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List of Publications
1. Prevalence of adverse reactions with some commonly prescribed drugs in different hospitals of Kathmandu valley. Jha N, Bajracharya Omi, Namgyal Tsewang. Kathmandu University Medical Journal (KUMJ), Vol. 5, No.4, Issue 20. (Oct-Jan. 2008). [Research Grant by Kathmandu Medical College Research Committee 2007]
2. A study of sensitivity and resistance of pathogenic micro-organisms causing UTI in Kathmandu valley. Jha N, Bapat S. K. Kathmandu University Medical Journal (KUMJ), Vol. 3, No.2, Issue 10. (Apr-Jun. 2005). Page No-123-129.
[Research Grant by Kathmandu Medical College Research Committee 2005]
3. Chronobiology and chronotherapeutics – Jha N, Bapat S. KUMJ, Vol. 2, No.4, Issue 8. (Oct- Dec. 2004). Page No-123-129.
4. Medical Education- Changing Perspectives. –Bapat S.K., Jha N. KUMJ, Vol. 3, No.2, Issue 10. (Apr-Jun. 2005). Page No-159-164.
5. A Study of cost analysis for management of type-2 diabetes. Jha N; Journal of National Health Research council, ISSN:1727-5482, Vol.2, No.2., August 2004. Article in the journal of Nepal Health Research Council
6. A Study of cost analysis for management of type-2 diabetes. Jha N; Kathmandu University Medical Journal January 2004; Vol.2, No.1 pp. 28-34.
7. Patient compliance. Sudhir Bapat, Nisha Jha. Chapter 30, Page 284-287. Current Trends in Pediatrics. First Volume, A book by GP Mathur and Sarla Mathur. Academa Publishers. First Edition 2005.
8. Jha N, Shankar PR, Bajracharya O, Piryani RM. Framing objective criteria for selection of
medicine in Nepalese teaching hospital: Initial experiences. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic
Research [Serial Online] 2009 April [cited: 2009 April 6]; 3: 1445-1459.
9. Shankar PR, Humagain B, Piryani RM, Jha N, Osti B. Establishing and strengthening a medicine and therapeutics committee in a medical college in Nepal: initial experiences. Pharmacy World & Science Published online: 05 December 2008. DOI 10.1007/s11096-08-9263-y.
10. Shankar PR, Jha N. Blurring the Boundaries. New trends in drug promotion. Journal of
Clinical and Diagnostic Research [Serial Online] 2009 February [cited: 2009 February 2]; 3: 1445-1459.
11. Shankar PR, Jha N. Community pharmacovigilance in Nepal: A guide to community pharmacists. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research [Serial online] 2009 February. [cited: 2009 February 3]; 3:1379-80
12. Starting pharmacovigilance in a teaching hospital: challenges and experiences from Lalitpur, Nepal. Nisha Jha, Omi Bajracharya, Rojeena Shrestha, Harish Singh Thapa, Pathiyil Ravi Shankar. Southern Medical Review. Volume 1, Issue 2, P5-8, 2009.
13. “Initiating pharmacovigilance at the KIST Medical College, Imadol, Lalitpur. N Jha, O Bajracharya, PR Shankar and RM Piryani. on March 2nd, 2009 [An abstract was published in Souvenir from Research Conference on Health Science at Institute of Medicine on March 2nd, 2009.]
14. Shankar PR, Jha N, Shrestha RK, Piryani RM, Thapa HS, Bajracharya O, Banstola A. Promoting the more rational use of medicines: initial experiences from KIST Medical College, Lalitpur, Nepal. Journal of Medicine Use in Developing Countries 2009; 1(1): 3-15
15. Shankar PR, Piryani RM, Osti B, Hiremath SS, Humagain B, Jha N. Assessing the performance and impact of the medicine and therapeutics committee at KIST Medical College, Lalitpur. Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research
16. Shankar PR, Jha N, Bajracharya O, Shrestha RK, Thapa HS, Piryani RM. conducting problem- stimulated learning in a Nepalese medical school. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research 2009;3:1709-12.
17. Shankar PR, Jha N, Shrestha RK, Bajracharya O, Thapa HS. Academic detailing at KIST Medical College, Lalitpur, Nepal: initial experiences. Hong Kong Medical Journal 2009;15:404.
