About The Event
Climate Change and its Impact on Children: Safeguarding the Future through Specialized Care. A scientific bonanza that promises to be a landmark event in the field of paediatrics
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The Plaza Convention Centre, Lalitpur
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Thursday to Saturday
22-24 May,2025
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Message from the President and Organizing Secretary
Maj. Gen. Dr. Arun Kumar Neopane (Retd.)
President
Dear Esteemed Guests, Colleagues, and Friends, It is with immense pleasure and pride that I welcome you to Nepal and the NEPCON 2025, a scientific bonanza that promises to be a landmark event in the field of paediatrics. This year’s conference is designed to.....
Dr. Prakash Joshi
Organizing Secretary
Event Schedule
Here is our event schedule
| Time | Topic | Speaker | Hall | Moderator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:30 am - 9:30 am | Registrations | |||
| 9:30 am - 10:15 am | Inaugural Ceremony | Dr. Surabhi Aryal | ||
| 10:15 am - 10:45 am | HIGH-TEA (EAST WING) | |||
| 10:45 am - 11:30 am | NEPAS ORATION | |||
| 10:45 am - 11:30 am | The "Climate-Changed" Child | Dr. Rameshwor Man Shrestha | Dr. Arun K Neopane | |
| 11:30 am - 12:00 pm | SYMPOSIUM-1 (Bharat Biotech Symposium) | |||
| 11:30 am - 12:00 pm | AMR in Typhoid and the Role of Vaccines | Dr. Jaydeep Choudhury | Prof. Dr. Sahisnuta Basnet | |
| 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm | KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS-1 | |||
| 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm | What is NCPR? Overview and International Collaborations | Dr. Hagane Shimaoka (Japan) | Dr. Smriti Mathema | |
| 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm | Diagnosis, Treatment and Research Status of Kawasaki Disease in China | Prof. Fuyong Jiao (China) | Dr. Smriti Mathema | |
| 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Follow-up Care of NICU Graduates | Prof. Dr. Rupa Rajbhandari Singh | Dr. Smriti Mathema | |
| 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm | SYMPOSIA-2 (Glaxo Smith Kline Symposia) | |||
| 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm | Scientific and Programmatic Updates on GSK Vaccines | Dr. Md M Kabir | Prof. Dr. Roma Bora | |
| 2:00 pm - 2:45 pm | LUNCH (EAST WING) |
Hall A
| Time | Topic | Speaker | Moderator |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2:45 pm - 3:30 pm | PAEDIATRIC CRITICAL CARE CHAPTER (PANEL DISCUSSION) | ||
| 2:45 pm - 3:30 pm | Paediatric ARDS - Diagnosis and Management: What a Paediatrician needs to know when taking care of a child admitted in a PICU | Dr. Puja Amatya | Dr. Sangita Basnet |
| 2:45 pm - 3:30 pm | Paediatric ARDS - Diagnosis and Management: What a Paediatrician needs to know when taking care of a child admitted in a PICU | Dr. Puspa Raj Awasthi | Dr. Sangita Basnet |
| 2:45 pm - 3:30 pm | Paediatric ARDS - Diagnosis and Management: What a Paediatrician needs to know when taking care of a child admitted in a PICU | Dr. Sandeep Singh | Dr. Sangita Basnet |
| 2:45 pm - 3:30 pm | Paediatric ARDS - Diagnosis and Management: What a Paediatrician needs to know when taking care of a child admitted in a PICU | Dr. Manoj K Chaudhary | Dr. Sangita Basnet |
| 2:45 pm - 3:30 pm | Paediatric ARDS - Diagnosis and Management: What a Paediatrician needs to know when taking care of a child admitted in a PICU | Dr. Sudeep KC | Dr. Sangita Basnet |
