Spwasti

Dr Sharada Prasad Wasti

Senior Research Fellow
Institution: University of Huddersfield, UK
Current Institution Location: United Kingdom

Migration Health Research Area/Expertise
Dr. Sharada P Wasti is a Nepalese health researcher, working as a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Huddersfield, UK. He holds MSc in International Health and PhD in Public Health from the UK. He works over a decade in public health including health and wellbeing issues among migrant workers and published over 30 articles and two books lead editor a) The Dynamic Health in Nepal and b) Academic Writing and Publishing in Health and Social Sciences. His research interest lies in migrant workers, left behind families, health systems, and Sexual and reproductive health in LMICs. Dr. Wasti can reach: spwasti@gmail.com

Research Focus/Expertise on Relevant Migrant Categories
Internal Migration
Left-behind migrant families (Children, Adolescents, Adults, Elderly)
Migrant Workers (Adolescents, Adults)

International/Cross-Border Migration
International migrant workers (Adolescents, Adults)
Left -behind migrant families (Children, Adolescents, Adults, Elderly)

Relevant Publications

Title Author Year Published Link to Publication
Health and well-being issues of Nepalese migrant workers in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries and Malaysia: a systematic review. BMJ Open,10(10):e038439. Paudyal P, Kulasabanathan K, Cassell JA, Memon A, Simkhada P, Wasti SP
Men on the move and the wives left behind: the impact of migration on family planning in Nepal Shattuck, D., Wasti, SP., Limbu, N., Chipanta, NS., & Riley, C
Health problems of Nepalese female migrants’ workers in the Middle-East Simkhada P, van Teijlingen E, Gurung M and Wasti SP