18. Shankar PR, Jha N, Bajracharya O, Piryani RM. Pharmacovigilance awareness in a medical school in Nepal. Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research 2009;39:245-6.
19. Shankar PR, Jha N, Bajracharya O, Piryani RM. Learning to maintain a ‘proper’ relationship with the pharmaceutical industry. Medical Teacher 32(2):183-184, 2010.
20. Creating a supportive environment for problem-stimulated learning in a Nepalese medical school. Shankar PR, Jha N, Bajracharya O, Shrestha RK, Thapa HS, Piryani RM. The Internet Journal of Pharmacology. 2010 Volume 8 Number 2.
21. Practical assessment in Pharmacology at a new Nepalese medical school. Shankar PR, Gurung SB, Jha N, Bajracharya O, Ansari SR, Thapa HS. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research [serial online] 2010. October [cited: 2010 October 31]; 4:3314-3316.
22. Student feedback on structured large group learning sessions in Pharmacology in a medical school in Nepal. Shankar PR, Jha N, Bajracharya O, Shrestha RK, Thapa HS. Pharmacy Education
23. Adverse drug reaction reporting in a pharmacovigilance centre of Nepal. Jha N, Shankar PR, Bajracharya O, Gurung SB, Singh KK. Australasian Medical Journal 2012, 5, 5, 268-271.
24. Small group effectiveness during pharmacology learning sessions in a Nepalese medical school. Shankar PR, Gurung SB, Jha N, Bajracharya O, Karki BMS, Thapa TP. Australasian Medical Journal 2011;4:327-331.
25. Change in medical students’ readiness for self-directed learning after a partially problem-based learning first year curriculum at the KIST Medical College in Lalitpur, Nepal. Shankar PR, Bajracharya O, Jha N, Gurung SB, Ansari SR, Thapa HS. Education for Health 11 (online), 2011:552. Available from: http://www.educationforhealth.net.
26. Teaching Medical Students to use Antibiotics Rationally in a Medical School in Nepal. Shankar R , Bajracharya O, Jha N, Gurung S B, Singh K K. WebmedCentral Education in Medicine Journal 2011;2(10):WMC002329.
27. Feedback on and knowledge, attitude and skills at the end of Pharmacology practical sessions. Shankar PR, Jha N, Bajracharya O, Gurung SB, Singh KK. Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions 2011, 8: 11 • http://dx.doi.org/10.3352/jeehp.2011.8.11
28. Jha N, Bajracharya O, Shankar P. Knowledge, attitude and practice towards medicines among school teachers in Lalitpur district, Nepal before and after an educational intervention
BMC Public Health 2013, 13:652 (13 July 2013)
29. Nisha Jha, Devendra S Rathore, P Ravi Shankar, Sudesh Gyawali. Pharmacovigilance Knowledge among Patients at a Teaching Hospital in Lalitpur District, Nepal. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research 2014 Mar, Vol-8(3): 32-34.
30. Jha N, Rathore DS, Shankar PR, Thapa BB, Bhuju G, Alshakka M. Need for involving consumers in Nepal’s pharmacovigilance system. Australasian Medical Journal 2014;7(4):191-195. http//dx.doi.org/10.4066/AMJ.2014.2011
31. Jha N, Rathore DS, Shankar PR, Gyawali S, Alshakka M, Bhandary S. An educational intervention’s effect on healthcare professionals attitudes towards pharmacovigilance. Australasian Medical Journal 2014;7(12):478-489. http://dx.doi.org/10.4066/AMJ.2014.2235
32. Nisha Jha, Devendra Singh Rathore, Pathiyil Ravi Shankar, Sudesh Gyawali, Mohamed Azmi Hassali, Mohammed Alshakka, Thamir M. Alshammri. Strengthening adverse drug reaction reporting in Nepal. Asian Journal of Medical Sciences | Jul-Aug 2015 | Vol 6 | Issue 4.
33. A Chapter “Cardiovascular Toxicity of Non-cardiovascular drugs” in the book “Heart and Toxins” Page 305-339. Published by Elsevier Publications. Omi Bajracharya, P Ravi Shankar, Nisha Jha.
