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World First Aid Day 2020: Simple actions, save lives!

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September 12, 2020 is the World First Aid Day. World First Aid Day is observed every year on the second Saturday of September. It aims to promote the importance of first aid in preventing injuries and saving lives. It was initiated by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)in 2000.

Objectives

  • To promote the importance of first aid in preventing injuries and saving lives.
  • To raise public awareness of how first aid can save lives.
  • To encouraging first aid training for all.

Important of First Aid

  • First aid is the simple actions to save lives.
  • First aid helps to assist an injured or ill person during a variety of emergency situations.
  • Knowledge in First Aid benefits the individuals themselves regardless of whether an emergency affects them directly or involves people they live and work with.
  • First Aid can and often lessens the severity of an emergency in a given time and place.

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Medical Education Commission, Government of Nepal published the notice for Medical Education Common Entrance Examination for PG 2020 for following courses;

  • MD/MS (Doctor of Medicine/Master of Surgery)
  • MDS (Master in Dental Surgery)
  • MPH (Master of Public Health) MSc. PH (Master of Science in Public Health), MPHN, MHPE, MPH (Public Health Service Management)
  • MD Ayurveda (Kayachikitsa)
  • Master in Nursing/ mIDwifery/Msc Nursing
  • Master in Pharmacy (M. PHARM), Msc. Pharmacy, Master of Pharmaceutical Science
  • Msc. MIT (Master of Science in Medical Imaging Technology)
  • Msc Clinical/ Medical biochemistry & Msc. Clinical Medical Microbiology
  • M. Optom (Master in Optometry)
  • M Phil in Clinical Psychology

Recommended: Medical Education Commission Syllabus for Postgraduate Entrance Examination (2020)

Detail notice will be published at http://www.mec.gov.np on Bhadra 31, 2077.

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Recommended: Medical Education Commission Syllabus for Postgraduate Entrance Examination (2020)

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World Sepsis Day 2020: Stop Sepsis, Save lives!

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World Sepsis Day is observed every year on September 13th to raise awareness for sepsis worldwide. It was initiated by the Global Sepsis Alliance in 2012.

World Sepsis Day is a great opportunity to remind the public, media, national, and international health care authorities, health care providers, and health care workers, policy makers, and the governments that there is an urgent need to increase and improve education on the facility, regional, national, and international level.

Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that arises when the body’s response to infection causes injury to its own tissues and organs. It is frequently a final common pathway to death for many infectious diseases worldwide. (WHO) Sepsis is the number one cause of preventable death worldwide.

Facts

  • WHO calls for global action on sepsis – cause of 1 in 5 deaths worldwide (SEPSIS: FACTS)
  • The world’s most neglected medical emergency.
  • Sepsis is not only a medical emergency, but also a global health crisis.
  • Sepsis strikes an estimated 30 million people worldwide every year, many of whom needlessly die or suffer permanent health issues.
  • Sepsis is always triggered by an infection.
  • Every 3-4 seconds someone dies of sepsis.
  • Sepsis is known only to 7 – 50 % of the people.
  • Sepsis can be prevented by vaccination and clean care and that early recognition and treatment reduces sepsis mortality by 50 %.
  • Sepsis is the number 1 cost of hospitalization in the U.S.

RISK GROUPS

Everybody can get sepsis, no matter how healthy or how good in shape you are, or where you live. Certain people are at an even higher risk.

  • older persons,
  • pregnant or recently pregnant women,
  • neonates,
  • hospitalized patients,
  • patients in intensive care units,
  • people with HIV/AIDS,
  • people with liver cirrhosis,
  • people with cancer,
  • people with kidney disease,
  • people with autoimmune diseases,
  • and people with no spleen.

Prevention

There are two main steps to preventing sepsis:

  1. Prevention of microbial transmission and infection
  2. Prevention of an infection evolving into sepsis

The best way to prevent sepsis is to prevent infection in the first place, which can be done by:

  • Vaccination
  • Clean water
  • Hand hygiene
  • Prevent hospital-acquired infections (HAIs)
  • Safe childbirth
  • Awareness

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Myanmar eliminates trachoma: WHO

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New Delhi – The World Health Organization has validated Myanmar for eliminating trachoma, a preventable disease that causes irreversible blindness, and which continues to be one of the leading causes of blindness globally.

