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: )

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: )

World Health Day in Nepal (7 April 2011)

First World Health Assembly held in 1948 recommended conducting advocacy programs on the occasion of World Health Day (WHD) every year on 7th April. Celebration of WHD on 7 April every year continued there after all over the World, selecting key messages related to Global Health issue, highlighting priority area of concern to the Member States & WHO. WHD celebration is then taken as a worldwide opportunity to focus on Public Health issues affecting International community. The events are launched on the 7^th day of April every year with different slogans and advocacy programmes continues there after for longer term. World Health Day 2011 focused on antimicrobial resistance with a slogan “CombatAntimicrobial Resistance: Use Antibiotics rationally”. (More: )

World No Tobacco Day Celebration (31 May 2010)

Nepal celebrated nation wide this 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: )

World Health Day in Nepal (7 April 2010)

Nepal has celebrated this year’s World Health Day involving different public and private sectors, national and international organizations and line ministries. All the participating organizations/institutes organized events on their area of work relating with the urban health. There were more than 17 cities and more than 45 events registered and commemorated across the country. This is an excellent model of collaboration of different stakeholders plus public private partnerships. (More: )

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.

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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