Major Activities
National Health Education, Information and Communication Centre mainly conducts health promotion, education and health communication activities at all levels as following:
Central Level
- Support development of policy and strategy health promotion, education and health communication program
- Implement National Health Communication Policy 2012
- Development of program and budget for central, region, district and community.
- Development of Program guideline and directives
- Development, production and airing of messages through Radio, Television & FM
- Development and publication of health messages through Newspapers
- Development, production, dissemination and distribution of IEC/BCC materials
- Program orientation to regional & district level program manager & focal person
- Advocacy -Global Hand Washing Day, World Health Day and World No Tobacco Day Celebration
- Coordination – conduct Technical Committees meetings
- Capacity building on health promotion, education and health communication
- Conduct health promotion, education and health communication researches
- Supervision, Monitoring and evaluation of health promotion, education & health communication program
- Conduct Non-communicable disease (NCD) & its risk factors control program
- Conduction of environmental health, hygiene and sanitation program
- Press meet and health news collection, distribution and dissemination
- Knowledge management particularly Health Library and its management
Regional Level
- Regional mass media activities
- Supervision and Monitoring of IEC/BCC activities
- Sensitization program for prevention and control of epidemics
- Distribution of IEC materials through Regional medical stores
District Level
- Strengthen district IEC corner by supporting electronic equipment
- Sensitization program for prevention and control of epidemics
- Production of need based IEC materials
- Distribution of IEC materials in health facilities
- Production & airing of health radio programs & messages through local FM radio
- Production and airing of family planning messages through local FM radio
- Exhibition to promote health services & programs
- Publication of health messages in print media
- Community interaction program for health service promotion
- Establishment and management of IEC corner in each health facilities
- IEC program on anti-tobacco and non communicable diseases control
- Supervision and Monitoring of IEC activities
- Celebration of Health days
- Report on the achievement on the IEC activities in time.
New Policy, Strategies and Initiatives
- National Health Communication Policy, 2012
- National Communication Strategy for MNCH 2012-2016
- National Communication Strategy for ASRH 2012-2016
- Final Draft of Tobacco Control Strategic Plan 2013-2016.
- Draft of Environment Health, Hygiene and Sanitation Strategic Plan 2014-2017
- Climate Change and Health Activities in support from Ministry of Environment-School and Community orientation, Awareness Kit, Radio and TV Messages
- Broadcasting of health messages through Radio and Television in Packages.
- Promotion and involvement of Public Private Partnership on hand washing.