34. Mohammed Alshakka, Nisha Jha, Saleh Algefri, Mohamed Izham M Ibrahim, Mohamed Azmi Hassali, Ahmed, Abdorabbo, P Ravi Shankar. Problems and challenges faced in consumer reporting of adverse drug reactions in developing countries –A case study of Yemen, Nepal and Malaysia. Indian Journal of Pharmmaceutical and Biological Research. 2014; 2(3):37-43.
35. Mohammed Alshakka, Majed Ahmed Al-Mansoub, Mohammed Babakri, Sana Qubati, Thamir Alshammmri, Nisha Jha, Ahmed Abdorabbo and P Ravi Shankar. Current Pharmaceutical Situation (Services) in Yemen and Future Challenges. Indian Journal of Pharmmaceutical and Biological Research. 2014; 2(4):77-83.
36. Mohammed Alshakka, Ahmed Abdorabbo, Huda Basaleem, Nisha Jha, Thamir Alshammari, and P Ravi Shankar. Knowledge, attitude beliefs and practices of community pharmacy dispensers in Aden, Yemen towards adverse drug reaction reporting. World Journal of Pharmaceutical Science. 2015; 3(10): 2111-2118.
37. P. Ravi Shankar, Nisha Jha, Hisham Aljadhey, Pitts PJ.A qualitative exploration of the major challenges facing pharmacovigilance in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Medical Journal 2015; Vol. 36 (11).
38. Mohammed Alshakka, Huda Bassalim, Khaled Alsakka, Marwa Mokhtar, Mustafa Alshagga, Sami AL-Dubai, Nisha Jha, Ahmed Abdoraboo, P. Ravi Shankar. Knowledge and Perception towards Pharmacovigilance among Healthcare Professionals in Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital in Aden, Yemen. Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Community Medicine 2016, 2(1):12-17.
39. Mohammed Alshakka, Ebetesam Abood, Adel Al-Dhubhany, Sami Abdo Radman Aldubai, Khaled Said, Nisha Jha, P. Ravi Shankar. Problems facing the Arab Pharmaceutical Industry: A case from Yemen. Research in Pharmacy and Health Sciences. Volume 2, Issue 4, Oct-Dec 2016, 234-241.
40. Sudesh Gyawali, Devendra Singh Rathore, P Ravi Shankar, Vikash Kumar Kc, Nisha Jha, Damodar Sharma. Knowledge and Practice on Injection Safety among Primary Health Care Workers in Kaski District, Western Nepal. Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences. Jan-Feb 2016; 23(1): 44-55
41. Gyawali S, Rathore DS, Shankar PR, KC VK, Maskey M, Jha N. Injection practice in Kaski district, Western Nepal: a community perspective. BMC Public Health. 2015;15:435. doi:10.1186/s12889-015-1775-5.
42. Sudesh Gyawali, Devendra Singh Rathore, P Ravi Shankar, Vikash Kumar KC, Nisha Jha. Knowledge about and practice of safe injection among supervisors of primary health care facilities in Kaski district, western Nepal. Suresh Gyan Vihar University International Journal of Environment, Science and Technology. Volume 1, Issue 2, 2015, pp.14-21. ISSN:2394-9570
43. Nisha Jha, Devendra Singh Rathore, Pathiyil Ravi Shankar, Shital Bhandary, Rabi Bushan Pandit, Sudesh Gyawali, Mohamed Alshakka. Effect of an educational intervention on knowledge, attitude and practice regarding pharmacovigilance and consumer pharmacovigilance among community pharmacists in Lalitpur district, Nepal. BMC Research 2017;10:4. Notes.
44. Jha N, Rathore DS, Shankar PR, Bhandari S, Mohammed Alshakka, Sudesh Gyawali. Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding pharmacovigilance and consumer pharmacovigilance among consumers at Lalitpur district, Nepal. Journal of Nepal Health Research Council 2017 Jan;15 (35):31-35.
45. Contributed for a chapter for drug interaction in Nepalese National Formulary. A publication from Government of Nepal, Ministry of health and Population, Department of Drug Administration, Kathmandu.
