IPSF APRO Annual Report 2010-2011

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Forum for Pharmacy (FoP) Annual Report Diabetes Camp 2010 FoP organized a free diabetes checkup camp at the Dhulikhel Hospital (Kathmandu University Teaching Hospital) Dhulikhe, Kavre on November 25, 2010. The camp focused towards checkup of diabetic patients and distribution of free medicine. The camp was held in Kavre as many people from this district are diagnosed with diabetes. Quest Pharmaceuticals and Nepal Pharmaceuticals Limited provided us with the medicine to distribute to the people suffering from diabetes. Youth Solidarity Festival FoP organized a regular health checkup camp at the Youth Solidarity Festival 2010. 248 people visited it and had a checkup, which we focused on the measurement of weight, height, blood pressure as well as the state of smoking/non-smoking, alcoholic/non-alcoholic, and diabetic/non-diabetic. AIDS Day The students of Pharmacy carried out Ribbon distribution programs within the university premises during World AIDS Day, December 1, 2010. The purpose of this was to create awareness about AIDS and collect funds for a health camp organized by FoP. The fund collection started from the teaching staff down to the students.

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