FAIRMED Foundation Nepal held a three-day training on Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) in Kathmandu to educate the staff from all of its projects on GESI and its integration into project cycle management.
FAIRMED Nepal in collaboration with Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Diseases Hospital, and Epidemiology and Disease Control Division established a separate care unit for Leprosy diagnosis and treatment in the hospital.
FAIRMED Nepal, jointly with the Ministry of Health & Population and The Leprosy Mission Nepal, organized training on Complication Management of the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) at Anandaban Training Centre, Tikabhairab, Godawari, Lalitpur.
With an objective of building capacity on the local level among the community health professionals, FAIRMED Nepal together with Health Training Centre, Lumbini Province published training manuals for early diagnosis, management and prevention of Neglected Tropical Diseases found in Nepal.
FAIRMED Nepal participated in the Eighth National Summit of Health and Population Scientists in Nepal, program organized by the Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC) on 11th - 12th April, 2022.
A former social mobilizer of UPAKAR Project, Ganesh Jyoti, lost his life in the recent flooding of Sindhupalchowk district. He is survived by his wife and three children - two daughters and a son.
Remembering Jyoti and his contributions, FAIRMED Nepal in coordination with former implementing partner MANK provided his family with some relief support in an attempt to ease their present challenges.
The relief items included food supply, kitchenware, bedding and clothing items, educational supplies for the children, two mobile phones with data connection to facilitate their online learning, among others.
With the onset of monsoon this year, Nepal witnessed heavy rainfall in most parts of the country. Continuous rain triggered flash floods and landslides everywhere, including Sindhupalchowk district in Bagmati Province. This year’s unabating rainfall led to the loss of lives and properties in a large magnitude, especially in Sindhupalchowk.
At the request of Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), Lumbini Province, FAIRMED Nepal in joint collaboration with United Mission to Nepal (UMN) funded the Health Training Centre of Lumbini Province to organize a two-day training on operating portable ultrasound machine on 13th and 14th July at Hotel The Butwal View. The event was inaugurated by Mr. Maheshwor Shrestha (Director of Province Health Training Centre) in presence of Dr. Bikash Devkota (Secretary of MoHP, Lumbini Province) as chief guest.
Essential Health Project in coordination with Kotahimai rural municipality and Marchawari rural municipality of Rupandehi district organized training for HFOMC members on March 15 & 16 at Bogadhi Health Post and on March 18 & 19 at Raypur PHCC on the new HFOMC Guidelines (2075).
Eleven Female Community Health Volunteers (FCHVs) of Sisawa Health Post, Maharajgunj Municipality participated in the training which was focused on sign/symptoms, preventive measures, treatment and self-care techniques of soil-transmitted helminths, leprosy and lymphatic filariasis.