| Title |
ERC Committee |
Key Implementing Institution |
Geographical Area |
Research Field |
Dates of research |
Status |
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| A global prospective cohort study on outcomes of appendicectomy for appendicitis |
REBH |
NIHR, Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery |
India, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal
|
Infectious Disease
|
01-Feb-2025 Until 01-Jul-2025 |
Ongoing
|
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| Acupuncture and Hot Oil Compression Therapy in Treating Insomnia Associated with Loong (Wind) Disorder among Older Adults in Bhutan: An Observational Cohort Study. |
REBH |
ZCMU, Zhejang, Hangzhou |
Thimphu
|
Other (Traditional Medicine)
|
01-Sep-2022 Until 01-Jul-2025 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Assessment of Influenza Severity in Bhutan Using the WHO Pandemic Influenza Severity Assessment (PISA) Framework: A Retrospective Implementation Research |
REBH |
Royal Centre for Disease Control |
Nationwide research
|
Infectious Disease
|
01-Dec-2024 Until 31-May-2025 |
Completed
Download Final Report
|
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| Assessment of knowledge and attitudes of healthcare professionals on prenatal screening and diagnosis in Bhutan: a cross-sectional study |
REBH |
Self |
Nationwide research
|
Reproductive Health
|
01-Oct-2024 Until 31-Dec-2024 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practices regarding dengue fever among migrant and resident population in three townships located along Bhutan-India border: a cross-sectional survey |
REBH |
KGUMSB |
Chhukha, Samdrup Jongkhar, Sarpang
|
Infectious Disease
|
15-Jul-2025 Until 31-Dec-2025 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Assessment of Knowledge, attitude and prescription practices of health workers on tetanus toxoid in Bhutan |
REBH |
Self |
Nationwide research
|
Immunization/Vaccine Preventable Disease
|
01-Sep-2025 Until 31-Dec-2025 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Assessment of knowledge of final year nursing students on cervical cancer screening, risk factors and prevention in Bhutan: a cross-sectional study |
REBH |
Phuentsholing Hospital |
Nationwide research
|
Reproductive Health
|
01-Jan-2025 Until 30-Jun-2025 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Assessment of knowledge of final year nursing students on cervical cancer screening, risk factors and prevention in Bhutan: a cross-sectional study |
REBH |
KGUMSB |
Nationwide research
|
Reproductive Health
|
01-Jan-2025 Until 30-Jun-2025 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Assessment of Medication Adherence among patients availing Traditional Medicine services in selected hospitals: a cross-sectional study |
REBH |
Ministry of Health |
Nationwide research
|
Other (Medicatiion adherence)
|
01-Apr-2025 Until 01-May-2026 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Assessment of Microplastic Pollution in different water sources in Thimphu, Bhutan |
REBH |
Royal Centre for Disease Control |
Thimphu
|
Other (Microplastics)
|
01-Feb-2025 Until 31-Aug-2025 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Assessment of midwifery competency and associated factors among nurse-midwives in Bhutan |
REBH |
Kagawa University |
Nationwide research
|
Other (Midwifery Education)
|
24-Mar-2025 Until 31-Mar-2027 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Associations of awareness and attitude with the intention to prevent dog-mediated human rabies among adult residents living along the Bhutan-Indian border |
REBH |
THAILAND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY |
Nationwide research
|
Infectious Disease
|
09-Jun-2025 Until 31-Jan-2026 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Awareness of cataract-related blindness and barriers to cataract surgery among elderly patients in Bhutan |
REBH |
KGUMSB |
Chhukha, Monggar, Samtse, Sarpang, Thimphu
|
Health Care Seeking/Utilization
|
01-Oct-2024 Until 30-Nov-2024 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Bhutanese Medical Doctors’ Knowledge about Palliative Care: A cross-sectional study. |
REBH |
Self |
Nationwide research
|
Other (Palliative Care)
|
01-Jul-2024 Until 01-Aug-2024 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Bhutanese Public Awareness, Knowledge, Attitude, and Opinion Regarding Anesthesia Services: A multicenter Cross-Sectional Study |
REBH |
Self |
Nationwide research