“Myanmar’s multi-pronged approach promoting access to good hygiene infrastructure and clean water, strengthening eye care system, and complete community buy-in have enabled the country ensure that people of all ages can now look towards a trachoma-free future,” said Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director WHO South-East Asia Region, felicitating the country at the virtual Regional Committee Session of WHO South-East Asia Region.

Myanmar joins Nepal in the WHO South-East Asia Region and 12 countries globally to achieve this feat. Though trachoma is preventable, blindness from trachoma is irreversible. Trachoma continues to be a public health problem in 44 countries and is responsible for the blindness for about 1.9 million people.

In 1964 the Ministry of Health and Sports in Myanmar had initiated a trachoma control project with support from WHO and UNICEF. The community-based interventions to eliminate trachoma consisted of surgical treatment, topical antibiotic treatment and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and health education promoting behavior change to decrease transmission. The program further expanded to include accessible interventions in rural areas

In 2005, trachoma was responsible for 4% of all cases of blindness in Myanmar. By 2018, the prevalence of trachoma was down to a mere 0.008% with trachoma no longer a public health problem.

In a virtual event, the Regional Director presented a citation for trachoma elimination to Myanmar’s Minister of Health and Sports, Dr Myint Htwe.

Sri Lanka was felicitated for eliminations of rubella and mother-to-child transmission of HIV and Syphilis. The Regional Director presented citations for the two achievements to the Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine, Ms Pavithra Wanniarachchi.

Dr Khetrapal Singh said, “Strong leadership and commitment of the Government, support from partners, and the dedication and commitment of the health care workers and communities in the country have contributed to these successes in Sri Lanka”.

Maldives was felicitated for eliminating rubella. On the country’s success, the Regional Director said, “this commendable achievement has been possible by the strong leadership and commitment of the Government, sustained collaboration with partners, and active support of health-care workers, volunteers and communities at all levels of health services.” The citation was received by Ms Aishath Samiya, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Maldives.

Home to one-fourth of the world’s population, the Region has eight flagship priority programmes – eliminate measles and rubella by 2023; prevent and control noncommunicable diseases through multisectoral policies and plans, with a focus on “best buys”; accelerate reduction of maternal, neonatal and under five mortality; continue progressing towards universal health coverage with a focus on human resources for health and essential medicines; further strengthen national capacity for preventing and combating antimicrobial resistance; scale-up capacity development in emergency risk management in countries; finish the task of eliminating neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and other diseases on the verge of elimination; accelerate efforts to end TB by 2030. The Region has been making remarkable progress around the flagships and beyond.

11 September 2020 News release SEARO SEAR/PR/1741

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Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp Scholarships

The Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) manages a scholarships programme for students from low- and middle-income countries (LMIC).

The Belgian Directorate General for Development Cooperation (DGD) is the main scholarship sponsor for ITM. Through ITM, DGD offers scholarships for

  • Master programmes
  • Short courses
  • PhD studies

As postgraduate certificate courses are mainly targeting students from EEA countries, no scholarship programme is available for these courses.

ITM is a preferred partner for the Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJ/WBGSP). If you received an admission letter for a full-time master track at ITM and your home country is assisted by the World Bank, you can apply for a scholarship from the Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program.

There are often alternative (full or partial) scholarship opportunities and applicants are strongly encouraged to also search for other sponsors such as employers, private sponsors, development cooperation projects or national agencies supporting studies abroad.

Who can apply for a DGD scholarship?

Citizens from any LMIC can apply. Applicants need to be both citizen of and actually living in a LMIC as defined in the OECD-DAC list of LMICs.

A majority of scholarships, but not all, will be awarded to citizens from the countries defined as priority countries for the Belgian Directorate for Development Cooperation (see list below). But, as mentioned higher, students from any LMIC can apply.

