Skilled Attendance at Birth: What It Means and Why It Matters
An evidence-informed guide to skilled health personnel at childbirth, emergency referral, respectful maternity care and the lessons of a 1998 WHO briefing.
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A working reference desk for the questions health professionals, students and readers search for most: where the current guideline actually lives, which dataset produced a statistic, which courses issue a real certificate at no cost, and which scholarships, fellowships and job portals are worth checking every week. 62 sources are listed, each one a primary publisher — a health ministry, UN agency, university, funder or indexed literature database — reviewed by the PHC-Nepal editorial desk.
We do not rank, rate or accept payment for inclusion. Entries describe what each source publishes and how to use it accurately. Deadlines and eligibility rules change every cycle, so confirm details on the publisher's own page before you act on them.
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Long-form learning resources adapted from PHC-Nepal's archive, reorganized for health workers and students and checked against current institutional sources.
An evidence-informed guide to skilled health personnel at childbirth, emergency referral, respectful maternity care and the lessons of a 1998 WHO briefing.
Read the editorial noteA documented timeline of nursing and midwifery education in Nepal, from early training schools to university programmes, professional regulation and modern midwifery.
Read the editorial noteA practical introduction to public-health entrepreneurship, innovation, responsible business models and the steps from identifying a health need to testing a sustainable solution.
Read the editorial noteA practical guide to HMIS in Nepal: data collection, quality, reporting, interpretation and responsible use for planning and improving health services.
Read the editorial noteUnderstand how government agencies, NGOs, bilateral donors, multilateral institutions and UN organizations contribute to public health in Nepal and globally.
Read the editorial noteA practical overview of health workforce planning, fair recruitment, development, performance, wellbeing and retention in health organizations.
Read the editorial noteA field guide to physical inventory, stock records, FEFO storage, resupply decisions and reliable health-commodity availability.
Read the editorial noteA modern guide to clear, respectful official letters and email for health offices, with structure, quality checks and a reusable template.
Read the editorial noteA practical Nepal-focused guide to the health supply cycle, forecasting, procurement, storage, distribution, LMIS data and reliable commodity availability.
Read the editorial noteA clear comparison of logistics and health management information systems, their core data, decision cycles and safe integration in Nepal.
Read the editorial noteA concise guide to multilateral organizations, UN agencies, development banks and global health partnerships—and how they support countries including Nepal.
Read the editorial noteAn accessible historical guide to Nepal's National Health Policy 1991, its 14 policy areas, rural primary-care ambition and place in later health-sector reform.
Read the editorial noteA comparative guide to how Nepal's national health policy evolved from rural primary-care expansion toward constitutional health rights, federal governance and universal coverage.
Read the editorial noteA practical guide to fair staff performance evaluation in health services, from clear job descriptions and measurable expectations to feedback and improvement plans.
Read the editorial noteA step-by-step method for health teams to define problems, investigate causes, choose safer solutions, test change and measure whether care improves.
Read the editorial noteAn evidence-informed guide to healthcare quality assurance and improvement, including standards, indicators, patient experience, PDSA cycles and Nepal context.
Read the editorial noteA practical guide to planning clinical space and patient flow for safer, accessible and more efficient health and dental services.
Read the editorial noteA sourced historical guide to Nepal’s Second Long-Term Health Plan 1997–2017, its equity-focused objectives and targets, and its later alignment with the Millennium Development Goals.
Read the editorial noteA practical guide to managing time in health services through priority setting, realistic scheduling, workflow redesign, delegation and protection from unsafe overload.
Read the editorial noteA responsible guide to collecting and interpreting caste and ethnicity data in Nepal for health equity, with self-identification, privacy and historical classification safeguards.
Read the editorial noteA field guide to two uploaded inpatient registers labelled HMIS 35 and 36, with current cautions about numbering, data quality, confidentiality and reporting use.
Read the editorial noteA practical guide to aligning health-workforce decisions with population needs, service goals, competencies, budgets, equity and patient safety.
