Dr. Mahesh Kumar Maskey
Dr. Mahesh Kumar Maskey is a prominent public health expert. He is the Founding chair and executive chief of Nepal Public Health Foundation. His focus and expertise includes perinatal epidemiology, health policy and planning, health systems research and the generation of evidence for health policy formulation on a national and international level. He was a member of Advisory Council for Health Research of World Health Organization South East Asia Region. Between 2006 and 2009, he was the Executive Chair to the Nepal Health Research Council, Government of Nepal. During this time, he was also Advisor to the Honourable Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Health and Population, Mr. Amik Serchan, Chair of High level Health Policy Advisory Committee of Ministry of Health and Population, Nepal, and Chair of the South Asian Forum for Health Research. He is a published author and had presented papers in many regional and international conferences. During 2007 to 2010, he contributed in the drafting of Three year interim health plan of Government of Nepal. In 2006, he designed targeted free health care services in district hospitals and primary health care centres, and Universal free health care services in sub health post and health post level in Nepal. He has also been chair of High Level Health Policy Advisory Committee, Ministry of Health where he had to coordinate the panel of distinguished health policy experts for policy feedback to MoH. He has also been a teaching assistant in Epidemiology and Bio statistics, Boston University, USA, in 1997 to 2000. During 1987, he was Assistant Professor in Institute of Medicine, Department of Community Medicine and Family Health. He has served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal to People’s Republic of China (2012- 2016).
Work Experiences:
- Executive Chair, Nepal Health Research Council, Government of Nepal, Nepal 2006-2009
- Chief Advisor, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health, Nepal, Mr. Amik Serchan (2006-2007).
- Chair, South Asian Forum for Health Research, Nepal, 2007-2009
- Member of Advisory Committee for Health Research (ACHR), WHO, SEARO (2007-9)
- Executive Vice Chair, New Health Policy Drafting Committee, Ministry of Health and Population, Nepal, 2017
Doctoral Thesis: Preventable Risk Factors of Perinatal Mortality in Nepal, Boston University School of Public Health, USA.
Special area of Interest: Perinatal epidemiology, community-based health system, community engagement with particular focus on maternal and child health.
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION: Developed Motherhood Method for measuring maternal, perinatal, neonatal and infant mortality in developing countries based on Doctoral Thesis research on “Preventable Factors of Perinatal Mortality in Nepal”.
AWARD:
- Distinguished Alumni Award: Boston University, MA, USA, 2017
- Distinguished Alumni Award: School of Public Health, Boston University, MA, USA, 2014
REASEARCH:
- Principle Investigator: National study in Burden of Disease in Nepal, Nepal Health
Research Council, Kathmandu Nepal. 2008-9 - Principle Investigator (2011-2012): overcoming barriers for skill birth attendents,
Nepal. Funded by WHO, Geneva. - Co-PI, Exemplars in Under-5 Mortality: Nepal Case Study funded by Gates Ventures and
the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. 2018. - Co-PI, Exemplar in Stunting reduction, Nepal, Sick Kids, Canada, funded by BGC3. 2017-2018
- Co-PI, Exemplar in Under-five mortality reduction, Nepal, partner University of Global Health
- Equity, Rwanda and funded by BGC3. 2018.
Policy Developments
- Contributed in drafting National Health Policy of Government of Nepal emphasizing MCH, NCD and mental health care
- Designed Targeted free health care service in district hospitals and primary health care centers and universal free health care services in sub health post and health post level, Nepal