Track record statement
Dr Binod is currently working with the Nepalese government as a secretary, Ministry of Health and Population, Gandaki province. He has been providing the overall leadership to the province government's healthcare system. He provided the leadership in developing province health policies and strategies. Dr Binod has been supervising to more than 7000 health professionals of the province. He has been engaged in lobbying government to improve policy, public health program and finance environment to enhance human resource capacity and strengthen all (759) local health institutions including eleven district public health offices and twelve district hospitals of the Gandaki province. Before joining the ministry as a secretary, Dr Binod served the province government as a director of the health services. Dr Binod has also been serving to the University of Newcastle, Australia as a Conjoint Lecturer. He is a Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI) affiliate.
Dr Binod has earned a PhD in public health from the University of Newcastle, Australia. His research focused on addressing the high rates of maternal health conditions and mortality in rural Nepal. He worked to design, develop and implement a model of community led intervention for maternal health, which presented to the Nepalese government with a view towards rolling it out across the country. Upon completion of the PhD, he worked with the University of Newcastle as a Student Researcher. He rolled out the interventions in the control population and adjoining communities of the intervention cluster in Nepal. Dr Binod has also studied master's degrees in public health and sociology, as well as a post graduate degree in health education.
Dr Binod is passionate in training and teaching. As a director of the provincial health training centres, he engaged in training medical officers, district public/health managers including community health officers for more than eighteen years. While studying for a PhD at the University of Newcastle, he was engaged in teaching Master of Public Health students. Dr Binod has also been teaching public health at the Pokhara University, Nepal.
Dr Binod has two and half decades of experience working in a variety of roles within the Nepalese government. Dr Binod served the government as the Director of the National Health Education, Information and Communication Centre (NHEICC) within the Ministry of Health and Population in Nepal from March until October 2014. He provided leadership in design, development and dissemination of national health communication programs throughout the country. As head of the focal organisation for non-communicable diseases, Dr Binod helped develop national consensus to increase the size of pictorial health warnings on the surface area of all tobacco packaging to ninety percent, which is the highest percentage in the Asian continent. For this attainment Nepal was awarded a Bloomberg Philanthropies Award for Global Tobacco Control in 2015.
Dr Binod began working with the Nepalese government in 1995, where he was engaged in training health care managers, paramedical staff and community health professionals. In one of the training centres (Pokhara), he designed and implemented a result-oriented leadership development program, where support staff (cleaners) were trained and empowered to manage the general affairs of the organisation. The interventions produced rewarding outcomes, both in terms of physical improvements to the organisation, as well as enhanced cohesiveness amongst staff. This learning experience encouraged senior staff to take on challenging goals. Dr Binod successfully led the team to develop an International Training Centre in Nepal. With sustained effort and diligent focus, team Pokhara succeeded to have their Centre approved by the government as an International Health Training Centre, which is first of this kind in the country.
Dr Binod worked with the Swiss Red Cross Eye Care Project as an ophthalmic professional. As a Chairman of Staff Association, he helped to foster productive, harmonious relationships between staff and management, and played a critical role in dispute management in the organisational environment. He organised free community-based eye care camps with the participation of school-based Junior Red Cross circles. Dr Binod was assigned as head of the first conceptual Primary Eye Care Centre to be extended from city to remote districts. He successfully organised static clinic, community eye care camps, and engaged junior Red Cross volunteers (school students) in community awareness programs including training community eye care volunteers. Based on the success of his community-based eye care programs, similar models have been extended to more than eighty percent of rural districts in Nepal.
Dr Binod also has experience working with Peace Corps/ Nepal. He coordinated two pre-service training programs for American volunteers before their two years of volunteer assignment in Nepal. While engaged in this role, he coordinated language, cultural, and social interaction, subject specific training and exposure programs in the villages.
Director / spokesperson: COVID-19 pandemic, province government, Gandaki province, Pokhara, Nepal
During the unforeseen cascade of events leading up to WHO declaring COVID-19 a global pandemic, Dr Binod as the Chief of Health Directorate, Gandaki province, coordinated and managed the responsibility being the commander of co-ordinating various endeavours to prevent and control the spread of this highly contagious disease.
- Promptly took the initiative for training health care professionals, particularly lab professionals for sample collection and procuring the types of equipment needed for the diagnostics, quarantining and isolation of the suspected and infected individuals.
- Lobbied with the province government to have established intensive care units (ICUs) in each (11) district hospital. The province government approved the proposal and provided with the budget for a total of 51 ICU beds in the province.
