Ram Shrestha – Healthy living is not a destination, but a journey that requires daily commitment, effort, and self-compassion.

Health Hero award
by TIME magazine

The U.S. Minister captivated

by the enchanting magic show aimed at promoting Vitamin A awareness.

Sharing Quality Improvement idea

With Health Post Staff in North Tamale

Healthy living is not a destination, but a journey that requires daily commitment, effort, and self-compassion.

Awards

Best Practices in Global Health 2000

Global Health Heroes 2005

Frontline Heroes 2006

Global Diffusion of Healthcare Innovation 2015

Outstanding contribution for public health work 2003

Civil Society National Golden Award

What World Says?

Ram Shrestha sought the help of grandmothers all around Nepal to deliver vitamin A pills to children who were dying from a shortage of vitamin A in their diet.

He put Grandmas to work, Time for kids

A chemist and health expert by profession,Ram Shrestha figured a way to unleash the unique power of 49000 Female Community Health Volunteers in Nepal without any stipend, to give vitamin A doses to 3.7million children in two days which helped to reduce infant mortality.

Ram Shrestha decorated with the Global Health Hero, ECS

Tufts graduate and health expert Ram Shrestha got involved with Nepal’s vitamin program over a decade ago; today, millions of children benefit each year from his creative efforts to broaden the distribution of vitamin A throughout his native country.

Time Magazine Highlights Tufts Grad Saving Lives in Nepal, Tufts E-News

Research Papers

When you create your startup the only way to win is to race ahead not to stop and fight.

Applying QI models at the community level: Experiences from Mali and Afghanistan

Modern quality improvement approaches have been adapted from the industrial field to increase the effectiveness of health care ...

Risk factors associated with anemia, iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia in rural Nepali pregnant women.

We conducted a cross sectional study to investigate risk factors associated with severe anemia [hemoglobin (Hb) < 8.0 ...

Supporting close-to-community providers through a community health system approach: Case examples from Ethiopia and Tanzania

Introduction Close-to-community (CTC) providers, including community health workers or volunteers or health extension workers, can be effective in ...