The DGD country list includes:

Benin, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Guinea, Haiti, Indonesia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Niger, Palestine, Philippines, Peru, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam, Zimbabwe.

Note that candidates with an second citizenship from a high income country (e.g. through a double nationality) or candidates who are employed in a high income country or have been for more than one year in the three years preceding the application for a scholarship, cannot be awarded a DGD scholarship through ITM.

DGD scholarships can cover travel, tuition (registration and credit fees), insurances and livelihood.

A DGD scholarship can be full, covering all items mentioned above or partial and only cover one or a few items (e.g. only tuition fees or only livelihood).

In a part-time MSc study track a DGD scholarships can also cover the costs of a course components (modules) outside ITM, in the framework of credit mobility (e.g. in the tropEd network), or at partner institutions within the framework of a collaborative/joint programme.

Selection criteria

As stated higher, scholarships (full or partial) can only be awarded to candidates who fulfil all criteria for admission to the course, including the language proficiency requirement. During the online application process applicants can download a DGD scholarship application form. ITM indeed only accepts DGD scholarship applications as part of a course application file.

ITM and DGD will jointly award the available scholarships among the academically highest ranked candidates. DGD scholarships can only be awarded to candidates less than 46 years old at the end of the course or at graduation. See also ITM scholarship regulations.

Selection criteria as defined by DGD and used to rank applicants for the available scholarships are:

  • Personal motivation
  • Gender: at equal qualification, preference for female scholarship candidates
  • Preferably not have been awarded a DGD scholarship in the past and not yet have studied in a high-income country
  • Preferably employment in a research institute, a higher education institution, the public sector, the social economy, a small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) or in a non-governmental organisation
  • Employment characteristics and or prospects, as per support of an employer
  • Likely professional (re-)integration after following the course
  • Employment in a context where the learnings can be readily applied.

DGD scholarships for doctoral candidates

Each year, three PhD scholarships can be awarded to ITM alumni who are admitted to the ITM doctoral (PhD) programme. Admitted PhD candidates have to comply to DGD eligibility criteria (nationality, home address/domicile and age) before a DGD PhD-scholarship can be awarded. A PhD scholarship can provide financial support for up to four years (48 months) of doctoral training.

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Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp Short Courses 2020

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Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp Short Courses 2020

Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp is accepting applications for the following ITM courses.

Short courses on offer

  • Molecular Data for Infectious Diseases (MID)
  • Health Economics & Financing for Universal Health Coverage (HEF)
  • Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases Control and Elimination (MALNTD)
  • Ending Tuberculosis (TB)
  • Health Policy and Governance (HPG)
  • Multivariable Analysis (MVA)
  • Social Protection in Health for Universal Health Coverage (UHC)
  • Noncommunicable Diseases (NCD)
  • Globalisation & Health (GH)
  • HIV & STI Response (HIVSTI)
  • Sexual & Reproductive Health (SRH)
  • Outbreak Investigations and Research (OIR)

Molecular Data for Infectious Diseases (MID)

MID trains professional molecular biologists for the implementation of molecular techniques in support of clinical and epidemiological field studies on infectious diseases in tropical low-resource settings. Pathogen identity, dynamics, and transmission often form an integral part of such studies, phenomena that can be documented using DNA and RNA techniques. Despite rapid advancements in molecular methods, their implementation in low-resource environments often remains cumbersome due to logistic, financial, and educational constraints. MID focuses on appropriate assays selection and analysis, and on their implementation in a particular research setting.

  • Course dates
    • E-learning: 16 November – 11 December 2020
    • Face-to-face: 29 March – 16 April 2021
  • Application deadline: 30 September 2020
  • Credits: 5 ECTS

Health Economics & Financing for Universal Health Coverage (HEF)

HEF targets health professionals, policy makers and researchers involved in health policy development and health financing reform strategies. It aims to equip health professionals with economic and financing strategies to strengthen health systems in low- and middle-income countries. The course examines the features of healthcare as both a commodity and a right. Participants will be encouraged to apply and critically review the tools and frameworks provided, in order to make progress towards universal health coverage.

