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World Immunization Week 2016: Close the immunization gap

by Public Health Update April 30, 2016

21 APRIL 2016 | GENEVA

During World Immunization Week 2016, held 24-30 April, WHO highlights recent gains in immunization coverage, and outlines further steps countries can take to “Close the Immunization Gap” and meet global vaccination targets by 2020.

“Last year immunization led to some notable wins in the fight against polio, rubella and maternal and neonatal tetanus,” says Dr Margaret Chan, WHO Director-General. “But they were isolated wins. Polio was eliminated in 1 country, tetanus in 3, and rubella in 1 geographical region. The challenge now is to make gains like this the norm.”

Immunization averts 2 to 3 million deaths annually; however, an additional 1.5 million deaths could be avoided if global vaccination coverage improves. Today, an estimated 18.7 million infants – nearly 1 in 5 children – worldwide are still missing routine immunizations for preventable diseases, such as diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus. World Immunization Week 2016 banner

In 2012, the World Health Assembly endorsed the Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP), a commitment to ensure that no one misses out on vital immunizations. Despite gains in vaccination coverage in some regions and countries the past year, global vaccination targets remain off track.

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Global Vaccine Action Plan 2011 – 2020

The Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP) ― endorsed by the 194 Member States of the World Health Assembly in May 2012 ― is a framework to prevent millions of deaths by 2020 through more equitable access to existing vaccines for people in all communities.

GVAP aims to strengthen routine immunization to meet vaccination coverage targets; accelerate control of vaccine-preventable diseases with polio eradication as the first milestone; introduce new and improved vaccines and spur research and development for the next generation of vaccines and technologies.

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Nepal Health Facility Survey (2015 NHFS) Preliminary Report

by Public Health Update April 19, 2016

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Nepal Health Facility Survey (2015 NHFS) Preliminary Report

Nepal Health Facility Survey (2015 NHFS) is the first comprehensive national level health facility survey in Nepal that combines the essence of USAID-supported Service Provision Assessment (SPA) survey of The DHS Program, WHO’s Service Availability and Readiness Assessment (SARA), UNFPA’s Facility Assessment for Reproductive Health Commodities and Services (FARHCS), and the Nepal-specific Service Tracking Survey (implemented with support from the Nepal Health Sector Support Program [NHSSP] – a DFID-funded technical assistance program supporting MoH to implement the second Nepal Health Sector Program [NHSP-2]).

This report presents preliminary findings of the 2015 Nepal Health Facility Survey (2015 NHFS). The survey received funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the UK Department for International Development (DfID), The World Health Organization (WHO), and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

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Ministry of Health, Nepal; New ERA, Nepal; Nepal Health Sector Support Program (NHSSP); and ICF International. 2016. Nepal Health Facility Survey 2015 Preliminary Report. Kathmandu, Nepal: Ministry of Health, Kathmandu; New ERA, Nepal; NHSSP, Nepal; and ICF International.

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Eligibility Criteria, Available Seats, Entrance examination model, Fees other Information – MPH (BPKIHS)

by Public Health Update April 17, 2016

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B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences is a leading Health Sciences University of Nepal. It is known around the globe by virtue of its innovative curricula. Every year BPKIHS gets substantial number of candidates to enroll in its academic programs. Its educational philosophy was conceptualized by eminent medical educationists from Nepal, India & various international communities including WHO.

BPKIHS was established on January 18, 1993 and subsequently upgraded to an autonomous Health Sciences University on October 28, 1998 with a mandate to work towards developing socially responsible and competent health workforce, providing health care and engaging in health research.

The School of Public Health was established in 2005 and it is running a two year MPH program.

BPKIHS has postgraduate, undergraduate, and university certificate programs. It has four colleges: Medical, Dental, Nursing, and Public Health. Its Central Teaching Hospital has 733 beds and well established major clinical and basic sciences departments.

Research Perspective

BPKIHS is a leading scientific institution in Nepal.
Among the medical institutions of Nepal, the faculty members at BPKIHS publish maximum number of scientific articles in national and international reputed periodicals and journals. It has made BPKIHS well known worldwide in the field of biomedical and educational research.

