Nominee Biosketch

 Mahesh Puri

Given name:                             Mahesh
Surname:                                  Puri

Country of nationality:             Nepal
Country of residence:               Nepal

Mailing address:                       CREHPA
                                                  PO Box 9626, Kathmandu, Nepal
Email address:                          This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Telephone (Home):                  977 1 5591062
Telephone (Office):                  977 1 5546487

Highest degree:                               PhD
Year:                                                2004
Institution:                                       Center for Research on Environment Health and Population Activities (CREHPA)
Discipline:                                        Demography, Social Statistics

Current employment/position:        Associate Director

Previous employment:
1. 1995-1999 Programme Manager Centre for Research on Environment Health and Population Activities, Nepal
2. 1999 Assistant lecture, Padma Kanaya Campus, Tribhuwan University (part time)

Other honorary or professional positions:
1. 2014- present: Honorary Senior Research Associate, Institute of Child Health, University College London
2. 2015 : Bixby Leadership Fellow, Guttmacher Institute, NY, USA
3. 2007- Present: International Associate, Centre for Global Health, Population, Poverty, and Policy (GHP3), University of Southampton, UK

Publication:

1. Puri M, Henderson JT, Harper CC, Blum M, Joshi D, and Rocca CH (2015). Contraceptive discontinuation and pregnancy post-abortion in Nepal: a longitudinal cohort study. Contraception 2015 (91): 301-307

2. Puri M, Mishra G, and Hawkes S (2015). Hidden voices: prevalence and risk factors for violence against women with disabilities in Nepal. BMC Public Health 2015, 15:261 doi:10.1186/s12889-015-1610-z

3. Puri M, Tamang A, Shrestha P, and Joshi D (2014). The role of auxiliary nurse-midwives and community health volunteers in expanding access to medical abortion in rural Nepal. Reproductive Health Matters 2014; Supplement (43):1–10 doi: 10.1016/S0968-8080(14)43784-4

4. Puri M, Regmi S, Tamang A, and Shrestha P (2014). Road map to scaling-up: translating operations research study's results into actions for expanding medical abortion services in rural health facilities in Nepal. Health Research Policy and Systems.12:24 doi: 10.1186/1478-4505-12-24

5. Rocca CH, Puri M, Harper CC, Blum M, Dulal B, and Henderson JT (2014). Post-abortion contraception a decade after abortion legalization. International Journal of Gynaecology & Obstetrics. pii: S0020-7292(14)00199-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2014.02.020. Early Online Publication

6. Henderson JT, Puri M, Blum M, Harper CC, and Rana A, (2013). Effects of Abortion Legalization in Nepal, 2001–2010. PLoS ONE 8(5): e64775. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0064775.

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