|
Other (Survey on Awareness in the anesthesia)
|
01-Jul-2024 Until 31-Dec-2026 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Cardiovascular effects of poisoning following ingestion of dried rhododendron flower in a middle-aged woman: a case report |
REBH |
Ministry of Health |
Wangdue
|
Other (Poisoning)
|
07-May-2024 Until 30-Jun-2024 |
Completed
Download Final Report
|
| |
| Cesarean section rate, and maternal and neonatal outcome in Bhutan: a national review 2024 |
REBH |
Eastern Regional Referral Hospital |
Nationwide research
|
Reproductive Health
|
01-Oct-2025 Until 30-Nov-2025 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Clinical and epidemiological profile of patients with Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome in Sarpang District: a cross-sectional study |
REBH |
Central Regional Referral Hospital |
Sarpang
|
Infectious Disease
|
01-Jul-2025 Until 31-Dec-2026 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| COMPLIANCE, KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, AND PRACTICES RELATED TO MULTIPLE MICRONUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTS (MMS) AND MICRONUTRIENT POWDER (MNP) AMONG PREGNANT AND LACTATING WOMEN, PRIMARY CAREGIVERS, AND HEALTH WORKERS IN BHUTAN |
REBH |
Khesar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences |
Nationwide research
|
Child Health, Nutrition, Reproductive Health, Health Care Seeking/Utilization
|
01-Dec-2025 Until 15-Feb-2026 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Comprehensive intervention strategy to improve retention in TB infection cascade of care in high-risk groups through a person-centered approach in the SEAR countries |
REBH |
Ministry of Health |
Indonesia, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka
|
Tuberculosis
|
01-Jan-2025 Until 30-Sep-2027 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Cost Benefit Analysis of influenza vaccine roll out in Bhutan |
REBH |
Ministry of Health |
Nationwide research
|
Immunization/Vaccine Preventable Disease
|
01-Jan-2025 Until 31-Oct-2025 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Determinants of utilizations of community-based health check-up services among the elderly: A cross-sectional study in Thimphu, Bhutan |
REBH |
Self |
Thimphu
|
Health Care Seeking/Utilization
|
20-Nov-2024 Until 20-Aug-2025 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Drinking water quality in Bhutan: Trend and compliance (2017-2024) |
REBH |
Royal Centre for Disease Control |
Nationwide research
|
Other (Environmental Health)
|
10-Feb-2025 Until 31-Jul-2025 |
Completed
Download Final Report
|
| |
| Emergence of second line drug resistant TB in Bhutan, report from annual drug resistance surveillance 2010-2023 |
REBH |
Royal Centre for Disease Control |
Nationwide research
|
Tuberculosis
|
01-Aug-2024 Until 01-Aug-2025 |
Completed
Download Final Report
|
| |
| Enhancing the use of HIV self-testing for reaching the sexual and drug-injecting partners of people diagnosed with HIV and other undiagnosed key populations in low-middle-income countries. |
REBH |
Curtin University of Technology |
Chhukha, Monggar, Thimphu
|
HIV/AIDS
|
01-Apr-2023 Until 31-Mar-2027 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Evaluation of Immunochromatography stoll antigen test kit for detection of Helicobacter pylori infection and antibiotic adherance study |
REBH |
Self |
Thimphu
|
Other (stomach cancer)
|
04-Nov-2024 Until 31-Jan-2025 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Follow-up study immunogenecity following COVID-19 vaccinations in Bhutan |
REBH |
Royal Centre for Disease Control |
Chhukha, Paro, Thimphu
|
Other (Immune response)
|
01-Nov-2024 Until 28-Feb-2025 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Genomic Insights and Antimicrobial Resistance Profiling of Diarrheagenic E. coli in Bhutan: A Retrospective Whole Genome Sequencing Study |
REBH |
Royal Centre for Disease Control |
Chhukha, Monggar, Paro, Punakha, Samdrup Jongkhar, Samtse, Sarpang, Thimphu, Trashigang, Trongsa, Tsirang, Wangdue
|
Infectious Disease
|
01-Jun-2024 Until 01-Jul-2025 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Highlight the status of Health Literacy in OPD Population in Bhuta |
REBH |
Self |
Monggar, Sarpang, Thimphu, Trashigang, Wangdue
|
Health Care Seeking/Utilization
|
01-Oct-2024 Until 31-Dec-2024 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| History, Development, and Evolution of the Mother and Child Health Handbook in Bhutan |