Read the editorial noteA Nepal-focused guide to fair career pathways, supportive performance management, learning, succession, retention and responsible transitions after service.
Read the editorial noteA rights-based guide to gender analysis, inclusive participation, representative institutions and accountable health decisions in Nepal.
Read the editorial noteA practical guide to power-aware participation, fair representation and community-led health action, with safeguards against tokenism and stigma.
Read the editorial noteA structured Nepal-focused guide for AHW and ANM examination preparation, including syllabus mapping, active recall, practice questions, abbreviations and safe use of clinical notes.
Read the editorial noteA current, exam-friendly overview of Nepal’s federal health system, frontline responsibilities, planning, supervision, HMIS, community accountability and quality improvement.
Read the editorial noteA practical educational guide to consent, history taking, physical examination, vital signs, major clinical signs, documentation and urgent referral for frontline health workers.
Read the editorial noteAn exam-oriented guide to safe water, sanitation, healthcare waste, food hygiene, vectors and environmental-health practice, with cautions for outdated question banks.
Read the editorial noteA patient-safety-focused revision guide to initial assessment, wounds, burns, fractures, head and spinal injury, bleeding, acute abdomen and urgent referral.
Read the editorial noteClinical and programme decisions should trace back to a named, dated guideline. These libraries publish the full text, the evidence grading behind each recommendation and the revision history, so you can cite an exact edition rather than a summary of it.
Typical searches answered here: “WHO guidelines”, “treatment protocol PDF”, “national health guideline Nepal”
World Health Organization
Every guideline approved by WHO's Guidelines Review Committee, with GRADE evidence tables, systematic review annexes and web annexes.
MoHP Nepal
National health policies, acts, circulars, standard treatment protocols and public notices issued for Nepal's federal, provincial and local health systems.
Department of Health Services, Nepal
Fiscal-year national health programme performance: service coverage, HMIS indicators, disease programme results and district-level tables.
Cochrane Collaboration
Systematic reviews of health interventions with plain-language summaries; abstracts and summaries are openly readable worldwide.
US National Library of Medicine
Over 37 million citations from MEDLINE, life-science journals and online books, with links to full text where available.
WHO SEARO
Regional strategies, country cooperation strategies and technical reports covering the 11 SEAR member states including Nepal.
These are the primary datasets behind most published health figures. Downloading the source table — rather than quoting a news article — lets you report the exact indicator definition, the survey year and the confidence interval.
Typical searches answered here: “health statistics by country”, “DHS data”, “outbreak data download”
World Health Organization
WHO's core statistics repository: over a thousand indicators by country and year, with metadata describing how each is estimated.
USAID / ICF
Demographic and Health Survey datasets and final reports, including Nepal's rounds, covering fertility, child mortality, nutrition, immunisation and service utilisation.
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Estimates of deaths, DALYs, YLLs and risk-factor attribution by country, age, sex and year.
World Bank
Health expenditure, workforce density, immunisation and mortality series with downloadable CSV and API access.
NSO Nepal
Census results, population projections and household survey reports — the denominators used in Nepali health rate calculations.
European Commission / UN OCHA
Near-real-time alerts and impact estimates for earthquakes, floods, cyclones and other hazards, with population exposure figures.
Structured self-study that produces a verifiable certificate. These are the platforms whose completion records are recognised by employers and accreditation bodies, and each course below is genuinely enrollable at no cost.
Typical searches answered here: “free public health course with certificate”, “epidemiology course online”, “WHO free training”
World Health Organization
WHO's own learning platform: outbreak response, infection prevention, emergency management and clinical care courses in multiple languages, with record of achievement.
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Field epidemiology training materials, classic outbreak investigation case studies and continuing-education modules.
Coursera (university partners)
University-taught epidemiology, biostatistics and global health courses; lectures are auditable free, certificates are paid or fee-waived.