| 3:30 pm - 4:15 pm | PAEDIATRIC PULMONOLOGY CHAPTER | ||
| 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm | The Challenges of Non-resolving Pneumonia in Children | Dr. Prashant Rijal | Dr. Binod Parajuli |
| 3:45 pm - 4:00 pm | Approach to a Child with Recurrent Pneumonia | Dr. Jagat Jeevan Ghimire | Dr. Binod Parajuli |
| 4:00 pm - 4:15 pm | Recent Advances in Paediatric Bronchiectasis | Dr. Amrit Ghimire | Dr. Binod Parajuli |
| 4:15 pm - 4:45 pm | KEYNOTE PRESENTATION-2 (HAEMATO-ONCOLOGY) | ||
| 4:15 pm - 4:45 pm | Management of Eosinophilia | Dr. Anupam Sachdeva | Dr. Krishna Sagar Sharma |
| 4:45 pm - 5:30 pm | PAEDIATRIC HAEMATOLOGY-ONCOLOGY CHAPTER | ||
| 4:45 pm - 5:00 pm | Basics of Paediatric Bone marrow Transplant - What a Paediatrician should know. | Dr. Vikas Dua (Fortis Hospital, India) | Dr. Ritu Lamichhane |
| 5:00 pm - 5:15 pm | ITP - Management Updates | Dr. Shilpa Amatya | Dr. Ritu Lamichhane |
| 5:15 pm - 5:30 pm | Shared Care in Paediatric Oncology: A Model for Resource-Limited Settings | Dr. Bishwanath Adhikari | Dr. Ritu Lamichhane |
Hall B
| Time | Topic | Speaker | Moderator |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2:45 pm - 3:30 pm | PAEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY CHAPTER | ||
| 2:45 pm - 3:00 pm | Approach to a Child with Short Stature | Dr. Jyoti Agrawal | Dr. Subhana Karki |
| 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Perspective on Diabetes and Depression: Insight from People Living with Diabetes, their Parents and Healthcare Provider. | Dr. Archana Nepal | Dr. Subhana Karki |
| 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm | KEYNOTE PRESENTATION-3 (ACUTE LIVER FAILURE) | ||
| 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Acute Liver Failure -- Management : What's new now? | Dr. Neelam Mohan | Dr. Binita Gurubhacharya |
| 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm | PAEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY CHAPTER | ||
| 4:00 pm - 4:15 pm | From Colic to Crisis: Radiologist's Insights into Paediatric GI Imaging for Clinicians | Professor Ram Kumar Ghimire | Dr. Satyam Rimal |
| 4:15 pm - 4:30 pm | Approach to Chronic Diarrhoea in Children | Dr. Dilip Neopane | Dr. Satyam Rimal |
| 4:30 pm - 4:45 pm | First Line Management of Corrosive Ingestion in Children | Dr. Manoj K Chaudhary | Dr. Satyam Rimal |
| 4:45 pm - 5:30 pm | PAEDIATRIC NUTRITION CHAPTER | ||
| 4:45 pm - 5:00 pm | Bridging Tradition and Science in Child Nutrition | Dr. Sahisnuta Basnet | Dr. Nipun Shrestha |
| 5:00 pm - 5:15 pm | Paediatric Microbiome in Disease and Health | Dr. Pawana Kayastha | Dr. Nipun Shrestha |
| 5:15 pm - 5:30 pm | Paediatric Nutrition: Current Trends and Future Perspectives | Dr. Uttara Gautam | Dr. Nipun Shrestha |
| Time | Topic | Speaker | Hall | Moderator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm | INTERNATIONAL FACULTY DINNER (BY INVITATION ONLY) |
| Time | Topic | Speaker | Hall | Moderator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS-4 | |||
| 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Does CPD work and how do we make it more effective? | Prof. Jonathan Darling (RCPCH, UK) | Prof. Dr. Sunil Raja Manandhar | |
| 9:30 am - 10:00 am | Hereditary Metabolic Diseases and Respiratory System | Dr. Liliia Selimzianova (Russia) | Prof. Dr. Sunil Raja Manandhar | |
| 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Achieving SDG and Neonatal Cardiac Issues in South Asia | Dr. Manzoor Hussain (Bangladesh) | Prof. Dr. Sunil Raja Manandhar | |
