Healthy living is not a destination, but a journey that requires daily commitment, effort, and self-compassion.

Awards

Best Practices in Global Health 2000
Global Health Heroes 2005
Frontline Heroes 2006
Global Diffusion of Healthcare Innovation 2015
Outstanding contribution for public health work 2003
Civil Society National Golden Award

What World Says?

Ram Shrestha sought the help of grandmothers all around Nepal to deliver vitamin A pills to children who were dying from a shortage of vitamin A in their diet.

He put Grandmas to work, Time for kids

A chemist and health expert by profession,Ram Shrestha figured a way to unleash the unique power of 49000 Female Community Health Volunteers in Nepal without any stipend, to give vitamin A doses to 3.7million children in two days which helped to reduce infant mortality.

Ram Shrestha decorated with the Global Health Hero, ECS

Tufts graduate and health expert Ram Shrestha got involved with Nepal’s vitamin program over a decade ago; today, millions of children benefit each year from his creative efforts to broaden the distribution of vitamin A throughout his native country.

Time Magazine Highlights Tufts Grad Saving Lives in Nepal, Tufts E-News

Research Papers

When you create your startup the only way to win is to race ahead not to stop and fight.

Galary

When you create your startup the only way to win is to race ahead not to stop and fight.

Recognized by the Global Health Council for Best Practices in Global Health, 2000 A.D.
Received the Frontline Award by Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, 2006 A.D.
Featured in TIME Magazine for innovative approach to impriving child health in Nepal
Awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree by Tufts University, 2013 A.D.
Recognized by the Nepal Public Health Association for remarkable contributions to maternal and child health via Vitamin A program 2003 A.D.
With SPRING project staff in Ghana