Inspired by the work of Birat Nepal Medical Trust and grateful for our strong partnership Doherty Institute UniMelb MDHS

We are underway with the ACCELERATE project 👏 leprosy genomics in Nepal Birat Nepal Medical Trust LEO Foundation - LEO Fondet Doherty Institute UniMelb MDHS

📢Registration for #UnionConf 2024 NOW OPEN
We are happy to share that you can now book your registration and even accommodation (incl. airport transfers) for this year's #UnionConf in Bali through our website
🎯Register: bit.ly/3wpPgnI
📌Bookings: bit.ly/3JCb4jf

Meet Sudip Paudel🙋‍♂️, a new member of our team!
Sudip is the Project Officer for RESPOND II project, funded by Americares that aims to reconstruct & strengthen sanitation & hygiene at health facilities in remote earthquake affected areas of Rolpa District, Nepal.
Welcome Sudip!🍪

Are you interested in learning how to create or review Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) plans for USAID funded #tuberculosis projects?
Join the webinar on
⭐️ May 2, 2024⭐️
that will introduce the New USAID MEL Plan Template!
Know more / register: unc.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

April Journal Club Birat Nepal Medical Trust: We had a really engaging and dynamic conversation about leprosy epidemiology and program implementation, especially since we could add more context from our fieldwork with both TB & leprosy. Insightful questions & enthusiastic involvement from all.

📢Are you a healthcare professional working in TB in children?
Improve your knowledge 👉 Sign up for a free online course, 'Interpretation of Chest X-Rays (CXR) in Children with Presumptive TB' by The Union .
Know more and register:👇
mailchi.mp/theunion/onlin…
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#Nepal is facing dramatic increases in incidence of #vectorborne diseases due to #climatechange .

Urgent investment & action needed. 

👉️Happening: Advancing the effectiveness of dengue control meeting in Kathmandu!

Join the webinar on 17 April 2024 from 12 pm to 1:30 pm Geneva time to learn about 'Implementing targeted next-generation sequencing (tNGS) for detecting drug-resistant TB in high burden countries'. Hosted by Stop TB Partnership, FIND, and other partners. Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

And with that we have come to the end of the day! Many thanks to all our participants for their time and engagement during the event!

Dr Prajowl Shrestha, Director, NTCC formally closed the event. He thanked BNMT for the knowledgeable sessions. He appreciated BNMT for the innovative projects and research that BNMT has been implementing. He ensured continuation of support and partnership from NTCC.

Dr Binod Kumar Giri, Provincial Health Director, Lumbini Pradesh acknowledged the need of finding hidden cases of TB and Leprosy especially in the communities bordering India. He appreciated BNMT's innovative work towards elimination of TB and leprosy in Nepal.

Dr Rajeev Jha, Provincial Health Director, Madhesh Pradesh thanked BNMT for its continuous work towards the goal of ending TB in Madhesh Pradesh.

Ms Sunita Gupta, Chief of Health office, Mahottari appreciated BNMT for its commitment towards #Zerotransmission and #Zerodiscrimination of Leprosy via project ACCELERATE.

Dr Sabina Pahari, executive board member, BNMT thanks all the participants for their enthusiasm and engagement during the event.

As we near the end of the program, the floor is open for Q&A from our stakeholders present in the event.