SEATS AVAILABLE

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

Candidates with

MBBS or equivalent/BDS or equivalent/ AUSH ( Ayurveda,Sidha,Unani and Homeopathy)/ Bachelor of Veterinary Sciences
Public Heath graduates (Bachelors degree in Public Health) with work experience as below;Course
4 years and above : No experience required
For 3 years course: One year health related work experience
For 2 year course : Two year health related work experience
Bachelor degree in Nursing, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy and health professional degrees that are eligible to register with Nepal Health professional Council (NHPC) and work experience as below;
Course
4 years and above : One year experience required.
For 3 years course :Two year health related work experience.
For 2 year course : Three year health related work experience
Bachelor degree in Biological, Environmental/ Nutritional sciences and Health care management with work experience as below
Course
4 years and above One year experience required
For 3 years course Two year health related work experience
For 2 year course Three year health related work experience
Masters in Social/Behavioral/Management/Education discipline with 3 years of health related work experience.

Note: Work experience will be considered only after graduation.

Structure of the Entrance Examination

The Entrance examination will be of 3 hours duration with 200 single best response multiple choice questions carrying 200 marks. A master merit list of all candidates who appeared in the entrance examination and scored at least 40% marks (cut-off mark) will be drawn. The Entrance Examination is common for both Nepalese and International candidates. The subjects from where the questions will be asked are:

Health Related-80
Research Methodology-60
English-40
General Knowledge & Aptitude on Public Health-20

No electronic devices (such as calculator, mobile phone, digital watches, paper etc) will be allowed in the examination hall. Pen, ball pen, pencil, eraser, sharpener etc. are not allowed in the examination hall. For writing on the answer booklet, ball pen will be provided in the examination hall.

Counseling

In the context of Entrance Examinations, counseling is the process of selecting

the subjects and confirming the seats and categories by the candidates themselves on the basis of the merit list drawn from the Entrance Examination. At the time of counseling, the candidates must have Entrance Examination Admit Card with them.

Candidates of MPH on top of the merit list will be given first preference to choose the tuition fee scheme.

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World Health Day 2016: Beat diabetes : Activities @ Pokhara

by Public Health Update April 7, 2016

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Pokhara

7th April 2016

District Public Health Office- Kaski organised World Health Day celebrations activities in coordination with Nepal Diabetes Society, United Reference Laboratory, Diabetes and Thyroid Treatment Center, Adarsha Samaj National Daily and Radio Safalta at Pokhara. Mass rally was organized to spread awareness about prevention, treatment and diabetic care to all general people. Distribution of pamphlets, posters and brochures to public was also conducted during rally. Nursing students from different Nursing college, public health professionals, stakeholders and general peoples were participated. after closing session of rally free blood sugar test campaign was also organized by United Reference Laboratory, Newroad.

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World Health Day 2016 : Beat diabetes: Scale up prevention, strengthen care, and enhance surveillance

by Public Health Update April 5, 2016

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Every year, the World Health Organization selects a priority area of global public health concern as the theme for World Health Day, which falls on 7 April, the birthday of the Organization.

The theme for World Health Day 2016 will be diabetes, a noncommunicable disease (NCD) directly impacting millions of people of globally, mostly in low- and middle-income countries.

Diabetes is a chronic, metabolic disease characterized by elevated levels of blood glucose which may over time lead to serious damage to the heart, blood vessels, eyes, kidneys, and nerves. The prevalence of diabetes has been steadily increasing in the past few decades, in particular in low- and middle-income countries. Knowledge exists to reverse this trend through targeted prevention and appropriate care.

World Health Day 2016 objectives

WHO is working with Member States and civil society partners to:

Increase awareness about the rise in diabetes, and its staggering burden and consequences, in particular in low-income and middle-income countries.
Trigger a set of specific, effective and affordable actions to tackle diabetes. These will include steps to prevent diabetes and diagnose, treat and care for people with diabetes.
Launch the first WHO Global report on diabetes, which will describe the burden and consequences of diabetes and advocate for stronger health systems to ensure improved surveillance, enhanced prevention and more effective management of diabetes.

Diabetes

Diabetes is a chronic disease, which occurs when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin, or when the body cannot effectively use the insulin it produces. This leads to an increased concentration of glucose in the blood (hyperglycaemia).