  • Course dates: 4 – 22 January 2021
  • Application deadline: 15 October 2020
  • Credits: 5 ECTS

Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases Control and Elimination (MALNTD)
 
This three-week course is aimed at programme managers, decision-makers, clinicians and researchers involved in malaria or neglected tropical diseases (NTD) control and elimination, or related programmes. During this multidisciplinary course, we examine important technical, managerial and social challenges related to control and elimination initiatives of malaria and NTDs. In case studies, the course participants will apply frameworks and tools for the formulation, management and evaluation of malaria and NTD interventions to their own contexts.

  • Course dates: 4 – 22 January 2021
  • Application deadline: 15 October 2020
  • Credits: 5 ECTS

Ending Tuberculosis (TB)
 
This three-week course is mainly targeted at programme managers, decision-makers, clinicians and researchers involved in or collaborating with TB control programmes in low-resource settings. The course will focus on evidence-based formulation of a TB control policy, implementation challenges in various epidemiological contexts and resource-constrained settings. Particular attention is given to monitoring & evaluation of TB programmes and to operational research.

  • Course dates: 25 January 2021 – 12 February 2021
  • Application deadline: 15 October 2020
  • Credits: 5 ECTS

Health Policy and Governance (HPG)
 
This three-week course is relevant for health policy makers, health system managers, programme managers and researchers involved in health policy processes and governance at decentralised, national and global levels, both in- and outside the health sector. The course will enhance students’ capacity to engage in a policy dialogue with relevant actors and to develop policy change scenarios in order to strengthen health systems and achieve universal health coverage.

  • Course dates: 25 January – 12 February 2021
  • Application deadline: 15 October 2020
  • Credits: 5 ECTS

Multivariable Analysis (MVA)
 
This three-week course is relevant for master’s and PhD students who plan to use multivariable analysis methods in their research/thesis projects and/or who plan to use epidemiological literature in a critical way.  The aim of this course is to enable participants to appraise and apply three types of multivariable analysis, i.e. linear, logistic, and Cox regression, in the domain of public health research.

  • Course dates: 25 January – 12 February 2021
  • Application deadline: 15 October 2020
  • Credits: 5 ECTS

Social Protection in Health for Universal Health Coverage (UHC)

This three-week course is intended for health system and programme managers, health policy makers and researchers and aims to develop a framework for the analysis of policies on universal health coverage, with special attention to social protection in health. The analytical framework integrates institutional, financial, human, and socio-political dimensions. The course combines participatory classroom teaching, field visits and interaction with stakeholders in the domain of SPH/UHC, and critical discussion of selected country-cases.

  • Course dates: 8 – 26 March 2021
  • Application deadline: 1 December 2020
  • Credits: 5 ECTS

Noncommunicable Diseases (NCD)

This three-week course on NCDs targets health professionals and researchers involved in NCD prevention and control from the epidemiological, clinical and health systems’ perspective. The aim is to increase the participants’ capacity to assess the burden and the determinants of NCDs, and to develop, implement and evaluate strategies to tackle NCDs in various settings. The course gathers knowledge from experts on global NCDs and includes lectures, case studies and opportunities for interaction with peers.

  • Course dates: 8 – 26 March 2021
  • Application deadline: 1 December 2020
  • Credits: 5 ECTS

Globalisation & Health (GH) 

This three-week course aims to enhance its participants’ capacity to appraise how globalisation influences health, analyse actors and processes in global health governance, and undertake actions to influence decision-making at local, national or global level. The course provides a value-based perspective of health equity and human rights in moving the global health agenda forward. The course targets health and development professionals, researchers, policymakers involved in practice, programmes and policy-making, in low-, middle-, or high-income settings.

