Organization: Ear Care Nepal
Project title: School Based Ear Health Program for Prevention of Avoidable Hearing Loss
Primary region: SEAR
Country: Nepal
Event Description:
Ear Care Nepal team will participate in the awareness rally on the 3rd March 2025. Government authorities, policy makers, health care workers, and members of Society of Otorhinolaryngologists of Nepal will attend the rally carrying placards with information on ear and hearing care.
Ear Care Nepal will be conducting school ear health program at government run schools of Kathmandu valley. Around 800 children will be screened for ear diseases and hearing loss. All the children will be screen for ear diseases and hearing will be evaluated using pure tone audiometry. Children and their teachers will be education about ear diseases and hearing health using various education materials such as power points, animated booklets and a storybook on ear and hearing health.
Submitter: Milan Maharjan