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Fifth Annual conference of Health Foundation Nepal, USA
To be held
on
Day 1: 5/27/17, 6PM onwards:
Social events. Fundraising Dinner reception by HFN Pittsfield team followed by Board/business meeting
Day 2 : 5/28/17, 8:30AM onwards: Scientific program followed by picnic at lake side
at
Bishop Clapp Conference Room, Berkshire Medical Center
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
Highlights:
Speakers and Panelists
Ira Helfand, MD (PSR/IPPNW leader)
Mark Pettus, MD, Assoc. Dean, the University of Massachusetts, School of Medicine, Director of Medical Education and Population Health, Berkshire Health System
Gray Ellrodt, MD, Chief of Department of Medicine and Quality Control, Berkshire Medical Center
Alex Sabo, MD, MD, past president, MPS, Chairman and residency program director, Department of Psychiatry, Berkshire Medical Center
Mary O’Malley, MD, PHD, sleep doctor and an inspiring psychiatrist, Birkshire Medical Center
Santosh Sapkota, MBBS, Vice president of America Nepal Medical Foundation (ANMF)
Ranjan Sapkota, MD, president of HFN Nepal Chapter
Presenters from HFN team:
Binita Adhikari, Chandni Joshi, Manoj Bhandari, Manoj Bhattrai, Kamal Wagle and Shreedhar Paudel
Conference Schedule
Registration and light snacks: 8:30AM-9:00AM
Opening session:
9:00-9:15AM: Introduction session
9:15AM-9:45AM Opening remarks with brief introduction of HFN activities by HFN executive team, and perspectives from Nepal team by Ranjan Sapkota, MD
9:45-10:15 Inspirational speech by Ira Helfand, MD (PSR/IPPNW leader) followed by discussion
Scientific session:
10:15-10:35: Chronic Kidney disease project plan by Manoj Bhattarai, MD and discussion from panelist Mark Pettus, MD (Assoc. Dean of University of Massachusetts Medical School, Director of Medical Education and Population Health, Berkshire Health System)
10:35-10:55: Cardiovascular disease project plan by Manoj Bhandari, MD and discussion from panelist Gray Ellrodt, MD (Chief of Department of Medicine and Quality Control, Berkshire Medical Center)
Break for 5 minutes
11:00-11:20: Psychiatric Rehabilitation project plan by Shreedhar Paudel, MD, MPH and discussion from Panelist Alex Sabo, MD (Chairman and residency program director, Department of Psychiatry)
11:20-11:40: Update on HFN childhood malnutrition project by Binita Adhikari, MPH & Chandni Joshi, MPH followed by discussion
11:40-12:10: Resilience, stress management and sound meditation by Mary O’Malley, MD, PhD
12:10-12:25: Telemedicine and global health by Santosh Sapkota, MBBS (Vice president, ANMF)
12:25-12:30: Closing remarks by Kamal Wagle, MD, MPH (President of the Board, HFN)
1:00-5:00 PM Picnic at Lake Onota followed by further discussion on improving HFN projects
PS: Social event, fundraising dinner and appreciation event: 7:00PM-8:30PM followed by Board meeting and close session: 8:30-10PM on May 27th, 2017
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Project Updates
Mental Health Rehabilitation Project
Mental Health Rehabilitation Project
- HFN is collaborating with movement for inspiration (MOFIN) Nepal to establish a psychiatric rehabilitation center in Dang, Nepal to address stigma, abandonment and living lives of animals in chains and iron cage for people who have severe mental health problems in all over the country.
- We are raising funds for establishment of a psychiatric rehabilitation center in Dang to create a home for mentally ill patients. Please donate HFN to accomplish this goal.
- HFN will have your name and contribution on the website, and your name will be on the wall of the psychiatric rehab center if you contribute $100.00 or more.
- Malnutrition Project :
- HFN has been working on childhood malnutrition project in Laxmipur, Saudiyar and Dharna VDCs of Dang, Nepal since 2013.
- Malnutrition program consists of mass screening of under 5 children through comprehensive nutritional camps, contacting children and families of malnourished children and implementing innovative home based nutritional rehabilitation projects.
- Rural Health Clinic and Satellite Clinics:
- We have been running a rural health clinic staffed by health assistant and staff nurse in Saudiyar VDC which is also coordinating different satellite clinics in more remote communities.
- Chepang Online Education Project :
- Starting 1st September 2016, HFN embarked the journey of sparking the lives of the children of ‘Chepang Kendra’ through an ambitious plan to bolster their learning process.
- Chepang Health Project :
- HFN has partnered with Laxmi Pratisthan to provide basic healthcare to the Chepang Community of Chitwan district Nepal.
- HFN supported in the establishment and operation of a Health Clinic to ensure the basic health services to the poor and marginalized people.
- The establishment is located in Kanda Village of Lothar VDC-7 in Chitwan district, Nepal inhabited by the marginalized Chepang Community, which is one of the most remote and undeserved communities in Nepal.
- Laxmi Pratisthan will manages the clinic but HFN provides the financial and technical support to run the clinic.
Ongoing Projects
Nutrition Project
Rural Health Clinic and Satellite Clinic
Health and Computer Literacy Project
Chepang Health Project
Mental Health Rehabilitation and Treatment
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Health Foundation Nepal is a non-profit with 501(3)(c) status from the IRS, any donations to our organization are tax deductible.
* Please contact us If you need the EIN number of HFN before filing tax return
