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World Malaria
Day 2012 was celebrated in Nepal
with a slogan "Sustain Gains, Save Lives: Invest in Malaria",
with a week long programmes
in 13 high and 18 moderate risk districts of Nepal. Advocacy meetings with
the journalists, rally by the students and debate programs among the school
students were organized in districts. At central level, Director EDCD and
National Malaria Program Manager, Dr G D Thakur organized an interaction
meeting with the journalists on 23rd April 2012, followed by which the
central level staffs departed to districts for supporting celebration and
monitoring program. (More: )
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World Health Day 2012
Celebration in Nepal
(6 April 2012)
World Health Day
(WHD) is celebrated every year as an advocacy tool, selecting key messages
related to Global Health issue, highlighting priority area of concern to
the Member States & WHO. First World Health Assembly held in 1948
recommended conducting advocacy programs on the occasion every year on 7th
April, which is continued every year there after.
WHD celebration is then taken as a worldwide opportunity to focus on Public
Health issues affecting International community. The events are launched on
the 7th day of April every year with different themes, slogans and advocacy
programmes continues there
after for longer term. World Health Day 2012 focused on “Ageing and
Health” with the slogan “Good
health adds life to years”. World health day 2012, was celebrated in Nepal with
organization of various program at central, regional and district levels and institutes. (More:
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World No Tobacco
Day (31 May, 2011)
World Health
Assembly (WHA), Member States of WHO passed the resolution for WNTD on 1988
for the
celebrating WNTD every year celebration on 31st May comes with new theme to
inform the public on the dangers of using tobacco for tobacco control
activities. This year WHO selects The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco
Control (FCTC) as the theme of the WNTD 2011.31st May 2011 WNTD has been
celebrated nationwide with various advocacy and health promotion in Nepal as per the WHO FCTC for the tobacco control activities. (More: )
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Launch of the UN
Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020 (11 May 2011)
A
Global plan for launch of the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020
on 11 May 2011. The Plan for Action on: Building road safety management
capacity; upgrading the safety of road infrastructure; further developing
the safety of vehicles; enhancing the behavior of road users; and improving
emerge. Globally, Road Traffic accidents about 1.3 Million people die every
year, 3000 death each day. Twenty to fifty million more people sustain non fatal injuries, among them
some are disabled permanently. Ninety percent of road traffic deaths occur
in low and middle income countries. Road traffic injuries are among the
three leading causes of death for the people between 5 and 44 years of age.
Unless immediate and effective action if not taken, road traffic injuries
are predicted to become the 5th leading cause of death in the world in
2030, resulting in an estimated 2.4 million deaths each year. A vast majority of these accidents occur in developing countries. (More: )
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World No Tobacco Day Celebration (31 May 2010)
Nepal celebrated nation
widethis year WHO Theme:
“Gender and tobacco with an emphasis onmarketing to women” and focus
on: “Harmful effects of tobacco marketing towards women and girls”. National
Health Education Information and Communication Centre (NHEICC), Ministry of
Health and Population (MOH&P)/ Department of Health Services (DHS) is
the focal point has
taking initiative for tobacco control activities. All 75 districts, nation wide directed through District Public Health Offices
(DPHO) and District Health Offices (DHO) to celebrate WNTD with theme. (More:
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Farewell to Dr. Alexander Andjaparidze
and Welcome to Dr. Lin Aung (25 March 2010)
Farewell to Dr Alexander Andjaparidze, WHO Representative and Welcome
to Dr Lin Aung designated WHO Representative to Nepal by H.E. Mr Umakant Chudhary, Minister of Health, H.E. Mr. Khadag Bahadur
Basyal, State Minister Minister of Health and Population (MOH&P), Dr
Sudha Sharma, Dr Praveen Mishra, Secretaries, Ag. Director General,
Department of Health Services, Directors, Chief, Joint Secretaries and
other officials of different Departments of Ministry of Health and
Population and Department of Health Services at Ministry of Health and
Population hall on 25 March 2010.
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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.
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