46. Nisha Jha, Pathiyil Ravi Shankar, Marasini Anurag. Effect of an Educational Intervention on Knowledge and Perception Regarding Rational Medicine Use and Self-medication. Journal of Nepal Health Research Council 2018 Jul-Sep;16(40): 313-20. PMID:30455492
47. Mishra SK, Chowhan SS, Shah R, Jha N, Shankar PR, Bhandary S, Gorkhaly AP. Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding Eye Health and Eye Health Services in Nepal. Journal of Nepal Health Research Council. 2019 Aug 4;17(2):209-214. doi: 10.33314/jnhrc.v0i0.1941. PMID: 31455936.
48. Jha N, Shrestha R, Shrestha S, Bhandary S, Khadka A, Ravi Shankar P. SciPub-019-Getting Your Article Published in Scientific Journals- an Event Report. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare. 2020 Mar 18;13:281-286. doi: 10.2147/JMDH.S243897. PMID: 32256076; PMCID: PMC7090209.
49. Nisha Jha, Sunil Shrestha, Pathiyil Ravi Shankar, Anil Khadka, Mukhtar Ansari, Binaya Sapkota. Antibiotic dispensing practices at community pharmacies in Kathmandu and Lalitpur districts of Nepal. Indian Journal of Pharmacy Practice, Vol 13, Issue 4, Oct-Dec, 2020. Available from: InJPharPract-13-4-336.pdf (ijopp.org)
50. Shrestha S, Jha N, Palaian S, Shankar PR. Knowledge, awareness and preparedness regarding coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic among community pharmacy practitioners working in Kathmandu, Nepal: A pilot study. SAGE Open Med. 2020 Nov 19;8:2050312120974513. doi: 10.1177/2050312120974513. PMID: 33282309; PMCID: PMC7686608.
52. Nisha Jha, Sunil Shrestha, Pathiyil Ravi Shankar, Shital Bhandary. Knowledge, attitude and practice about antibiotic use, self-medication and antibiotic resistance among final year medical students and interns at a medical college in Lalitpur, Nepal. Journal of Chitwan Medical College 2020;10(33):69-73
53. Nisha Jha, Pathiyil Ravi Shankar, Knowledge, attitude and practice immediately before and following a three-day workshop on “Strategies for reducing antimicrobial resistance and promoting rational use of antimicrobials. Hamdan Medical Journal 2020;13:208-13.
54. Ranjan Sah, Sailesh Kumar Mishra, Nisha Jha, Shital Bhandary, Pathiyil Ravi Shankar. Knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) with regard to COVID-19 among patients visiting eye hospitals of province number 2, Nepal. (Submitted to Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health)
55. Nisha Jha, Pathiyil Ravi Shankar, Subish Palaian. Knowledge and Practice on Ecopharmacovigilance and Medicine Storage Amongst Medical and Dental Students in Lalitpur, Nepal. Risk Management and Healthcare Policy 2021:14
56. Nisha Jha, Neeti Singh, Omi Bajracharya, Tejendra Manandhar, Pragya Devkota, Sajala Kafley, pathiyil Ravi Shankar. Knowledge and awareness of COVID-19 pandemic among medical and dental students in a medical college in Lalitpur, Nepal. Ahead of Print. Medicine and Pharmacy Reports. DOI: 10.15386/mpr-1928
57. Jha N, Palaian S, Shankar PR, Dangal G. Pharmacovigilance of COVID-19 vaccines in the context of Nepal: an assessment based on early adverse drug reaction reports. J Pharm Health Serv Res. 2021;rmab016. Published 2021 Apr 12. doi:10.1093/jphsr/rmab016.
58. P. Ravi Shankar, Nisha Jha. KEY COVID-19 EVIDENCE SOURCES. Europasian Journal of Medical Sciences 3(1):109-112.
59. Alam K, Palaian S, Shankar PR and Jha N. General public’s knowledge and practices on face mask use during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional exploratory survey from Dharan, Nepal [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]. F1000Research 2021, 10:376 (https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.52661.1)
60. Ranjan Sah, Sailesh Kumar Mishra, Nisha Jha, Shital Bhandary, Pathiyil Ravi Shankar. Knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) with regard to COVID-19 among patients visiting eye hospitals of province number 2, Nepal. Article Published online on May 12, 2021. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1177/10105395211014647
