PHASE Nepal engages in research and implementation studies across various areas, including public health, livelihoods, disability, assistive technology, and disaster risk management with a focus on climate resilience. We aim to share our findings with the broader public to contribute to global knowledge building. Our efforts include conducting baseline and endline surveys, as well as impact evaluations of projects and programs, and disseminating these findings to benefit the wider community.

PHASE Nepal has a separate research wing that supports research related to our organizational aims. As we are committed to working from an evidence-based approach, we conduct research to ensure that our interventions are the most effective possible. We are also committed to sharing the outcomes of our research to improve the effectiveness of all stakeholders working towards the same objectives.

Research Projects

Year	Research	Funded by	Methods	Province
2025	Assessment of Maternal and Child Health Practices, Nutritional Status, and the Knowledge and Attitudes of FCHVs and Traditional Healers in Bajura District	PHASE Worldwide (PWW)	Quantitative: Survey	Sudurpashchim
2025	Status of Maternal and Child Health and Assessment of Patient Satisfaction in Mugu District	Austrian Development Agency (ADA)	Quantitative: Survey	Karnali
2024	Developing women’s role in policy-making processes: shaping gender equity and inclusiveness in climate action for health and wellbeing in Nepal	British Academy UK	Qualitative : Participatory Policy Analysis, KII/IDI, Photovoice, Participatory Videos, Participatory Policy Building	Bagmati, Gandaki
2023	Knowledge related to non-communicable diseases, Adolescent sexual and reproductive health, and patients’ satisfaction in Soru Rural Municipality of Nepal: A mix-method study	Austrian Development Agency	Mixed Quantitative: Survey Qualitative: KIIs	Karnali
2022	Assessing the status of living condition, mental health and accountability towards people living in informal settlements in Nepal: A mixed method implementation study	Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine	Mixed Quantitative: Survey Qualitative: IDIs, Transect Walk, Participatory Stakeholder Analysis, Photovoice, Narrative Videos Participatory Methods	Bagmati, Gandaki
2022	Assessment of health and livelihood status of selected vulnerable group of population in Mugu district of Nepal	Austrian Development Agency	Mixed Quantitative: Survey Qualitative: KIIs	Karnali
2022	Knowledge and preventive practice regarding Dengue fever in Phikkal Rural Municipality, Sindhuli district of Nepal: A descriptive cross-sectional study	Nepal Health Research Council	Quantitative : Survey	Bagmati
2022	Occupational safety and health status among welders of Bhaktapur district of Nepal	Nepal Health Research Council	Qualitative : IDIs	Bagmati
2021	An integrated study on health seeking behaviour during pregnancy and feeding practice of mothers.	Austrian Development Agency	Mixed Quantitative: Survey Qualitative: KIIs	Karnali
2021	The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lives of people with disabilities in Gorkha district in Nepal: a participatory study	University of Sheffield	Qualitative : KIIs	Gandaki
2020	Knowledge and attitude of people on COVID-19 testing and vaccination in Soru Rural Municipality and Suryabinayak Municipality of Nepal	Nepal Health Research Council	Qualitative :IDIs	Bagmati, Karnali
2020	Utilizing secondary data from 25 rural health posts of 5 hilly districts in Nepal to investigate social inequalities in health and healthcare amongst under-5 children	UKRI	Mixed Quantitative: Health post IMNCI data Qualitative: IDIs	Karnali, Sudurpaschim, Gandaki, Bagmati
2020	Living in the city: Building collaborations to strengthen health systems to respond to the needs of newly urbanized populations in Africa and Asia (Nepal pilot study)	NIHR UK, University of Sheffield	Qualitative: Participatory Videos, Photovoice and IDIs.	Bagmati, Gandaki
2020	Effects of federalisation on Nepal’s health system: a longitudinal analysis.	HSRI UK	Mixed Quantitative: Gov data. Qualitative: Participatory Policy Analysis, IDIs and Participatory Policy Forums	Bagmati, Lumbini, Karnali
2019	Status of social welfare services and independent living among person living with disabilities in Lalitpur Metropolitan City and Manohari Rural Municipality, Makwanpur.	USAID	Mixed Quantitative: Survey Qualitative: IDIs	Bagmati
2019	Prevalence and characteristics of vulnerable people in four rural municipalities of Gorkha District.	UKAID	Quantitative: Survey	Gandaki
2018	Models of Assistive Technology provision for people with disabilities in low resource settings; a comparative analysis of current practice in India, Nepal and Bangladesh.	University of Sheffield	Mixed Quantitative: Survey Qualitative: KIIs	Nepal Site (Bagmati)
2018	Assessment of the nutrition status of children: knowledge, attitudes and behaviors regarding childhood nutrition in selected rural municipality in Mugu and Sindhupalchowk from 2018-2021	UKAID	Mixed Quantitative: Survey Qualitative: KIIs	Bagmati, Karnali
2019	Resilience Policymaking in Nepal: Giving Voice to Communities	ESRC-DFID Development Frontiers Research Scheme	Qualitative: Participatory Videos	Gandaki, Bagmati

Publications:

PHASE Nepal regularly publishes reports, research findings, and impact stories to highlight its work in health, education, livelihoods, and disaster resilience. These publications provide insights into the challenges faced by rural communities and showcase PHASE Nepal’s efforts to create sustainable change through community-driven development.