  • Course dates: 29 March – 16 April 2021
  • Application deadline: 1 December 2020
  • Credits: 5 ECTS
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Health leaders call for greater investments in health; continued efforts and solidarity to combat pandemic in WHO South-East Asia Region

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Bangkok – The Seventy-third Regional Committee Session of WHO South-East Asia Region began today with health leaders emphasising on greater investments for strengthening health systems and continued efforts and collaboration for combating COVID-19 pandemic.

 “The COVID-19 pandemic underscores that the world is a global village where all lives are intertwined. To win we must collaborate and fight as one. The pandemic has also taught us how important it is to protect our precious health gains. In order to protect our health gains, we must continuously invest in health. Our Region needs to invest more and more in public healthcare and build a robust health delivery system,” said Dr Harsh Vardhan, Minister of Health & Family Welfare, India, while opening the proceedings as Chair of the previous year’s Session.

Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Health, Mr Anutin Charnvirakul, said the pandemic demonstrates interconnectedness of all Sustainable Development Goals. All sectors, public and private are collaborating. This is really unprecedented. While we fight our common enemy COVID-19, we see so many social innovations and solidarity.  Mr Charnvirakul is chairing the annual governing body meeting of WHO in the Region with Thailand hosting the Session this year. The two-day Session is being held virtually for the first time ever in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Addressing the Session, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, “COVID-19 is causing so much pain, sorrow and uncertainty. But it is also giving us an opportunity. The whole world can now see that health is an essential investment in safer, healthier, fairer and more sustainable societies.”

The Regional Director WHO South-East Asia Region, Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, said, “greater investment in public health would help achieve better health outcomes, promote sustainable development and a more equitable and just society.”

Dr Khetrapal Singh said, “for over nine months now, countries have acted with speed, scale and solidarity to respond to the COVID-19 crisis that has affected all of humanity and impacted social and economic life like no event in living memory. While determined efforts have helped save countless lives, ongoing commitment is needed to save many more lives.”

Emphasising on solidarity and cooperation, the Regional Director said this has defined our work for many years now, and which has been central to the response thus far.   

The WHO Director-General said countries now need to focus on four priorities. First, prevent amplifying events. Second, save lives by protecting the vulnerable. Third, empower and educate people and communities to protect themselves and others and fourth, focus on the public health basics – find, isolate, test and care for cases, and trace and quarantine their cases.

All speakers commended the selfless efforts being made by millions of health workers across the world in the COVID-19 pandemic.

On day two of the Session a ministerial round table will be held to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic and efforts being made to maintain essential health services and accelerate resumption of health-care services disrupted by the pandemic.

9 September 2020 News release SEARO, SEAR/PR/1739

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Countries in WHO South-East Asia Region sign declaration to fight COVID-19 as ONE

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Bangkok – All Member countries of WHO South-East Asia Region today resolved to collectively fight COVID-19 and strengthen the Region’s response with better equipped health systems to deliver essential health services during the pandemic.

“The spread of COVID-19 has impacted almost every community, overwhelmed health systems and disrupted economies and livelihoods with effects reaching far beyond the health sector. It has also disproportionately impacted the most vulnerable. WHO recently surveyed countries to understand better the priorities in the South East Asia Region. At the top of the agenda is maintaining essential health services,’ said WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

Signing the Declaration on ‘Collective Response to COVID-19’ along with Ministers of Health and representatives of Member countries, Regional Director, WHO South-East Asia Region, Dr. Poonam Khetrapal Singh, said, “People’s ordinary health needs do not disappear during such extraordinary events. Health security is not only about building capacity to prevent, prepare for and respond to acute events. It must also be about building capacity to maintain essential health services for the duration of response and into the recovery.”

The Declaration was signed at the end of a ministerial round table on the second and last day of the Seventy-third Regional Committee Session, hosted by Thailand, and held virtually for the first time ever due to COVID-19 pandemic.

During the roundtable, all Member countries shared their various COVID-19 response measures and efforts being made to maintain essential health services and restore those impacted due to the pandemic.

All countries agreed to the importance of universal health coverage and primary health care as a safety net for people to access quality health services – both COVID-19 and other essential services, including the most vulnerable population.  