UNICEF
Courses on child health, nutrition, WASH, immunisation demand and programme monitoring used for UNICEF staff and partners.
Cornerstone OnDemand Foundation
Humanitarian and emergency-response training library, including health in emergencies, safeguarding and coordination.
Each programme below publishes its own eligibility rules and deadlines, which move every cycle. Treat this as a shortlist of where to look, and always confirm dates on the official page before preparing an application.
Typical searches answered here: “fully funded MPH scholarship”, “global health fellowship”, “research grant public health”
UK Government (FCDO)
Fully funded one-year master's study in the UK for candidates with work experience and leadership potential; Nepal is an eligible country.
European Commission
Scholarship-supported joint master's programmes delivered across multiple European universities, including public health and epidemiology tracks.
Wellcome Trust
Research grants and fellowships across discovery science, climate and health, infectious disease and mental health, with low- and middle-income country eligibility on several schemes.
US National Institutes of Health
Global health research training and capacity-building funding opportunities, many designed for institutions in low-resource settings.
WHO / TDR
Career development fellowships and clinical research training placements focused on infectious diseases of poverty.
NHRC
Ethical approval procedures, national research priorities and small research grant notices for studies conducted in Nepal.
Global health hiring is spread across agency-specific portals rather than one board. Watching these five covers most UN, NGO and government openings relevant to Nepal and the wider region — and PHC-Nepal's own board carries verified paid listings alongside them.
Typical searches answered here: “public health jobs”, “WHO vacancies”, “NGO health jobs Nepal”
Public Health Concern Nepal
Curated public health, clinical and NGO vacancies for Nepal and the region. Paid listings are verified by our editorial desk and carry a verification badge.
World Health Organization
Fixed-term posts, consultancies and internships across headquarters, regional and country offices.
United Nations
Openings across UN Secretariat entities including humanitarian and health-adjacent functions.
UN OCHA
Humanitarian sector vacancies from thousands of NGOs and agencies, filterable by country and career category.
Public Service Commission, Nepal
Official government vacancy announcements, syllabi and result notices for health service posts in Nepal.
The highest-volume health searches worldwide are personal questions about symptoms, medicines and prevention. These are the non-commercial references we point readers to. They are educational sources — none of them, and nothing on this site, replaces an assessment by a licensed clinician.
Typical searches answered here: “symptoms of”, “is it safe to”, “healthy diet advice”
World Health Organization
Short, referenced explainers on major conditions and risk factors, from diabetes and hypertension to air pollution and tobacco.
UK National Health Service
Plain-language condition pages covering symptoms, when to seek care and treatment options, with clear urgency guidance.
US National Library of Medicine
Consumer health encyclopaedia, drug and supplement monographs, and lab test explanations, free of advertising.
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Prevention guidance, vaccine schedules and travel health notices maintained by US public health authorities.
This is the checklist our desk applies before citing anything, and the one we suggest to students preparing dissertations or programme reports.
1.Name the publisher, not the aggregator
If a figure travels through a news story, follow it back to the ministry bulletin, journal article or dataset that produced it, and cite that.
2.Check the edition and date
Guidelines are superseded quietly. Record the publication year and version so readers can tell whether your citation is still current.
3.Separate measured counts from modelled estimates
Surveillance systems report cases they detected; burden models estimate what happened. Describing one as the other overstates certainty.
4.State the denominator
A rate without its population base cannot be compared across districts or years. Take denominators from census or projection tables.
5.Declare uncertainty and limitations
Report confidence intervals where the source gives them, and say plainly when data are provisional or incomplete.
6.Keep clinical decisions with clinicians
Our content is for information and professional education. It is not medical advice and never substitutes for individual assessment.
Medical disclaimer. Everything on this page is provided for information and professional education. It is not medical advice, diagnosis or treatment, and it does not replace consultation with a licensed health professional. External links are provided for reference; PHC-Nepal does not control and is not responsible for third-party content.