REBH |
Ministry of Health |
Nationwide research
|
Other (Mother and Child Health)
|
01-Jan-2026 Until 31-Aug-2026 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| HLA GENOTYPING OF HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS VISITING JDWNRH AS PROOF OF CONCEPT FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF BIOBANK UNDER THE PROJECT TITLED “PROJECT FOR STRENGTHENING GOVERNMENT CAPACITY FOR USING DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND DATA” |
REBH |
Royal Centre for Disease Control |
Bhutan
|
Non-communicable Disease
|
01-Oct-2024 Until 28-Feb-2025 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Impact of Golden Needle Therapy among patients with Langshu skin lesions presenting at selected Traditional Medicine Units in Bhutan: an observational cohort study |
REBH |
Ministry of Health |
Bumthang, Samdrup Jongkhar, Samtse, Sarpang, Trongsa
|
Infectious Disease
|
01-Jun-2025 Until 01-Aug-2025 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Impact of Mindfulness and Therapeutic Yoga Practice, Sorig Zhiney and Luejong, on stress level among school students under Pemagatshel and Punakha Districts, Bhutan: a cross-sectional study |
REBH |
National Traditional Medicine Hospital |
Thimphu
|
Non-communicable Disease
|
25-Apr-2025 Until 25-Oct-2025 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Implementation of WHO labor care guide in pregnant women and its impact on maternal and perinatal outcome at Phuentsholing Hospital: a pre- and post-interventional study. |
REBH |
Ministry of Health |
Chhukha
|
Reproductive Health
|
01-Dec-2024 Until 01-Jul-2025 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Improvement of Child Health in Low-Resource-Settings through Implementation of Ultrasonography |
REBH |
German Tropical Pediatrics- International Paediatric Ultrasound Network (IPUN) |
Bhutan, Nepal
|
Child Health
|
25-Nov-2024 Until 31-Dec-2026 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Improving clinical care of leptospirosis in Bhutan through molecular diagnostics and knowledge assessment |
REBH |
Central Regional Referral Hospital |
Chhukha, Monggar, Samdrup Jongkhar, Sarpang, Thimphu
|
Other (Leptospirosis)
|
01-Oct-2025 Until 30-Nov-2026 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Incidences of Urinary Tract Infection among pregnant women visiting Jetsun Pema Mother and Child Hospital, Jigme Dorji Wangchuk National Referral Hospital, Bhutan: A cross -sectional study. |
REBH |
Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital |
Thimphu
|
Infectious Disease
|
01-Mar-2025 Until 01-Mar-2026 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Knowledge, attitude, and practice towards utilization of Traditional Medicine services among patients in selected districts: a mixed-methods study |
REBH |
Ministry of Health |
Chhukha, Samtse, Sarpang, Tsirang
|
Health Care Seeking/Utilization
|
07-Apr-2025 Until 31-Dec-2025 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Knowledge, attitude and practices regarding emergency contraceptive pills among youths in selected colleges in Bhutan: a cross-sectional study |
REBH |
Central Regional Referral Hospital |
Sarpang
|
Reproductive Health
|
01-Mar-2026 Until 31-Jan-2026 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Knowledge, attitude and utilization of Traditional Medicine services among students in selected colleges in Bhutan: a cross-sectional study |
REBH |
National Traditional Medicine Hospital |
Bumthang
|
Health Care Seeking/Utilization
|
01-Oct-2025 Until 30-Nov-2025 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Regarding Hypertension Among Hypertensive Patients Visiting Tsirang Hospital |
REBH |
Self |
Tsirang
|
Non-communicable Disease
|
01-Jan-2025 Until 31-Jul-2025 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Regarding Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Among Healthcare workers in Bhutan: A Mixed-Methods Approach |
REBH |
Ministry of Health |
Nationwide research
|
Immunization/Vaccine Preventable Disease
|
23-Jun-2025 Until 05-Feb-2026 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Level of depression, anxiety and stress among patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain in Bhutan: a cross-sectional study |
REBH |
Self |
Paro, Sarpang, Thimphu
|
Other (chronic musculoskeletal pain and mental health)
|
