Partnerships in mental healthcare service delivery in low-resource settings: Developing an innovative network in rural Nepal

Globalization and Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Acharya, Bibhav ^a,b,c   Maru, Duncan ^a,d,e,f   Schwarz, Ryan ^a,d,f,g   Citrin, David ^a,h   Tenpa, Jasmine ^a   Hirachan, Soniya ^c,i   Basnet, Madhur ^c,j   Thapa, Poshan ^a   Swar, Sikhar ^a,k   Halliday, Scott ^a,h   Kohrt, Brandon ^l,m,n   Luitel, Nagendra P ^l   Hung, Erick ^b   Gauchan, Bikash ^a   Pokharel, Rajeev ^o   Ekstrand, Maria ^p  

^a Bayalpata Hospital   (Nepal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Shared Minds   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^j B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

^k KATHMANDU MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Nepal)

^l Transcultural Psychosocial Organization Nepal   (Nepal)

^m DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁿ DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o Minister for Health and Population Nepal   (Nepal)

^p UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Global health; Low and middle income countries; Mental health; Nepal; Partnerships

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIGH INCOME COUNTRY; HUMAN; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEPAL; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; NOTE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RURAL AREA; TRAINING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; COMMUNITY CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MENTAL DISEASE; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

COMMUNITY NETWORKS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NEPAL; PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 85010645180     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17448603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12992-016-0226-0     Document Type: Note

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