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.

Programs