02-Aug-2024 Until 30-Sep-2024 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Metabolic Risk factors of Non-Communicable Diseases among the elderlies in Thimphu City, Bhutan. |
REBH |
Ministry of Health |
Nationwide research
|
Non-communicable Disease
|
01-May-2024 Until 31-May-2024 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| MMS Program Review in Bhutan: A situational assessment |
REBH |
Ministry of Health |
Dagana, Lhuentse, Samtse, Sarpang, Thimphu, Trashi Yangtse
|
Nutrition
|
01-Jun-2025 Until 01-Mar-2026 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Mobility Patterns, KAP, and Malaria Elimination: A Study Among Migrant Populations in Bhutan |
REBH |
Ministry of Health |
Chhukha, Samdrup Jongkhar, Sarpang
|
Malaria
|
13-Dec-2024 Until 31-Dec-2025 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Needs Assessment and Situational Analysis on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Bhutan |
REBH |
The PEMA |
Thimphu
|
Other (Mental Health)
|
17-Jun-2024 Until 15-Aug-2024 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Nursing Handover in Bhutan: Culture and Practices Survey |
REBH |
Ministry of Health |
Nationwide research
|
Other (Healthcare quality and safety)
|
01-Feb-2025 Until 30-Apr-2025 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Oral Cancer Preparedness among Dental Professionals in Bhutan: A mixed-methods study of Knowledge, Attitude and Barriers |
REBH |
Self |
Nationwide research
|
Other (KAP of health professionals (Dental professionals))
|
01-Nov-2025 Until 30-Sep-2026 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Patient-reported benefits and ethnopharmacological beliefs regarding balneotherapy in Gasa and Gelephu Hot Springs in Bhutan: a mixed-method study |
REBH |
National Traditional Medicine Hospital |
Gasa
|
Health Care Seeking/Utilization
|
01-Jan-2025 Until 30-Apr-2025 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Patterns of Health seeking behavior |
REBH |
Ministry of Health |
Bumthang
|
Other (Pattern of health seeking behavior)
|
01-Apr-2025 Until 31-Dec-2025 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Predictors of Competency in OSCE among Nursing Students at RTC: A Predictive Correlation Study. |
REBH |
Khesar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences |
Thimphu
|
Other (Nursing education)
|
29-May-2025 Until 31-Aug-2025 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Prevalence of Chronic Respiratory Diseases (National CRD Survey) and Quality Care in Bhutan |
REBH |
Central Regional Referral Hospital |
Nationwide research
|
Non-communicable Disease
|
01-May-2025 Until 31-Oct-2025 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Process Evaluation for PrEP Pilot Project |
REBH |
Save the Children |
Chhukha, Paro, Sarpang, Thimphu
|
HIV/AIDS
|
23-Oct-2025 Until 15-Dec-2025 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Proportion of intestinal parasitic infection in stool specimens evaluated at selected hospitals in Bhutan: a cross-sectional study |
REBH |
none |
Bumthang
|
Infectious Disease
|
01-Mar-2026 Until 30-Jun-2026 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Proportion of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in patients with genitourinary syndrome tested at selected hospitals in Bhutan: a cross-sectional study |
REBH |
Central Regional Referral Hospital |
Sarpang
|
Other (Sexually Transmitted Infections)
|
01-May-2026 Until 31-Jul-2026 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Public Perception and Policy Implications of Increased Health Contribution in Bhutan: An Exploratory Study towards Equitable Health Financing |
REBH |
Self |
Nationwide research
|
Health Financing
|
18-Jun-2025 Until 28-Aug-2025 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Rapid Ethnographic Assessment of Alcohol Access, Use, and Perceptions in Bhutan |
REBH |
London school of tropical medicine |
Bumthang, Thimphu
|
Other (RAPID ETHANOGRAPHY ASSESSMENT ON ALCOHOL USE IN BHUTAN)
|
05-Nov-2025 Until 30-Apr-2026 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Re-emergence of DENV-3 (Genotype III), cause of the explosive dengue outbreak in Bhutan, 2019 |
REBH |
Royal Centre for Disease Control |
Nationwide research
|
Infectious Disease
|
01-Jul-2024 Until 31-Jan-2025 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Relationship between lower limb physical performance and social participation among the elderly population in Mongar, Bhutan. |
REBH |
Mahidol University |
Monggar
|
Other (Physiotherapy)
|