Type 1 diabetes (previously known as insulin-dependent or childhood-onset diabetes) is characterized by a lack of insulin production.

Type 2 diabetes (formerly called non-insulin-dependent or adult-onset diabetes) is caused by the body’s ineffective use of insulin. It often results from excess body weight and physical inactivity.

Gestational diabetes is hyperglycaemia that is first recognized during pregnancy.
Sign and Symptoms
Individuals can experience different signs and symptoms of diabetes, and sometimes there may be no signs. Some of the signs commonly experienced include:

Frequent urination
Excessive thirst
Increased hunger
Weight loss
Tiredness
Lack of interest and concentration
A tingling sensation or numbness in the hands or feet
Blurred vision
Frequent infections
Slow-healing wounds
Vomiting and stomach pain (often mistaken as the flu)
The development of type 1 diabetes is usually sudden and dramatic while the symptoms can often be mild or absent in people with type 2 diabetes, making this type of diabetes hard to detect.

Risk FactorsSeveral risk factors have been associated with type 2 diabetes and include:

Family history of diabetes
Overweight
Unhealthy diet
Physical inactivity
Increasing age
High blood pressure
Ethnicity
Impaired glucose tolerance (IGT)*
History of gestational diabetes
Poor nutrition during pregnancy

Key facts

347 million people worldwide have diabetes.
In 2012, an estimated 1.5 million deaths were directly caused by diabetes .
More than 80% of diabetes deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries.
WHO projects that diabetes will be the 7th leading cause of death in 2030.
Healthy diet, regular physical activity, maintaining a normal body weight and avoiding tobacco use can prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes.
382 million people have diabetes in the world and more than 72.1 million people in the SEA Region; by 2035 this will rise to 123 million.
There were 674,120 cases of diabetes in Nepal in 2013.

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27th March 2014 : Historical Day in field of Public Health to end Polio in Nepal

by Public Health Update March 28, 2016

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Nepal has been maintaining certificate standard AFP surveillance since 2001. The surveillance system is sensitive enough to detect polio cases and circulating derived poliovirus. Nepal was declared polio -free by the Regional Certification Commission on 27 March 2014. Nepal adopted the strategies developed by the WHO such as active AFP surveillance, Routine Immunization, SIAs and Mop-up to achieve the goal of Polio eradication. The CHD took lead in planning, delivering and managing the National Immunization Program including polio throughout the country. The community based interventions together with the national and international learning have been accounted for this success in the functional partnership and community based approaches.

Key Strategies for polio eradication

Routine immunization: Routine immunization is the cornerstone of polio eradication. Uniform and 95% OPV3 routine coverage increases the immunity level in community and thus interrupts the circulation of WPV transmission. Hence, the access of routine immunization services should be expanded at grass-root level.
Supplementary Immunization Activity (SIA) – (National Immunization Days & Sub National Immunization Days) National Immunization Days aiming to improve universal coverage should be conducted on regular basis. It is an additional national or subnational mass vaccination campaign designed to vaccinate all children under five which helps in interruption of transmission of wild poliovirus. It aims to vaccinate everyone under five, regardless of their previous immunization status.
Surveillance of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) – All AFP cases (suspected polio) are detected, reported and investigated. This allows for the identification of any remaining reservoirs of wild polio virus and helps in the decision making for the SIAs need.
Mop-up campaigns – These are intensive, house to house campaigns that are conducted during the final stage of polio eradication. Mop up is conducted when the polio virus is confined in a limited geographical area, where all children are tracked and vaccinated reaching each house hold, even after successful implementation of NIDs and routine immunization.

Introduction Of The Injectable Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) IPV is being introduced in Nepal in order to quickly maximize childhood immunity to polio and maintain the country’s polio-free status. IPV has been proven an extremely safe and effective vaccine and has been used successfully in many developed countries for several decades. It is important to note that IPV is recommended in addition to the oral vaccine and does not replace the oral vaccine. (UNICEF)

Historical Development in Polio Eradication

Polio Eradication Initiative in Nepal was begun in 1996 through EWARS and it was part of global efforts of the World Health Organization to achieve the world free of polio. With vigorous attempts backed by appropriate and effective policy measures, Nepal has been able to make the country free from this crippling disease as no new polio cases have been reported in the country for more than three years. The national polio immunization campaign has been carried out so effectively that every child up to five years is successfully administered polio drops. As a result, the country is now proudly able to stand as a polio-free country, which is a matter of satisfaction to all of us. The efforts of the government and support of the donors as well organizations like WHO, UNICEF and the Rotary International have yielded positive results.