- Developed laboratory and case management protocols and organised orientation training to district health teams.
- Organised training to district hospital teams on critical cases management.
- Coordinated to organise training to nursing staff working in intensive care unit (ICU) environment.
- During the program intervention, Dr Binod and his team took a proactive approach for disseminating public service announcements (PSAs) regarding different economic and physio-social facets about COVID-19, through different social media platforms. This was instrumental in penetrating the grassroots of the community with key messages to improve individual, family and community practices.
- Assessing the evolution of the situation at global as well as the local standpoint, Dr Binod stalwartly advised the Social development ministry to continue to enforce the lockdown measures and implement zero-tolerance policy except for the essential services and products.
- Numerous hours of consultation and arrangement with the healthcare providers to ensure quality delivery of health services.
- Field visits to highly vulnerable areas where the diagnosed cases are being managed and monitored.
- Interviews and press-releases in FMs and YouTube outlets to inform the residents of the latest updates and efforts being conducted on a daily basis.
- Also lobbied for special attention to the well-being and encouragement funding for those in the frontlines in the battle against the malady of COVID-19.
Professional assignments
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Secretary Ministry of Health and Population Gandaki Province, Pokhara, Nepal (June 2021 - Hitherto) |
Dr Binod is currently working with the Nepalese government as a secretary, Ministry of Health and Population, Gandaki province. He has been providing the overall leadership to the province government's healthcare system. He provided the leadership in developing province health policies and strategies. Dr Binod has been supervising to more than 7000 health professionals of the province. He has been engaged in lobbying government to improve policy, public health program and finance environment to enhance human resource capacity and strengthen all (759) local health institutions including eleven district public health offices and twelve district hospitals of the Gandaki province. Before joining the ministry as the secretary, Dr Binod served the province government as a director of the health services. Dr Binod has also been serving to the University of Newcastle, Australia as a Conjoint Lecturer. He is a Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI) affiliate.
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Director Health Directorate Ministry of Health and Population Gandaki Province, Pokhara, Nepal (2019 - 2021) |
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Conjoint Lecturer The University of Newcastle, Australia Callaghan NSW 2308 (2020 - Hitherto) |
Dr Binod is serving to the University of Newcastle, Australia as a Conjoint Lecturer. He is a Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI) affiliate.
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Student Researcher University of Newcastle, Australia (2018) Callaghan NSW 2308, Australia |
Upon completion of the PhD, Dr Binod worked with the University of Newcastle as a Student Researcher. He rolled out the interventions in the control population and adjoining communities of the intervention cluster in Nepal.
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PhD Researcher University of Newcastle, Australia (2014 - 2018) Callaghan NSW 2308, Australia |
Research leading to sustained policy changes: Designed developed and implemented a model of community led intervention for maternal health, which presented to the Nepalese government with a view towards rolling it out across the country. The Nepalese government announced the provision of an air ambulance, increased the incentives for institutional delivery, set a requirement of four antenatal visits for expectant mothers and improved the recording and reporting of maternal mortality. The Government has reaffirmed this commitment by making budget allocations to continue these provisions.
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Director National Health Education, Information and Communication Centre (NHEICC) and Director in different Regional Health Training Centres Ministry of Health and Population, Nepal (1995 - 2014) |
Dr Binod served the government as the Director of the National Health Education, Information and Communication Centre (NHEICC) within the Ministry of Health and Population in Nepal from March – October 2014. He provided leadership in design, development and dissemination of national health communication programs throughout the country. As head of the focal organisation for non-communicable diseases, Dr Binod helped develop national consensus to increase the size of pictorial health warnings on the surface area of all tobacco packaging to ninety percent, which is the highest percentage in the Asian continent. For this attainment Nepal was awarded a Bloomberg Philanthropies Award for Global Tobacco Control in 2015.
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Technical Training Coordinator Peace Corps/Nepal (Aug - Dec 1998 and Sep - Nov 2000) |
- Developed pre-service training curriculum for Peace Corps volunteers.
- Conducted pre-service training to Water Sanitation Coordinators (American Citizens) on health, water and sanitation programs.
- Organized sessions on cross-cultural adaptation and facilitated cultural learning exposures.
- Evaluated training program and developed a technical manual.
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Ophthalmic Officer / Regional Health Educator Swiss Red Cross / Eye Care Project Fateh Bal Eye Hospital, Nepalgunj, Nepal (1989 - 1995) |
- Conducted training needs assessment of eye care providers and community eye care volunteers in the region.
