KATHMANDU, Feb 13: Minister for Health and Population Pradip Paudel has appealed to everyone to make the free screening campaign successful, which is launched by the Ministry from Thursday, with the aim of promoting preventive methods against non-communicable diseases.
Issuing a statement, Minister Paudel said that non-communicable diseases account for about three-quarters of deaths in Nepal. This is further complicated by climate change and increasing urbanization.
Paudel said that after realizing the need to organize health promotion, preventive and curative services at the local level as a campaign with community participation to address this problem, the ministry has made a plan to organize curative services in accordance with the plan and priorities to protect citizens from the vicious cycle of disease as much as possible through preventive methods.
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“We are making every effort to improve the quality of services and treatment in our health institutions, he, “"At the same time, under the preventive method, our effort continues to protect both the health of citizens and the wealth of both citizens and the state, by preventing diseases as much as possible through basic health tests and awareness, and in case of disease, by providing timely treatment.”
Minister Paudel said that keeping this in mind, the Ministry of Health and Population will conduct the month of Falgun as a campaign for the identification of non-communicable diseases.
The campaign has been launched throughout the month of Falgun with the aim of preventing and managing the non-communicable diseases by timely identifying diabetes, high blood pressure, kidney diseases, and body height-weight ratio among citizens above the age of 30 living in Nepal at every local level health institution.
The ministry will continue this campaign every year. Minister Paudel has also appealed to everyone through a notice to join hands in reducing the burden of non-communicable diseases in Nepal and ensuring access to healthcare for all.
Ministry Spokesperson Dr Prakash Budhathoki said that the campaign, which aims to provide information about the health status of citizens through free testing for non-communicable diseases at local health institutions across the country and encourage them to seek treatment if complications arise, is also expected to contribute to health policy formulation.