26-Dec-2024 Until 26-Mar-2025 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Retrospective Analysis of Patient Satisfaction: Insights from Regional Referral Hospitals in Bhutan |
REBH |
Ministry of Health |
Monggar, Sarpang
|
Other (Healthcare quality and safety)
|
25-May-2024 Until 31-May-2024 |
Completed
Download Final Report
|
| |
| Retrospective cohort study on Epidemiology, risk factors and response to treatment among MDR-TB patients at a treatment center in Western Bhutan. |
REBH |
Ministry of Health |
Thimphu
|
Tuberculosis
|
01-Jul-2025 Until 01-Jan-2026 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Risk assessment of imported malaria to Bhutan’s malaria elimination status: retrospective analysis (2013‑2024) |
REBH |
Khesar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences |
Nationwide research
|
Malaria
|
28-Jan-2025 Until 01-Sep-2029 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Sero-epidemiology of leptospirosis in selected communities of a supposedly high-risk district in southern Bhutan: a cross-sectional study |
REBH |
Ministry of Health |
Bhutan
|
Infectious Disease
|
06-Apr-2024 Until 30-Apr-2025 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Stress and Burnout level among Bhutanese Dentist and Medical officers in Bhutanl |
REBH |
Chulalongkorn University |
Nationwide research
|
Other (Stress and Burnout)
|
01-Dec-2023 Until 20-Jan-2025 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| The Burden and Factors Associated with Disabilities in Bhutan |
REBH |
Save the Children |
Bhutan
|
Child Health
|
01-Mar-2025 Until 31-Aug-2025 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| The Effect of Leishmania Infection on Semen Parameters in Bhutanese Men. |
REBH |
KGUMSB |
Nationwide research
|
Reproductive Health
|
01-Apr-2025 Until 31-Mar-2026 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| The Relationship between Psychological well-being and academic performance among college students in Bhutan |
REBH |
Self |
Chhukha, Paro, Samdrup Jongkhar
|
Other (Mental Health)
|
01-Jan-2025 Until 01-Oct-2025 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| The Role of Surgical Camps in Medical Education: Developing a Novel Assessment Framework in Bhutan |
REBH |
Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital |
Nationwide research
|
Other (Surgical learning environment)
|
01-Oct-2025 Until 31-Mar-2026 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Trends in Spectacle Wear Compliance and Associated Quality of Life impact among school children in Phuentsholing |
REBH |
Self |
Chhukha
|
Other (visual health)
|
01-Aug-2024 Until 01-Aug-2025 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Tuberculosis screening in asymptomatic community populations, an effective case detection strategy: Insights from VISA medical screening process in Bhutan |
REBH |
Royal Centre for Disease Control |
Thimphu
|
Tuberculosis
|
01-Nov-2024 Until 31-May-2025 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Understanding Cystic Echinococcosis in Bhutan: Investigating the Clinical, Epidemiological, and Parasitological Characteristics. |
REBH |
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute |
Bumthang, Chhukha, Haa, Paro, Thimphu, Trashigang, Trongsa, Wangdue
|
Infectious Disease
|
01-Aug-2024 Until 31-Dec-2026 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Understanding How Healthcare Managers Perceive and Respond to Workplace Violence in Bhutan through Socio-Ecological Model Lens |
REBH |
Ministry of Health |
Monggar, Paro, Sarpang, Thimphu, Trongsa, Wangdue
|
Other (Workplace Violence in Health)
|
15-Jan-2025 Until 14-Jan-2029 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Unintentional poisoning with Ricin: case series of castor bean causing gastroenteritis like symptoms |
REBH |
Ministry of Health |
Wangdue
|
Accidents and Injuries
|
01-Mar-2025 Until 31-May-2025 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Vajrayana Dream Yoga in Bhutan: Implications for Mental Health through Neuroscientific Investigations of Traditional Contemplative Sleep Practices |
REBH |
Northwestern University |
Nationwide research
|
Health Care Seeking/Utilization
|
06-Jan-2026 Until 05-Nov-2026 |
Ongoing
|
| |
| Women's intimate partner violence experience and family planning outcomes in Bhutan |
REBH |
Queensland University of Technology |
Nationwide research
|
Family Planning
|
19-Feb-2024 Until 19-Feb-2026 |
Ongoing
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