INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kathmandu, September 25
The US Embassy, in partnership with Nepali Army, concluded the fifth annual Disaster Management Awareness Programme
on September 20-21.
Participants included the US Embassy Office of Defence Cooperation, US Embassy Civil Military Support Element, Kathmandu
Institute of Science and Technology, and the Nepal Ambulance Service.
Every year Nepal is subject to earthquakes, landslides, and floods
affecting significant portions of the population.
The DMAP, funded by the US Embassy, provides tools for future health care providers to
reduce risk prior to a disaster and better prepares them for post-disaster medical management
This year, the Disaster Management Awareness Program was designed to expose the third and the fourth year medical and nursing students of
Kathmandu Institute of Science and Technology, to large scale disaster response training.
Doctors and medical professionals from Nepali
Army, KIST, US Civil Military Support Element and the Nepal Ambulance Service provided disaster management and preparedness training to more
than 80 participants, said a press release
issued by the embassy.
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