| 10:30 am - 11:00 am | Office Practice in Paediatrics | Dr. Vasant Khalatkar (India) | Prof. Dr. Sunil Raja Manandhar | |
| 11:00 am - 1:00 pm | PLENARY SESSION-1 | |||
| 11:00 am - 11:20 am | Climate and Environmental Impact to Children's Health: Protecting Vulnerable Lives at Every Stage | Dr. Budhi Setiawan (Indonesia) | Dr. Kabita Keyal | |
| 11:20 am - 11:40 am | Insight on Paediatric Gynaecology | Prof. Dr. Ashma Rana | Dr. Kabita Keyal | |
| 11:40 am - 12:00 pm | Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Plan (MSNP2) | Dr. Hari Krishna Banskota | Dr. Kabita Keyal | |
| 12:00 pm - 12:20 pm | Respiratory Syncytial Virus and Nepali Children: The Way Forward | Prof. Dr. Arun Sharma | Dr. Kabita Keyal | |
| 12:20 pm - 12:40 pm | Study of Knowledge Attitude and Practices of Child Protection among Health Care Professional of Nepal | Dr. Ram Hari Chapagain | Dr. Kabita Keyal | |
| 12:40 pm - 1:00 pm | Hemodynamically significant patent ductus arteriosus in preterm neonates: Current management dilemmas | Dr. Sunil Raja Manandhar | Dr. Kabita Keyal | |
| 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | SYMPOSIA-3 & 4 (Pfizer & Abbot) | |||
| 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Role of pneumococcal vaccination in pneumococcal disease (Pfizer Symposium) | Dr. AJ Chitkara | Dr. Anna Sharma | |
| 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm | Fighting the Flu: From Infection to Immunization (Abbott Symposium) | Dr. Srinivas G. Kasi | Dr. Anna Sharma | |
| 2:00 pm - 2:45 pm | LUNCH (EAST WING) |
Hall A
| Time | Topic | Speaker | Moderator |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2:45 pm - 3:30 pm | NEONATOLOGY CHAPTER (RECENT ADVANCES IN NEONATOLOGY WITH POTENTIAL CLINICAL IMPACT) | ||
| 2:45 pm - 3:00 pm | Advances in Care of Preterm Babies; way forward from surviving to thriving | Dr. Anjila Ghimire | Prof. Dr. Kalpana Upadhaya Subedi |
| 3:00 pm - 3:15 pm | Recent Advances in Management of Respiratory Distress in Neonates | Dr. Deepak Mishra | Prof. Dr. Kalpana Upadhaya Subedi |
| 3:15 pm - 3:30 pm | Recent Advances in Biomarkers for Diagnosis of Neonatal Sepsis | Dr. Varsha Verma | Prof. Dr. Kalpana Upadhaya Subedi |
| 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm | KEYNOTE PRESENTATION-5 (NEONATOLOGY) | ||
| 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Bridging Birth to Intact Survival : The Power of Perinatal Care | Dr. Lalan Bharti | Dr. Srijana Basnet |
| 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm | PAEDIATRIC NEPHROLOGY CHAPTER (PANEL DISCUSSION) | ||
| 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm | Steroid Resistant Nephrotic Syndrome | Dr. Vivek Kumar Todi | Dr. Daman Raj Poudel |
| 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm | Steroid Resistant Nephrotic Syndrome | Dr. Bimala Baniya | Dr. Daman Raj Poudel |
| 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm | Steroid Resistant Nephrotic Syndrome | Dr. Firoz Anjum | Dr. Daman Raj Poudel |
| 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm | Evaluating a Child with Elevated BP | Dr. Devendra Shrestha | Dr Ajaya Kumar Dhakal |
| 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm | Evaluating a Child with Elevated BP | Dr. Mandira Shrestha | Dr Ajaya Kumar Dhakal |
| 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm | Evaluating a Child with Elevated BP | Dr. Anand Kumar Jha | Dr Ajaya Kumar Dhakal |
| 4:45 pm - 5:45 pm | FREE PAPERS-1 | ||
