Event Description

The International Institute on Ageing United Nations-Malta (INIA), in collaboration with the Department of Community Medicine Nepalese Army Institute of Health Science (NAIHS), the National Senior Citizens Federation of Nepal and the Department of Health Service, (MOHP) organised the first in-situ training programme in Social Gerontology in Nepal. The programme which was held between 20-23 November 2018 was held at the Nepalese Army Institute on Health Science (NAIHS), in Kathmandu, Nepal. The programme was attended by 50 participants hailing from Nepal, India and Bangladesh. Apart from the lectures and workshops, the participants had the opportunity to visit a care home for older persons in Sanepa.