- Developed training curriculum and organized training on community eye care and program management.
- Performed eye examinations and minor surgical interventions.
- Coordinated with local GOs, INGOs and NGOs for effective implementation of eye care programs.
- Introduced community eye care volunteers program with the help of the Red Cross local chapter and community.
- Planned and conducted basic training for community eye care volunteers.
- Organized community eye care camps with the help of trained volunteers through community participation.
- Managed static clinic and community programs including human resource, administration and finance.
Special training received
01. International Training of Trainers on District Health Care Management - 3 months
- The Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) Amsterdam, held in The Netherlands 1997
02. Training on Regional Field Epidemiology - 3 months
- National Institute of Communicable Diseases NICD / WHO / SEARO, held in Delhi, India, 2008
03. Health Executive Development Program (HEDP) - 45 days
- Department of Health Services, Nepal Administrative Staff College, WHO 2007
04. Participated in the Youth Invitation Program for the promotion of understanding amongst youths, - 1 month
- JICA held in Japan, 2000
05. Training Program on Capacity Building of Local Institutions - 42 days
- Nepal Administrative Staff College, Nepal 2004
06. Training on Health Education - 1 month
- The Gandhigram Institute of Rural Health and Family Welfare Trust, held in Tamil Nadu, India 1991
07. Training of Master Trainers on Strengthening District Health Training Capacity - 15 days
- Nepal Administrative Staff College 2000
08. Training on Nepal Advances in Health Communication and Advocacy - 12 days
- The Johns Hopkins University / School of Hygiene and Public Health 2001
09. Training of Trainers on Family Planning Counseling. - 12 days
- HMG, National Health Training Centre, Teku 1997
10. Training of Trainers on Communication Skills - 12 days
- Save the Children UK (Kathmandu) 1993
11. Training of Trainers Course on Enhancing Competence of Trainers especially on Development of Leadership, Community Participation, Operational Research and Training Evaluation - 11 days
- Indian Institute of Health Management Research, (IIHMR) held in Jaipur, India 2004
12. Training for Trainers: Decentralized Management & Planning for Health - 11 days
- Ministry of Health, British Council, Nuffield Institute for Health 2004
13. Training of Trainers on Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and Women Children and Human Rights (CEDAW) - 5days
- UNICEF / INHURED (Dhulikhel and Pokhara, Nepal)
14. Training on Basic Management - 12 days
- Samuhik Abhiyan, Centre for Community Transformation, Philippians 1995
15. International Training cum Seminar on People's Involvement in Reproductive Health and Development of Women and Children - 5 days
- International Union for Health Education (IUHE) held in Chennai, India 1993
16. Training on "Through the Gender Lens - A Practical Approach for Reproductive Health Behavior Change Communication Programs" - 5 days
- The Johns Hopkins University / Population Communication Services 2000
17. Training of Trainers on Gender-Based Violence
- National Health Training Centre / UNFPA, Nepal – 5 days
18. Training Workshop on Basic Radio Magazine Production - 5 days
- National Health Education & Communication Centre, Nepal Safer Motherhood Project, Nepal 2002
19. International Training Workshop on Physical Activity and Public Health – 3 days
- WHO, CDC, held in Bangkok, Thailand 2007
20. Training on “The Autonomous Health Training Institute"
- College of Public Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand March 15-17, 2012
21. Training on Computer as part of academic courses and training workshops
- Regular user - Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet
22. Training on Communication Skills - 7 days
- Save the Children (SCF) UK 1991
23. Training of Facilitators’ on STD care Management - 5 days
- University of Heidelberg, STD/HIV Project 1996
24. Training of Master Trainers on Logistics Management - 5 days
- National Health Training Centre, Logistics Management Division, JSI 1997
25. Training cum Workshop on Health Education. - 5 days
- Sewa Foundation 1987
26. Training on Reproductive Health - Clinical Protocol - 3 days
- National Health Training Centre, Nepal / UNFPA
27. Training on Project Management - 3 days
- UNICEF 1993
28. Training on Effective Public Speaking and Communication - 3 days
- Nepal Jaycees 1992
29. Training of Master Trainers for Nutrition Programs - 3 days
- Child Health Division, Department of Health Services, Nepal 2001
30. Training on "Environment" - 3 days
- Nepal Administrative Staff College 2001
Associations
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Member, Subject Committee/ Public Health, Department of Health Sciences |
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Member Rotary International |
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National Vice-President (Life member) |