Occupational Medicine & Health Affairs
Open Access

Abstract

Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS) is a member of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and established on 4th September 1963, It is Working to reduce human suffering through providing humanitarian services from district chapters, Sub Chapters and junior /Youth Circles, volunteer mobilization overall country at remote and most vulnerable communities. Nepal has a difficult geo-physical structure, limited health facilities and difficult transport and limited means of communication. Availability of health services are confined to district headquarters only as well as mode of transportation. Due to insufficient availability of health services and transportation facilities in remote community, people have faced so difficulties during the accidents, injuries and health problem. Women are high risk for accidents, injured and health problem because they are directly involved in daily work in home, farming, forest for wood. In the context of Nepal, health problems have been acute because of serious accidents and of the apparently wrong attitudes towards on hygiene, Sanitation and health. In Nepal, while thousands people died annually due to injuries or accidents and a large number of people die from inappropriate health practices .Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births), the proportion of women who deliver with the help of a skilled birth attendant (SBA) has 50%. Approximately 80% of the communicable diseases in Nepal are due to contaminated water and poor sanitation, 16 million Nepali people (57 per cent) openly defecate every day due to the lack of latrines in their homes (Source: Nepal MDG Progress Report 2010, DWSS 2010, Gov. and UNDP and CBS. According to a report, over half of Nepal’s population lacks basic knowledge of good hygiene practice. Only 37 per cent of people in Nepal wash their hands with water at critical times and just 12% use Soap. Due to big problem and improve the health and sanitation status of remote community people CHFA program activities has played vital role and worked exemplary in Nepal.

Biography

Basanta Kumar Shrestha completed Bachelor’s Degree in Management and worked experiences in NRCS form 1989 Knowledge, capacity and experienced in Community development sector like: Community health promotion, Community health and First aid as well as facilitated in many training.Now I am working in NRCS a large humanitarian organization as project coordinator in Community Based Health & First Aid (CBHFA) Program, National Headquarter Kathmandu. PMER was my main responsibility in project. I have trained large numbers of workers and volunteers through facilitation in different trainings like: First Aid, Health & hygiene promotion, DRR. I have visited 72 district headquarter and some community of Nepal out of 75 districts. I have participated in international level training, exposer visit workshop like: CBHFA Asia Pacific Workshop on Lessons Learnt, Behaviors Change Communication and Integration 2011 Bangkok, CBHFA Regional Facilitator workshop learning by doing approach in Sir Lanka 2008, Regional Disaster Response Tem (RDRT) Training in SiriLanka 2006, study visit to Belgium Red Cross in 2005 and study visit to Bangladesh in 2004.