventy‐two per cent expressed highest level (81.9%) associated scale construct contribution...

10.1111/ajag.12729 article EN Australasian Journal on Ageing 2019-09-27

This research entitled “Quality of Life Patients Undergoing Cancer Treatment in B.P. Koirala Memorial Hospital, Bharatpur, Chitwan” was conducted to assess the quality life cancer patients. It carried out among patients attending B. P. Chitwan. Background: In with different type cancers and (QoL) improvement is main goal, since survival can be prolonged marginally. A diagnosis very stressful for people, affecting all aspects their being life. Up date, knowledge on QoL impairments throughout...

10.12691/ajcp-3-2-3 article EN Journal of Cancer Prevention 2015-01-23

In this research paper, a new class of life-time distribution is introduced by compounding A generalization Rayleigh distribution; properties and applications The Exponentiated G Poisson model, the so-called distribution. Main aim article to enhance flexibility G. power transformation technique. probability density function, survival function hazard proposed model in graphical form are illustrated. We study with special emphasis on its quantile mode, skewness, kurtosis moments. have...

10.11648/j.ajtas.20200906.13 article EN American Journal of Theoretical and Applied Statistics 2020-01-01
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