Chapter-7 National Public Health Committee
- National Public Health Committee: (1) For addressing comprehensive social determinants of health affecting human health, making policy-wise recommendation on inclusion of the issues of public health into the policy and programs of thematic scope, there shall be formed a National Public Health Committee.
(2) The formation of the Committee shall be as follows:
(a) Minister, Ministry of the Government of Nepal
responsible for the matters relating to health -Chairperson
(b) State Minister/Assistant Minister, Ministry
of the Government of Nepal responsible for
the matters relating to health -Member
(c) Member, National Planning Commission
(responsible the matters relating to health) -Member
(d) One person nominated by the Government of
Nepal from among the Vice-chancellors of
Academies of Health and Sciences -Member
(e) Secretary, Ministry of the Government of
Nepal looking after the matters relating to industries -Member
(f) Secretary, Ministry of the Government of
Nepal responsible for the matters relating
to finance -Member
(g) Secretary, Ministry of the Government of
Nepal responsible for the matters relating to
agriculture -Member
(h) Secretary, Ministry of the Government of
Nepal looking responsible for the matters relating to
drinking water and sanitation -Member
(i) Secretary, Ministry of the Government of
Nepal responsible for the matters relating to
home affairs -Member
(j) Secretary, Ministry of the Government of
Nepal responsible for the matters relating to
physical infrastructures and transport -Member
(k) Secretary, Ministry of the Government of
Nepal responsible for the matters relating to
women, children and elderly citizens -Member
(l) Secretary, Ministry of the Government of
Nepal responsible for the matters relating to
forest and environment -Member
(m) Secretary, Ministry of the Government of
Nepal responsible for the matters relating to
education -Member
(n) Secretary, Ministry of the Government of
Nepal responsible for the matters relating to
labor, employment and social security -Member
(o) Secretary, Ministry of the Government of
Nepal responsible for the matters relating
to health -Member
(p) Chief Specialist, Ministry of the Government
of Nepal responsible for the matters relating
to health -Member
(q) One Chairperson nominated from
among the Councils related to health -Member
(r) One person nominated by the Chairperson
from among health experts -Member
(s) Two persons including one woman nominated
by the Chairperson from among the directors of
private health institutions -Member
(t) One person nominated by the Chairperson from
among the office bearers of the organizations/
institutions related to the consumers’ welfare
protection -Member
(u) Chief, Policy, Planning and Monitoring Division,
Ministry of the Government of Nepal responsible
for the matters relating to health and population -Member-Secretary
(3) The term of office of the members nominated pursuant to clauses (d), (q), (r) (s) and (t) of sub-section (2) shall be three years.
(4) The committee may invite other experts to the meeting as necessary.
(5) The meeting of the committee shall be convened at least twice a year.
(6) The Policy, Planning and Monitoring Division of the Ministry of the Government of Nepal responsible for the matters relating to health and population shall carry out the work of Secretariat for performance of the day to day business of the committee.
(7) The procedures of the committee shall be as determined by the committee itself.
- Functions, duties and powers of the committee: (1) The functions, duties and powers of the committee shall be as follows:
(a) To guide, monitor and make policy suitable to the concept of the multi-sector dimensions of health relating to safety, protection and improvement of the health of citizen,
(b) To adopt, or cause to be adopted, the health policy in all other policies to address comprehensive social determinants of health,
(c) To determine multi-sector and priority based goal on proportional distribution in the service sector of health,
(d) To manage effective coordination in the service provision of health,
(e) To cooperate, coordinate and monitor to apply international policy, strategy and commitment related to public health in the national interest of Nepal,
(f) To make recommendation to the Government of Nepal to control pesticides being used for various purposes, and to make necessary policy to mitigate road and vehicular accidents and prepare standards related to business health,
(g) To make necessary recommendation to make provisions for the public health workers to promote the primary treatment and health education at schools of the Local Level,
(h) To perform such other functions as assigned by the Government of Nepal,
(2) The committee may form sub-committees as necessary.