Nepal Injury Research Centre – reducing injuries through evidence. 

CACH team: Julie Mytton, Puspa Raj Pant, Santosh Bhatta, Amrit Banstola, Emer Brangan, Toity Deave, Matthew Ellis, Pete Blair

The Nepal Injury Research Centre (NIRC) is a programme of research to build capacity and capability for injury prevention research in Nepal. Every year, injuries cause ~8% of global deaths, over 500 million non-fatal injuries and hundreds of thousands of people are left with life changing disability. The most disadvantaged in society are at the greatest risk and over 90% of the global injury burden occurs in low and middle income countries. But it doesn’t have to be like this, injuries are one of the most preventable public health challenges. The aim of the NIRC is to generate evidence to change policy and practice leading to the prevention of injuries and improvement in the first response to injuries in Nepal. We are conducting a series of studies to better understand who gets injured, how and why people get injured, and to develop and evaluate interventions to prevent harm.

The NIRC is a collaboration between Kathmandu Medical College (KMC) and the University of the West of England, Bristol, together with Mother and Infant Research Activities (MIRA), and  the University of Bristol. The NIRC programme is funded by the NIHR Global Health Research programme, the NIHR Global Health Policy and Systems Research programme and from UWE GCRF QR funding.