Itahari, April 10:The community health cooperatives institution, Itahari, organised a colloquium on “The health of the Nepali people in the twenty-first century and our responsibility” marking the World Health Day-2000 here recently. the colloquium was inaugurated by Dr. Rupa Singh.

On the occasion, Dr. Singh said that the human society can improve the status of the health of the people only with the adoption of the health policy of the World Health Organisation (WHO).

Representative of the World Health Organisation Dr. Gangaram Chaudhari said that mankind needs to be serious to rid itself of various kinds of diseases afflicting it.

Presenting a working paper, Dr. Nilambar Jha said the health status in the country has deteriorated due to the lack of village-centred health policies and programmes and lack of proper evaluation of programmes already implemented.

On the occasion, Dr. K.S. Thakur, Nepali Congress Sunsari district member Khemraj Dahal, Dr. Suman Dahal, Rabindra Gurung and others expressed their views.

President of the cooperatives Gopal Prasad Gurung presided.

Likewish, central president of the Family Planning Association of Nepal (FPAN) Sunil Kumar Bhandari, MP, inaugurated the 23rd general meeting of the FPAN Sunsari district chapter recently.

On the occasion, Bhandari expressed satisfaction at the FPAN’s population control activities but said a lot remained to be done.

He said the status of reproductive health was not very satisfactory and there was high mother and child mortality rate in the rural areas due to lack of awareness. The FPAN has a lot to contribute in this sector, he added. Professor Govinda Subba, Jibnath Bastola and Shyam Regmi also expressed their views on the occasion.

FPAN Sunsari chapter secretary Shyam Pradhan presented the annual progress report of the FPAN branch while treasurer Shyam Singh presented the financial report. FPAN Sunsari district president Mrs. Til Kumari Limbu presided over the programme.