Nepal is in a transition period, reframing its central national system to a federal model. In the changing context of the health system there is an ongoing discussion with attempts to devise a viable health system. This change involves a significant devolution of power and resources from national to local level in many sectors including the health sector.
The new Constitution places the responsibility for health service provision primarily with the seven new Provincial governments, with significant powers and responsibilities being further devolved to Urban and Rural Municipalities. All of this has put Nepal’s health system in a period of rapid, and far-reaching, transformational change, in both its organizational structure and in its broader political-economic environment.Traditionally, health sector resources in Nepal have been highly centralized. The new Constitution, by contrast, places responsibility for the provision of health services primarily with the seven new Provinces, with resources being further devolved down to Municipalities and rural Municipalities.
Nepal is committed towards the global agenda of paving developmental pathway to achieve SDG goals and targets. Looking at 17 SDG goals, SDG 3 goals is destined to Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.
There are several issues related to the goals, targets and indicators of 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development for Nepal. First, the targets are highly ambitious Examples include ending poverty, hunger and malnutrition, ending preventable newborns and under five child mortality, ending all forms of gender discrimination, and ending deprivation in basic services like safe water, sanitation.
At the moment the issues of access, justice and equity are the major challenges our health system is facing. There is acute need to revitalize National Health system aspiring Federal principles to achieve the SDG goals and target. There is need to discuss intensively in this issues and devise proper policy, plan and programs to remodel our health system.
Based on four themes, purpose of the Conference is to provide the platform where scholars from different professionals’ societies can engage the proactive discussions and fruitful exchanges on the Nepalese health system in Federal era and SDG goals and target achievements. The discussions will revolve around contentious issues in designing future strategies to address the need of Nepal and to achieve SDG goals.
Theme 1: Non communicable diseases
Theme 2: Communicable diseases
Theme 3: Maternal, child health and nutrition
Theme 4: Health insurance
The Conference is expected to come up with the understanding in better way on the issues in the Nepalese health system in Federal Era and designing future strategies to address the need of Nepal and research to advancing the field. Likewise it’s expected to discuss and understand the challenges of Nepal and come up with designing the viable strategies as per our need.
The findings of the Conference will contribute to address the need of the country on contentious issues in existing health system challenges as well as opportunities and designing future strategies to address the need of Nepal and research to advancing National Health System.
This is to announce that School of Health and Allied Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Pokhara University calls for participation for the National conference on revitalizing national health system of Nepal in federal era: pathway to achieve SDG goals.
The Scientific Committee for National conference on revitalizing national health system of Nepal in federal era: pathway to achieve SDG goals [8th -9th July, 2019 (Ashad 23-24, 2076)] invites the submission of abstracts as an oral or poster presentation for the conference.
Deadline for abstract submission: 5 July 2019
Registration Deadlines: 5 July 2019
Individual: NRs. 2000/- 5 July 2019
Institutional: NRs. 3500/- 5 July 2019
For participants fee must be paid through
Bank Name: KAMANA SEWA BIKAS BANK, Dhungepatan, Pokhara
Account Holder’s Name: School of Health and Allied Sciences
Account No: 01700300058337000001
School of Health and Allied Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
Pokhara University
Pokhara Metropolitan City-30
Dhungepatan, Kaski, Nepal
Tel: +977-61-504036
+977-61-504037
Website: https://pu.edu.np/
E-Mail: [email protected]
Secretary: Organizing Committee
Associate Prof. Dipendra Kumar Yadav, PhD
Tel: +977-9856033787
There will be 2 parallel sessions under 4 themes in conference. Each theme has 100 minutes in total. Each concurrent oral presenter has been tentatively estimated for 15minutes to speak PLUS 5 minutes for questions and discussion, or will be changed accordingly, for which the presenter will be pre informed. You will be notified about 2 minutes before to finish your presentation.
Please arrive to your session at least 15 minutes before presentation time. It is set to meeting with the Moderator and session chair before your presentation time. Moderators and rapporteurs will be in the hall to ensure the session remains on time.
For an effective PowerPoint presentation, you may consider the followings:
Send your presentation on given email address with proper labeling as indicated below till 5th July 2019 by 5:00 PM
Email:[email protected]
File should be named as follows: Theme number, underscore, First name, underscore, and Last name of corresponding author.
For example:
For PowerPoint presentation:
Theme 1: Non communicable diseases
Theme 2: Communicable diseases
Theme 3: Maternal, child health and nutrition
Theme 4: Health insurance