Community Telehealth in Nepal

Integrated services to grass root level of remote villages in different geographical regions of Nepal through Telehealth

Project start date : 06/09/2009

Last updated : 04/09/2023

Beneficiary country : Nepal

Healthcare themes targeted

  • Primary healthcare
  • Infectious diseases
  • Sexual and reproductive health
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Chronic diseases
  • Dermatology

Fields of application

  • Health professional training
  • Telemedicine (remote diagnosis and consultations)
  • Information, education and communication for behaviour change (IEC)

Stage of development

  • Routine project/operational

Financing method

  • Intergovernmental or international agency

Area where the project is utilised

  • National (in one country only)

Economic model(s)

  • Donations

What problem does the initiative address ?

The initiative addresses the problems of health, education and skill development training in rural communities at the grass root level by providing medical consultation to patients, educational tuition classes to students, experts interaction and skill development training on various fields like information technology, as per their needs, through the means of tele-equipment with the ownership of the communities themselves.

Detailed description of the initiative

Last updated in September 2023

DISHARC in cooperation with CHEST is providing dermatology services out of the valley. We have set up telehealth clinic where patients can get consultation with our dermatologists. Prescribed medications are then distributed by a health worker accordingly.

What is the proposed solution added value ?

There are health clinics [&] schools in the remote area but lacks specialist doctors [&] qualified teachers, skill development training by experts are very rare, although it is significant for rural development. However our initiative can enhance the quality of health [&] education and provide the community with different skill development training by experts for the development of the rural areas.

1 800

Number of beneficiaries since launch

3 Full-Time equivalents

15 Employees

10 Volunteers

2 Service providers

Field report of the project
Community Telehealth in Nepal

1 800

Number of beneficiaries since launch

Target audience

  • Healthcare professionals and structures (hospitals, healthcare centres/clinics, health networks)
  • Sick people
  • Children - adolescents (ages 6-18)
  • Young children (0-5 years)
  • Patient family/entourage

Project objectives

  • Decreased morbidity
  • Reduced suffering
  • Improved treatment

Materials used

  • Smartphone
  • Computer

Technologies used

  • Internet
  • Mobile app (Android, iOS, Windows Phone, HTML5, etc.)

Offline use

Yes

Open source

Yes

Open data

Yes

Independent evaluation

Yes, auto-evaluated or evaluated by a related organization

About the sponsor

Community Health Educational Services by Telehealth (C.H.E.S.T.) / DI Skin Health And Referral Center (DISHARC)

DI Skin Hospital And Research Center (DISHARC) is the first skin hospital of Nepal
Community Health Education and Services by Telehealth (C.H.E.S.T.) Nepal is a non-profit organization dedicated to provide health, education and vocational training services to distant rural communities through live tele-conferencing and store and forward method, aimed at overall community development.

Sector : Healthcare (professionals and structures)

Country of origin : Nepal

Contact : Sponsor website Project website

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Partners

  • Strategic Partnership for Nepal (STRAPAL)

    Healthcare (professionals and structures)

  • DI Skin Health And Referral Center (DISHARC)

    Healthcare (professionals and structures)

  • Village Committees

    Other