In 1980, the government of Nepal included polio vaccination in regular immunization programme
In 1996, Nepal initiated polio eradication efforts by holding the first National Immunization Days in all 75 districts. The first NID had been started from Kathmandu.
In July 1998, the government established an expanded nationwide Acute Flaccid Paralysis Surveillance. Since then, 32 polio infection cases have been detected. Among them 30 were from Terai region
Two cases were reported from hill districts ( Bajura and Dailekh) Nepal borders with the endemic states of India has always been a threat for imported polio virus. Nepal has been continuously observing national immunization days every year in two rounds to stop indigenous or importation of WPV.
Nepal set the target of becoming polio free by 2000. No polio virus was detected in 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004.
The virus resurfaced in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 (average 4- 6 cases). 20 cases were reported due to cross-border transmission.
No polio case was reported in 2009 but six cases were detected in 2010 (one WPV1 reported from Mahottari district followed by five WPV1 in Rautahat district).The detail investigation revealed that first case of Mahottari was importation from Bihar.
No new polio case has been reported since then (30 August 2010). The last nation-wide polio drop campaign in December 2013 was able to achieve over 90 per cent coverage. Door-to-door polio drop was administered to ensure that no child under five years of age was left out from the drive against polio.

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World TB Day – Unite to End TB!!

by Public Health Update March 23, 2016

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What is World TB Day?

World TB Day is held each year on March 24th and aims to build public awareness for tuberculosis. A disease which despite being curable, remains a destructive epidemic in much of the world.

On this day, we commemorate Dr Robert Koch’s announcement in 1882 of his discovery of the TB bacillus, the cause of tuberculosis. His groundbreaking research opened the way toward diagnosing and curing this disease.

World TB Day is an opportunity for people everywhere to join this fight by helping to educate others about TB and by urging governments to take action. We believe that together we can End TB for once and for all: Unite to End TB!

The Red Arrow : A Symbol to Unite Us Against TB

The Red Arrow is a symbol for our goal: a world without TB. It represents our unwavering commitment to move forward with this mission until we reach the finish line. Because despite its devastating impact as the world’s leading infectious killer, there is still the troubling fact that most people in the world think of TB as a disease of the past.

The Red Arrow was developed with the input of thousands of partners in the TB community. The symbol belongs to no single organization, person, tagline, or agenda. It represents our unity against TB, and it’s in your hands to shape, mold, and give meaning to.

SOURCE OF INFO STOP TB

Key facts

Tuberculosis (TB) is a top infectious disease killer worldwide.
In 2014, 9.6 million people fell ill with TB and 1.5 million died from the disease.
Over 95% of TB deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries, and it is among the top 5 causes of death for women aged 15 to 44.
In 2014, an estimated 1 million children became ill with TB and 140 000 children died of TB.
TB is a leading killer of HIV-positive people: in 2015, 1 in 3HIV deaths was due to TB.
Globally in 2014, an estimated 480 000 people developed multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB).
The Millennium Development Goal target of halting and reversing the TB epidemic by 2015 has been met globally. TB incidence has fallen by an average of 1.5% per year since 2000 and is now 18% lower than the level of 2000.
The TB death rate dropped 47% between 1990 and 2015.
An estimated 43 million lives were saved through TB diagnosis and treatment between 2000 and 2014.
Ending the TB epidemic by 2030 is among the health targets of the newly adopted Sustainable Development Goals.

Source of info : WHO Tuberculosis Fact sheet N°104 Reviewed March 2016

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DHAKA DECLARATION- 12th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP12)

by Public Health Update March 16, 2016

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The International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP) is the largest forum on AIDS held in the Asia and the Pacific region. Since the first ICAAP was held in 1990 – almost 25 years ago – the ICAAP has played a critical role in raising public awareness, building political commitment, strengthening advocacy networks and disseminating knowledge and experiences on HIV issues among stakeholders in the region. ICCAP12

The 12th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP12) was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh from 12 to 14 March 2016 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The Venue is the International Convention City Bashundhara (ICCB), Bangladesh’s premier facility for international meetings and exhibitions. ICCB is conveniently located close to many three, four and five star hotels.