The Declaration calls for efforts to ensure countries sustain essential health services and public health programs during public health emergencies and use the current pandemic as an opportunity to build back their health systems to be better.

The Member countries agreed to allocation of adequate budgets to ensure uninterrupted services during and beyond the pandemic, while prioritizing health of the people.

Countries resolved to strengthen health information systems by leveraging digital technologies which capture timely reporting of outbreaks and sharing information for policy decision.

With health workers playing a crucial role in the pandemic, Member countries pledged to ensure occupational health, safety and well-being of health professionals and other related workers.

Speaking to Health Ministers of the 11 Member States, Dr Khetrapal Singh said, “Continued efforts should be made to keep health workers safe from infection and violence and to provide mental health and psychosocial support.”

The Declaration also calls for strengthening safety of patients and the people through adequate public health and social measures and access to quality personal protective devices; and strengthening occupational and environmental safety through medical waste management systems and making biomedical and systems research stronger, was also agreed upon.

The Member countries agreed to continuing and expanding multi-sectoral collaboration; strengthening regional collaboration for scaling up capacities for preparedness, surveillance and rapid response, field epidemiology training, supply chain management of medicines and medical supplies, and regional stockpiling of essential health resources. They also resolved to identify gaps and strengthen core capacities as required by the International Health Regulations 2005.

All countries in the Region agreed to fully engage in global discussion on equitable allocation of vaccines, medicines and diagnostics for COVID-19.

“All people, all sectors, all countries and all partners must come together to strengthen the response and build a recovery and future that is more health secure, and in which all people’s health needs are met as a precondition to achieving the sustainable development to which we strive,” added Dr Khetrapal Singh.

10 September 2020 News release SEARO (SEAR/PR/1740)

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Call for Application! NHRC’s Virtual Training Workshops

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Nepal Health Research Council calls for application for the following virtual training workshops of Health Research for the fiscal year 2077/2078. Interested candidates are requested to apply within 7 days of the first publication of the notice.

Related: Call for Health Research Grant Nepal Health Research Council

Name of Trainings

  • Training workshop on Health Research Methodology
  • Training Workshop on Health Research Proposal Development and Research management
  • Training Workshop on Data Management and Analysis
  • Training Workshop on Scientific Writing

Eligibility Criteria for the Training Workshop on Health Research Methodology;

  • Undergraduate candidates; undergraduate students from the medical, dental, paramedical, nursing and other health-related backgrounds who have completed basic science courses of undergraduate course will be eligible to participate in the virtual training.
  • Graduates and above are also eligible to participate in the virtual training.

Eligibility criteria for the other training workshops;

  • Holds at least Bachelor’s degree in health sciences.
  • Bachelor’s degree in health-related sciences with at least one-year experience in health sector.
Application form for the Entire training workshops;

One can apply for the training workshops by filling out the NHRC’S online application form shared via NHRC’S Website/ Notice board.

Note: The candidates who have already applied and registered for the virtual training workshop on health research methodology before the publication of this notice are requested not to apply for the same training workshop.  

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Registration fees will be waived to Nepalese students and researchers.

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CTEVT Scholarships Notice for Diploma & PCL Level Courses (2077/078)
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CTEVT Scholarships Notice for Diploma & PCL Level Courses (2077/078)

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Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training (CTEVT) invites application from eligible candidates for the Diploma & PCL Level courses for the academic year 2077/078.

This scholarship is provided to the hard-up students among Community /Government Schools, women, dalit, ethnic group, martyrs, former Kamaiya (poorly paid tenant), Haliaya (poorly paid plough man), Conflict Victims and disadvantaged groups of people. Province wise applications are collected through selected institute and provincial office and Entrance exam is conducted. Merits students on each category are allocated institute to study by CTEVT on reference to their applications on choice of the institute. Each institute is liable to afford classified scholarship to two students for programs with total quota 30, three students for programs with quota 40 and four students for the programs with quota 48 . Total seats are first calculate throughout the Province and divided by the percentage.

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