BU Research Blog

This week Dr. Pramod Regmi, who is Principal Academic in International Health in the Faculty of Health & Social Sciences, taught a CPD refresher workshop on systematic reviewing in Kathmandu.  This workshop is part of our long-standing Memorandum of Agreement between Bournemouth University (BU) and Manmohan Memorial Institute of Health Sciences (MMIHS) in Nepal.  The teaching aimed to refresh knowledge and provide practical training on various aspects of the systematic review process, including literature searching, study selection, data extraction, critical appraisal, and synthesis. The programme, which included both staff and Master students, was jointly organized by MMIHS and BU.

The staff at MMIHS also welcome BU’s Ph.D. student Ms. Anjana Paudyal.  Anjana is currently in Nepal as part of the UK’s Turing Scheme Traineeship Programme.  Over the past few years MMIHS have kindly hosted several BU students who came to Nepal under the Turing Scheme.  Anjana’s Ph.D. focuses on human trafficking, which is form of modern slavery.  Despite being a global problem, modern slavery is understudied and poorly understood. Victims of modern slavery are exploited and can experience significant physical, psychological, or sexual, and reproductive health problems. Until recently, there has been little research in this field, especially in low-income countries such as Nepal.  Anjana”s Ph.D. fits in with BU’s collaboration with the US-based La Isla Network, the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Nepal Development Society (for details click here!).   Led by La Isla Network, we are leading the first-ever international effort to research and address trafficking among Nepalese labour migrants. The work is funded by a $4 million cooperative agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of State’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, International Programs.

Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen

Centre for Midwifery & Women’s Health