MISSION/VISION

ICAAP12 is an opportunity to firmly entrench communities’ efforts to promote the game changers with respect to AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support in the Asia Pacific region that will lead to shared vision in the post 2015 agenda and end AIDS by 2030.

GOALS

To provide an international forum for communities and especially young people’s voices in the agenda setting for ending AIDS post 2015
To promote increased responsibility and accountability for governments and the international community for ending AIDS
To provide a platform for country-by-country analysis of innovation, science and social determinants which will lead to the end of AIDS

THEME

The theme of Dhaka congress is ‘Be the Change Towards an AIDS Free Generation: Our Right to Health’ which highlights the global and regional needs for achieving an AIDS free generation through science, innovation and community involvement and public private partnership.

HOSTING ARRANGEMENTS

The official co-hosts of the 12th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and Pacific (ICAAP) are Partners in Population and Development (PPD) and the Government of Bangladesh.
Assisting the co-hosts with the planning for the Congress are the following Civil Society Organizations: Bandhu Social Welfare Society; STI/AIDS Network of Bangladesh; and PLHIV
Network (Bangladesh).

In addition, technical assistance to the ICAAP12 co-hosts and planner partners is provided by:

International Centre for Diarrheal Disease, Bangladesh (icddr,b)
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU)
Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur
The James P Grant School of Public Health
UNICEF

The AIDS Society of Asia and the Pacific (ASAP) is the Convener for ICAAP12 and UNAIDS is the Co-Convener.

DHAKA DECLARATION

In the background of scientific presentations, technical deliberations and intense community interactions under the aegis of ICAAP12, this declaration expresses the voice and aspirations of 2500 delegates channeled over 250 sessions and equal number of peripheral sessions and constant dialogue emanating out of the community at AP Village, articulating unanimously and conclusively that the various global and regional calls for action for strengthening AIDS response have largely remained rhetorical and have not elicited corresponding ground actions and has diluted regional HIV responses. With current constraints at the national and regional level, ‘Ending AIDS by 2030’ sounds unrealistic, unless remedial actions are put in place. Without Asia Pacific region, which accounts for 56 countries and 70% of the world’s population, achieving the global goal of Ending AIDS by 2030 will be evasive. Hence, this Dhaka Declaration for ending AIDS by 2030 in the Asia and the Pacific is adopted.

Having met in Dhaka for the 12th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and Pacific (ICAAP 12) from 12 to 14 March 2016

Recalling the UN General Assembly Resolution 60/262 of 2006 by which the Assembly adopted the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS and UN Economic and Social Commission on Asia and Pacific (ESCAP) Resolutions 66/10 of 2010 and 67/9 of 2011– both aimed at fighting HIV/AIDS through regional actions;

Welcoming the global commitment for ending the epidemic of AIDS by 2030 as set out in Goal 3.3 of the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development Goals adopted in the 70th UN General Assembly;

Acknowledging the urgency of the situation as well as the efforts taken and progress made in the Asia and the Pacific region in fighting AIDS – both at the regional as well as national levels through prevention, protection, care and support;

