Ruma Rajbhandari
Biographic Data
| ID | 9002402 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ruma Rajbhandari |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ruma |
| FAMILY NAME | Rajbhandari |
| SIGNATURE | RAJBHANDARI R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Brigham and Women's Hospital |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8281-550X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The effect of deploying non-physician anaesthesia providers on surgical access and capacity across Nepal’s primary and secondary government hospitals
BACKGROUND: The lack of skilled healthcare workers limits access to surgical care, with the greatest disparities in low- and middle-income countries. In Nepal, the 1-year anaesthesia assistant (AA) programme trains non-physician cadres in anaesthesia delivery to address this gap. We evaluated the deployment of AAs in primary and secondary government hospitals in Nepal during 2008/2009 to 2023/2024 on hospitals' ability to perform any major surger…
Successful task shifting
Background Direct obstetric causes of maternal mortality account for approximately 86% of all global maternal deaths. In Nepal, 12% of all deaths of women of reproductive age are due to preventable obstetric complications in significant part due to the limited distribution and skill level of human resources.Objectives To address this, the Advanced Skilled Birth Attendant (ASBA) task-shifting initiative was developed to train medical officers to p…
Pathways to effective surgical coverage in a lower-middle-income country
The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery (LCoGS) recommends using specialist surgical workforce density as one of 6 core indicators for monitoring universal access to safe, affordable surgical and anaesthesia care. Using Nepal as a case study, we explored the capacity of a generalist workforce (led by a family physician or MD general practitioner and non-physician anaesthetist) to enable effective surgical delivery through task-shifting. Using a m…
Crossing the quality chasm in resource-limited settings
Over the last decade, extensive scientific and policy innovations have begun to reduce the "quality chasm"--the gulf between best practices and actual implementation that exists in resource-rich medical settings. While limited data exist, this chasm is likely to be equally acute and deadly in resource-limited areas. While health systems have begun to be scaled up in impoverished areas, scale-up is just the foundation necessary to deliver effectiv…
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Crossing the quality chasm in resource-limited settings
Over the last decade, extensive scientific and policy innovations have begun to reduce the "quality chasm"--the gulf between best practices and actual implementation that exists in resource-rich medical settings. While limited data exist, this chasm is likely to be equally acute and deadly in resource-limited areas. While health systems have begun to be scaled up in impoverished areas, scale-up is just the foundation necessary to deliver effectiv…
Pathways to effective surgical coverage in a lower-middle-income country
The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery (LCoGS) recommends using specialist surgical workforce density as one of 6 core indicators for monitoring universal access to safe, affordable surgical and anaesthesia care. Using Nepal as a case study, we explored the capacity of a generalist workforce (led by a family physician or MD general practitioner and non-physician anaesthetist) to enable effective surgical delivery through task-shifting. Using a m…
Successful task shifting
Background Direct obstetric causes of maternal mortality account for approximately 86% of all global maternal deaths. In Nepal, 12% of all deaths of women of reproductive age are due to preventable obstetric complications in significant part due to the limited distribution and skill level of human resources.Objectives To address this, the Advanced Skilled Birth Attendant (ASBA) task-shifting initiative was developed to train medical officers to p…
The effect of deploying non-physician anaesthesia providers on surgical access and capacity across Nepal’s primary and secondary government hospitals
BACKGROUND: The lack of skilled healthcare workers limits access to surgical care, with the greatest disparities in low- and middle-income countries. In Nepal, the 1-year anaesthesia assistant (AA) programme trains non-physician cadres in anaesthesia delivery to address this gap. We evaluated the deployment of AAs in primary and secondary government hospitals in Nepal during 2008/2009 to 2023/2024 on hospitals' ability to perform any major surger…
Global Health and Surgery (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (2 works) · Health care (2 works) · Nursing (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Public health (2 works) · Accountability (1 work) · Business (1 work)