“Geriatric Health and Concerns: Past, Present and Future” By- Prof. Dr. Lochana Shrestha
Nepal Public Health Foundation (NPHF) every month do conduct an interactive session among public health professionals. Likewise, this month on our 5th series of CPHE, we had an intensely colored pioneer on public health arena.
Prof. Dr. Lochana Shrestha delivered her lecture on “Geriatric Health and Concerns: Past, Present and Future” on December 22, 2017 . A total of 34 participants including public health students, professionals from various organization participated in the program. Certificate of appreciation was awarded to the resource person and concluding remarks was given by Dr. Badri Raj Pande, Founding Member of NPHF.
“Empower School Adolescents: Prevent the Five Primary Risk Factors of the current number 1 killer From Research to Action” by Dr. Rita Thapa
Nepal Public Health Foundation (NPHF) every month do conduct an interactive session among public health professionals. Likewise, this month on our 4th series of CPHE, we had an intensely colored pioneer on public health arena.
Dr. Thapa delivered her lecture on “Empower School Adolescents: Prevent the Five Primary Risk Factors of the current number 1 killer From Research to Action” on November 17, 2017 . A total of 30 participants including public health students, professionals from various organization participated in the program. Certificate of appreciation was awarded to the resource person and concluding remarks was given by Dr. Mahesh K. Maskey, Executive Chair of NPHF.
Contraceptive Needs and Challenges of Adolescents and Young Adults by Prof. Dr. Archana Amatya
Prof. Dr. Archana Amatya delivered her lecture on “Contraceptive Needs and Challenges of Adolescents and Young Adults” on 18th August, 2017 . A total of 34 participants including public health students, professionals from various organization participated in the program. Certificate of appreciation was awarded to the resource person and concluding remarks was given by Mr. Janak Thapa, Program Director of NPHF.
This lecture is supposed to be organized every third Friday of English month at NPHF (Nepal Public Health Foundation) office from 4-5 PM starting from June,2017.
Neonatal Health in Nepal by Prof. Dr. Ramesh Kant Adhikari
Prof. Dr. Ramesh Kant Adhikari gave a lecture of CPHE this Friday i.e. 21st July, 2017 and his presentation topic was “Neonatal Health in Nepal”. A total of 43 participants including public health students, professionals from various organization participated in the program. Certificate of appreciation was awarded to the resource person and concluding remarks was given by Dr. Mahesh K. Maskey, Executive Chair of NPHF.
This lecture is supposed to be organized every third Friday of English month at NPHF (Nepal Public Health Foundation) office from 4-5 PM starting from June, 2017. In the same way, the next lecture session will be given by Dr. Archana Amatya on 18th August, 2017.
Importance of Cancer Awareness to School Children to Reduce Cancer Incidence by Mrs. Daya Laxmi Vaidhya (Joshi)
Nepal Public Health Foundation has taken an initiative of Continuing Public Health Education (CPHE) which aims to refine skills to improve overall public health practices and address real world challenges that professionals face day to day.
Mrs. Daya Laxmi Vaidhya (Joshi) gave an inaugural lecture of CPHE this Friday i.e. 16th June, 2017 and her presentation topic was “Importance of Cancer Awareness to School Children to Reduce Cancer Incidence”. A total of 24 participants including public health students, professionals from various organization participated in the program. Certificate of appreciation was awarded to the resource person and concluding remarks was given by Mr. Janak Thapa, Program Director of NPHF.
This lecture is supposed to be organized every third Friday of English month at NPHF (Nepal Public Health Foundation) office from 4-5 PM starting from June,2017. In the same way, the next lecture session will be given by Prof. Dr. Ramesh Kant Adhikari on 21st July, 2017.
The meeting was conducted on 13th oct, 2023 at Nepal Public Health Foundation Office. GARP-Nepal was initiated in 2013 and is based in Nepal Public Health Foundation. GARP’s current focus is generating cross-disciplinary evidence describing the impact of vaccines on Anti-Microbial Resistance in country-specific contexts.
Planning Meeting with Prof. Dr. Eric Jors from Danish Society for Occupational and Environment Health (DASAM) during his Nepal Visit. It was held on 1st Oct, 2023. Our project Farming Health and Environment project is supported by Danish Civil Society Organizations DASAM/Dialogs and funded by the Civil Society in Development (CISU). The main agenda of the meeting was to discuss about the project status and planning for the future steps. This meeting also facilitated as a platform to increase networking among the agricultural stakeholder from Government, Organic farmers and Organic activist with the DASAM Team.
The Global Health Network Nepal 1st Research Club meeting was conducted on Maternal and Neonatal Health on 14th sept, 2023. The main agenda of the meeting was to discuss strategies and initiatives aimed at reducing Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) and Neonatal Mortality Rate (NMR) in the Lumbini Province of Nepal. It was the first session of the Research Club meeting under The Global Health Network (TGHN), Nepal.
The Research Club is being established as one of the key activities within TGHN, Nepal which is aimed at fostering informal gatherings for the cross fertilization of ideas among experts and professionals in the field of public health.
Nepal Public Health Foundation (NPHF) successfully organized its 14th Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 14th sept, 2023. Dr. Senendra Raj Uprety, Former Secretary, Ministry of Health and Population, and Ms. Daya Laxmi Vaidya, Assistant Professor of NAMS and KUSHS were awarded for their continuous contribution in the field of Public Health.
MoU signing with agriculture cooperative in presence of Madi agriculture chief, Kiran UpadhyayaMoU signing with Shree Tripureshwor agriculture cooperative
The event titled “Pesticide Reduction for Sustainable Agriculture: Stakeholder Engagement and Advocacy” was held on 1 st September, 2023 at CMT Resort, Bharatpur, Chitwan . The program was initiated welcome remarks in the following event was delivered by Prof. Dr. Sharad Raj Onta, Founding General Secretary,Nepal Public Health Foundation and Central Steering Committee member of the project Farming Health and Environment . Additionally, the brief presentation on the project was given by Ms. Samana Sharma, Project Manager of FHEN. This event was successfully completed along with a total of four sessions followed by the concluding remarks by Prof. Dr. Adhinav Vaidya, Board member, NPHF and Project co-ordinator of FHEN.
Group photo after the Program
The objectives of the program were to exchange knowledge and experience by trained personnel for pesticide minimization, to address practices, needs and challenges related to organic certification and consumption patter, establishing pesticide minimization as the main agenda in public health field, prioritizing their practices and making efforts for advocacy and to involve the policy makers in the
discussion of Organic farming, market stabilization and consolidation of the consumer forum.
The program was attended by respected dignitaries from provincial, federal and municipal levels and agriculture stakeholders Farmers, pesticide retailers, FCHVs and health workers who had received training from our project FHEN where they reflected their experiences and practice regarding Pesticide minimization.