Recognizing very low prevalence of HIV in certain countries in the region, including Bangladesh, which offers an opportunity towards achieving the sustainable development goal for ending AIDS by 2030 as well as occasions for sharing best practices and replicating prevention strategies in other countries in the region with high prevalence;
Accepting the magnitude of the scientific and technical programme and the quality of efforts put in by the Bangladesh Local Organizing Committee (LOC) Secretariat, and appreciating the extensive works done through multi-stakeholder consultations that defined the valuable scientific, technical and community deliberations and dialogue on AIDS;
Recommending that governance and accountability are important factors to keeping the AIDS response steady and focused and the global, regional and national governance architecture should be re-visited to ensure their adequacy, competency and relevance in the face of the roadmap for Ending AIDS by 2030;
Reaffirming that prevention is the keystone for such regional or national response and that the national governments need to revamp national strategies to integrate HIV response into the Primary Health Care Services, sexual, reproductive and adolescent health care services for ensuring greater access and coverage to the key population groups;
Recognizing, Bangladesh’ community clinics model’s ability to provide services to reduce maternal mortality as an opportunity to reduce mother to child transmission of HIV as well;
Recalling the commitments made at earlier ICAAP events towards promoting health, dignity and human rights of key affected populations and the importance of putting the Communities directly involved in focus in designing and implementing the programmes with participation of health departments, local police, faith leaders, parliamentarians, judiciary, colleagues from workplace and society at large;
Accepting that co—infection/co-morbidity with Tuberculosis has been a major cause of mortality among people living with HIV and need to be addressed on scale;–
Expressing deep appreciation to the Government of Bangladesh for hosting the ICCAP 12;
We, the delegates of ICAAP12 recommit ourselves to support and strengthen the Asia – Pacific regional efforts to achieve End AIDS by 2030 goal irrespective of the current levels of HIV infection and prevalence rates and call upon the national governments, regional and global health leaderships to consider the following reformative and transformative agenda to make AIDS response in Asia and the Pacific more combative and timely to conquer the HIV epidemic in the region and decide to undertake following actions: 3 ICAAP12 – Dhaka Declaration Government of Bangladesh

Call upon our national governments and regional HIV programme leadership to

a. Scale up, accelerate and universalize ART coverage and improve access to treatment for those in need and expand the testing coverage. Solicit intensified national efforts towards eliminating new HIV infections among children and substantially reduce AIDS related maternal deaths.
b. Improve treatment delivery to PLHAs and reduce inefficiencies and build improved access to available treatment for PLHAs requiring treatment, so that no one is left behind.
c. Improve access to HIV medicines and treatment commodities for PLHAs. Ensure adequate inclusion and supply of Hep-C into essential treatment commodities list for PLHAs. Address trade issues affecting supply of generic drugs;

Acknowledge that resource generation for AIDS response should not be an exclusive responsibility of developing countries; rather it should be a global shared responsibility for which resources should be allocated based on the relative vulnerability of societies, rather than prevalence rates alone and accordingly cooperate for such resource generation.
Emphasize the need for greater integration of HIV response with regular health and mainstream development programmes and encourage the national governments to align the national HIV responses with the SDG frameworks;
Stress that containing HIV would require greater investments and public private partnership and request the donors, governments, bi-lateral and multi-lateral organizations to make adequate investments in a coordinated and complementary manner;
Note with concern that there exists lack of technical capacities to predict, understand and combat the HIV epidemics in the region and call upon UNAIDS, World Health Organization (WHO) and other International actors at regional and country level to support the national and regional HIV responses, with full participation of other UN agencies for greater impact.
Take note of the frequent new global slogans and initiatives and recommend the assessment of existing initiatives against their mandate, goals and sustainability before more high level initiatives are announced so that the existing programme architecture and the initiatives as well as the original commitments, goals and purposes are not adversely affected.
Recognize the great opportunity embedded in South-South Cooperation (SSC) in turning around the AIDS response in Asia-Pacific region, call upon the proponents of 4 ICAAP12 – Dhaka Declaration Government of Bangladesh SSC to optimize regional capacities for health commodity security; and enable crossborder dialogue for joint planning and programming through health diplomacy for addressing frontier based injecting drug use, cross-border malaria and other related health issues .
Appreciate the potential role of the Inter-governmental agency, Partners in Population Development (PPD) in playing a catalytic role through optimal utilization of the cross-border resources in creating positive impact for AIDS control in the crossborder settings and engage with it at the regional and national level.

Adopted on this day, the 14th March, at the Closing Session of ICAAP12.

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Nepal Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS 2014) Final Report

by Public Health Update March 5, 2016

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The Nepal Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) was carried out in 2014 by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) as part of the global MICS programme. Technical and financial support was provided by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

Nepal MICS 2014 provides valuable information and the latest evidence on the situation of children and women in Nepal before the country was hit by an earthquake of 7.8 magnitude on 25 April 2015.

The survey presents data from an equity perspective by indicating disparities by sex, region, area, education, household wealth, and other characteristics. Nepal MICS 2014 is based on a sample of 12,405 households interviewed and provides a comprehensive picture of children and women in the 15 sub-regions of the country.

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