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World No Tobacco Day (31 May 2009)

This year’s WHO Theme: “Tobacco Health Warnings” Every year celebration comes with new theme to inform the public on the dangers of using tobacco. WHO created World No Tobacco Day in 1987 and 40^th World Health Assembly passed the Resolution for World No Tobacco Day to draw global attention for tobacco control activities. World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) 31^st May 2009 has been celebrated nationwide with conducting various advocacy and education related activities in Nepal. This year theme on tobacco health warnings stresses the need to initiate action to implement one of the artical number 11 of WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) which mandate, member countries to use more than 30% appropriate anti tobacco health warnings with pictorial on tobacco product packages. More>...

WCO, Nepal felicitates all distinguished retired Nepalese staff members (07 April 2009)

On the occasion of World Health Day 2009, and for the very first time in Nepal, WHO Country Office organizes meeting with all distinguished retired Nepalese WHO staff members who have served at various levels of WHO. A photo gallery describing th history of involvement of Nepalese collegues in the work of WHO worldwide was inaugurated. It was strongly emphasized by the WHO Representative to Nepal that new generation of WHO needs to know and learn from the past and the WHO institutional memory has to be retained.

World Health Day (07 April 2009)

World Health Day 2009 was commemorated in Nepal with the theme, ‘Save lives. Make hospitals safe in emergencies’. National Health Education and Information Communication Centre (NHEICC), Department of Health Services (DHS), who is the focal point of Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) for the World Health Day organized a short programme at the National Health Training Centre (NHTC), DHS in Teku to celebrate World Health Day 2009. The programme was attended by Minister of Health and Population, Secretaries of Health and Population, Undersecretary for Ministry of Home Affairs, representation from Department of Urban Development and Building Construction, Ministry of Physical Planning and Works, Director General, DoHS, Directors of various departments and divisions, representation from many national and international organizations and media personnel with a strong message on the safety of health facilities and the readiness of health workers who treat those affected by emergencies. Health centres and staff were deemed as  critical lifelines for vulnerable people in disasters - treating injuries, preventing illnesses and caring for people's health needs. It was also officially communicated for the celebration of WHD 2009 to all the health institutions together with relevant sectors and partners of all districts of the five regions by NHEICC/DHS.

World TB Day Celebration (24 March 2009)

World TB Day 2009 was commemorated in Nepal on 24 March. Nepal National TB Programme organized several activities at the National, Regional and District levels. ‘I am stopping TB’ and ‘We Must Stop TB’ were the key slogan and theme of this year’s World TB Day which indicates the start of a campaign that belongs to people everywhere who are contributing their part to Stop TB. This year's World TB Day is about commemorating the lives and stories of people affected by TB: women, men and children who have taken TB treatment; nurses; doctors; researchers; community workers – and all others who have contributed towards the global fight against TB.

The main event was a gathering organized in the capital which was chaired attended by; Minister of Health and Population, Secretary of Health and Population, Member of National Planning Commission, Director General, DoHS, Director – NTC, Director, SAARC TB/HIV/AIDS Center, President, Nepal Anti TB Association, Representatives and staffs of national and international NGOs, WHO-Representative to Nepal and staffs of National TB Programme and SAARC TB HIV Center. The seminar was attend by over two thousand participant which came from different walks of life including community volunteer, religious groups, college and university students.

World Leprosy Day Celebration (25 January 2009)

World leprosy day was celebrated through out Nepal on the 25 th January 2009. In the initiative of The Leprosy Control Division a mass rally was organized. The rally started from Bhrikuti mandap and ended in Rotary Hall, Thapathali. Around 1000 participant from different divisions of the department of health services, Leprosy Control Division, WHO, partners supporting leprosy elimination in Nepal, people affected with leprosy, and students from different academic institution marched with slogans and displaying play cards to end discrimination against leprosy affected people. Dr. Dirgha Singh Bam, Honorable Secretary of Health and Population; Dr. G. P. Ojha Director General of Health Services attended this meeting. Dr. G. D. Thakur, Director of Leprosy Control Division updated current situation of Leprosy in Nepal and made official announcement that Nepal will eliminate leprosy by the end of 2009.