Financial burden of #cancer cannot be overlooked especially in countries with high out of pocket payments. Through this study, we tried to uncover the annual cost and catastrophic health expenditure linked to cancer treatment in Nepal. @plos.org @bceps.bsky.social dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

🎉 🇳🇵 #Nepal Chapter of the @thelancet.com Commission on Investing in Health launched in #Kathmandu last week! The Lancet Commission on Investing in Health includes several members from BCEPS. 👉 Read more about the launch on BCEPS' page: www4.uib.no/en/research/... @norad.no @unibergen.bsky.social

👏 At the International Health Economics Association #IHEA Congress in #Bali #Indonesia, BCEPS PhD Research Fellow Pratik Khanal (pictured) presented his paper "Estimating the #financialburden of #cancer in #Nepal:A cross-sectional study of #patientcosts" @unibergen.bsky.social @igs-uib.bsky.social

🎉 New BCEPS study 👇 "Association between out-of-pocket expenditure and health-related #qualityoflife among patients receiving #cancertreatment: a cross-sectional study from #Nepal", just published in BMC Health & Qual. of Life Outcomes: hqlo.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... 📷 S. Rajbahak, Nepal

BCEPS PhD Research Fellow Pratik Khanal co-authored the study "Navigating #Nepal’s #healthfinancing system: A road to #universalhealthcoverage amid epidemiological & demographic transitions", recently published in @plosone.org: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... #healthcare Fig. 5 from the study: