Shyam Thapa

Summary

Affiliation: Save the Children
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Declining trends of infant, child and under-five mortality in Nepal
    Shyam Thapa
    Saving Newborn Lives Program, Save the Children US, Washington DC 20036, USA
    J Trop Pediatr 54:265-8. 2008
  2. ncbi Effects of vitamin A supplementation on child mortality: evidence from Nepal's 2001 Demographic and Health Survey
    Shyam Thapa
    Family Health International, Arlington, VA 22201, USA
    Trop Med Int Health 10:782-9. 2005
  3. ncbi Vasectomy effectiveness in Nepal: a retrospective study
    Hanif Nazerali
    Clinical Research Department, Family Health International, P.O. Box 13950, Triangle Park, NC 27713, USA
    Contraception 67:397-401. 2003
  4. ncbi Recent trends and components of change in fertility in Nepal
    Robert D Retherford
    East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
    J Biosoc Sci 36:709-34. 2004
  5. ncbi Triaging patients with post-abortion complications: a prospective study in Nepal
    Shyam Thapa
    Family Health International, Arlington, VA 22201, USA
    J Health Popul Nutr 22:383-98. 2004
  6. ncbi Early marriage and early motherhood in Nepal
    Minja Kim Choe
    East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii
    J Biosoc Sci 37:143-62. 2005
  7. ncbi Abortion law in Nepal: the road to reform
    Shyam Thapa
    Technical Advisor, Population and Reproductive Health, Family Health International, Kathmandu, Nepal
    Reprod Health Matters 12:85-94. 2004

Collaborators

  • V Mishra
  • Minja Kim Choe
  • Robert D Retherford
  • Hanif Nazerali
  • Laxmi R Pathak
  • Melissa Hays
  • Kalyan R Pandey
  • David C Sokal

Detail Information

Publications7

  1. ncbi Declining trends of infant, child and under-five mortality in Nepal
    Shyam Thapa
    Saving Newborn Lives Program, Save the Children US, Washington DC 20036, USA
    J Trop Pediatr 54:265-8. 2008
    ..Nepal is most likely to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) target of a two-thirds reduction in child mortality by 2015, the end of the MDG countdown...
  2. ncbi Effects of vitamin A supplementation on child mortality: evidence from Nepal's 2001 Demographic and Health Survey
    Shyam Thapa
    Family Health International, Arlington, VA 22201, USA
    Trop Med Int Health 10:782-9. 2005
    ..To assess the effect of Nepal's vitamin A supplementation programme on child mortality at age 12-59 months...
  3. ncbi Vasectomy effectiveness in Nepal: a retrospective study
    Hanif Nazerali
    Clinical Research Department, Family Health International, P.O. Box 13950, Triangle Park, NC 27713, USA
    Contraception 67:397-401. 2003
    ..Additional research is needed to determine if other occlusion techniques could reduce failure rates. Counseling on vasectomy should always convey the possibility of failure and partner pregnancy...
  4. ncbi Recent trends and components of change in fertility in Nepal
    Robert D Retherford
    East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
    J Biosoc Sci 36:709-34. 2004
    ..With these variables controlled, another one-third of the decline is accounted for by increase in the proportion sterilized at the start of the 5-year period before each survey...
  5. ncbi Triaging patients with post-abortion complications: a prospective study in Nepal
    Shyam Thapa
    Family Health International, Arlington, VA 22201, USA
    J Health Popul Nutr 22:383-98. 2004
    ....
  6. ncbi Early marriage and early motherhood in Nepal
    Minja Kim Choe
    East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii
    J Biosoc Sci 37:143-62. 2005
    ..The study highlights the need to focus on less educated female youths in the Terai region in order to reduce the reproductive and child health risks associated with early marriage and early childbearing...
  7. ncbi Abortion law in Nepal: the road to reform
    Shyam Thapa
    Technical Advisor, Population and Reproductive Health, Family Health International, Kathmandu, Nepal
    Reprod Health Matters 12:85-94. 2004
    ..The first government abortion services officially began in March 2004 at the Maternity Hospital in Kathmandu; services will be expanded gradually to other public and private hospitals and private clinics in the coming years...