Strengthening Integrated Primary Health Care for Non Communicable Disease Management: Discussion and Dissemination programme

PROGRAM SCHEDULE

8.30 - 9.00 Registration

9.00 – 9.30 Opening ceremony

Welcome speeches

9.30 - 10.00 Engaging at primary care level: an experience

KHDC Program: Introduction (10 min) : TBD
Our experience in figures (10 min) : TBD
Achievements, challenges and future plans (10 min) : Prof. Dr. Sanjib Kumar Sharma

10.00 - 10.45 Panel discussion 1. "Integrated approach for NCD prevention"

Speaker: Dr. Phanindra Baral, Section Chief, NCD & Mental Health Section, Epidemiology And Disease Control Division, DoHS, MoHP

Presentation: “National strategic direction on NCD prevention and control: an update on policies and challenges ” (15 min)

Moderator: Prof. Dr. Sanjib Kumar Sharma, Rector, BPKIHS Dharan

Panelists:

- Dr. Madan Kumar Upadhyay, Chief, Quality Standard and Regulation Division, MoHP

- Dr. Sangeeta Mishra, Additional Health Secretary, MoHP

- Dr. Anuj Bhattachan, Director, National Health Training Center, DoHS, MoHP

- Dr. Rudra Marasini, Director, Epidemiology And Disease Control Division, DoHS, MoHP

- Bishwa Prakash Sharma, Member of Parliament

10.45 – 11.00 Lunch

11.00 - 11.45 Panel discussion 2. "Bringing global experience on NCD control to Nepal"

Speaker: Dr. Gampo Dorji, WHO Representative to Nepal

Presentation: “Addressing practice gap in NCD control with evidence from global perspective.” (15 min)

Moderator: Dr. Abhinav Vaidya, Professor of Community Medicine

Panelists:

- HUG (OR SDS/Swiss Embassy)

- Dr. Pradip Gyawali, Member Secretary, Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC)

- Dr. Krishna Prasad Poudel, Chief, Policy, Planning and Monitoring Division, MoHP

- Mrs. Hira Kumari Niroula, Director, Nursing and Social Security Division, DoHS, MoHP

- Dr. Khem Karki, SOLID Nepal

11.45 - 12.30 Panel discussion 3. "NCD policies in Federal governance"

Speaker: Dr. Gyan Bahadur Basnet, Director, Provincial Health Directorate, Ministry of Health, Koshi Province

Presentation: “Challenges in NCD health policy implementation in federal governance structure.” (15 min)

Moderator: Dr. Bhagwan Koirala, KIOCH

Panelists:

- Mr. Harka Sampang Rai, Mayor, Dharan Municipality

- Dr. Sudha Devkota, Secretary, Ministry of Health, Koshi Province

- Yeshoda Aryal, Chief, Health Coordination Division, MoHP (OR Dr. Pawan Sah, Chief Medical Superintendent)

- Dr. R. P. Bichha, Member, National Planning Commission

- TBD (?? Past health secretary)

12.30 Lunch

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