| 4:45 pm - 5:00 pm | A Quality Improvement Initiative to improve pain management in a special newborn care unit with a special focus on infant and family centered developmental care | Dr. Sajal Twanabasu | Dr. Bikash Shrestha |
| 5:00 pm - 5:15 pm | A Retrospective Cross sectional Study on Lepra Reaction in Children from a Leprosy Hospital in Nepal | Dr. Suveksha Shaurya Shah | Dr. Bikash Shrestha |
| 5:15 pm - 5:30 pm | Clinical Characteristics And Outcome Of Children Requiring Non-Invasive And Invasive Mechanical Ventilation At A Tertiary Care Center, Nepal | Dr. Puja Amatya | Dr. Bikash Shrestha |
| 5:30 pm - 5:45 pm | Clinical Profile Of Children Presenting With Pain Abdomen In A Tertiary Care Centre Of Nepal: A Prospective Observation Study | Dr. Dilip Neupane | Dr. Bikash Shrestha |
Hall B
| Time | Topic | Speaker | Moderator |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2:45 pm - 3:30 pm | PAEDIATRIC IMMUNIZATION CHAPTER | ||
| 2:45 pm - 3:00 pm | Current Vaccine Preventable disease trends and the vaccination status in Nepal | Dr. Abhiyan Gautam | Dr. Shailendra Bir Karmacharya |
| 3:00 pm - 3:15 pm | Recent Advances in Dengue Vaccine | Prof. Dr. Henish Shakya | Dr. Shailendra Bir Karmacharya |
| 3:15 pm - 3:30 pm | NEPAS Recommendations on Immunization -- a summary | Dr. Sangita Puree Dhungana | Dr. Shailendra Bir Karmacharya |
| 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm | KEYNOTE PRESENTATION-6 (IMMUNIZATION) | ||
| 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Understanding Antibody Levels and Protection After Hepatitis-B Vaccination and the Need for Boosters | Prof. Dr. Sanjay Verma | Dr. Sangita Puree Dhungana |
| 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm | PAEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE CHAPTER (CONGENITAL INFECTIONS) | ||
| 4:00 pm - 4:25 pm | Approaching Congenital CMV Infections: Bridging the Gaps in Knowledge | Dr Dikchya Pant | Dr. Nisha Jyoti Shrestha |
| 4:25 pm - 4:45 pm | Congenital Syphilis: Forgotten, but yet to Vanish! | Dr. Suchita Joshi | Dr. Nisha Jyoti Shrestha |
| 4:45 pm - 6:00 pm | FREE PAPERS-2 | ||
| 4:45 pm - 5:00 pm | Mumps Outbreak: Public Burden and Awareness | Dr. Manoj K Chaudhary | Dr. Neema Shrestha |
| 5:00 pm - 5:15 pm | Quality Indicators and Improvement measures in Paediatric Intensive care Unit | Dr. Vikash Kumar Sah | Dr. Neema Shrestha |
| 5:15 pm - 5:30 pm | Perception of Knowledge and Attitude for Infant feeding and Immunization in Pregnant mothers | Dr. Santosh Adhikari | Dr. Neema Shrestha |
| 5:30 pm - 5:45 pm | Gene Xpert Positivity and Its Correlation with the Tuberculin Skin Test (TST) in Children Suspected of Tuberculosis at a Tertiary Paediatric Center in Nepal | Dr. Tribhuwan Bhattarai | Dr. Neema Shrestha |
| Time | Topic | Speaker | Hall | Moderator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm | GALA DINNER & CULTURAL PROGRAM |
| Time | Topic | Speaker | Hall | Moderator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 am - 10:30 am | KEYNOTE PRESENTATION-7 | Prof Dr. Sudha Basnet | ||
| 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Recurring Upper Respiratory Tract Infections: Challenges and Clinical Perspectives | Dr. Irina Zelenkova (Russia) | Prof Dr. Sudha Basnet | |
| 9:30 am - 10:00 am | Spectrum of Paediatric Rheumatic Diseases: It is much more than Arthritis | Prof Dr. Pratap Kumar Patra (India) | Prof Dr. Sudha Basnet | |
| 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Plasticised Poly (Vinyl Chloride) Plastic Materials and their Potential Toxicity | Dr. Susan M George (USA) | Prof Dr. Sudha Basnet | |
| 10:30 am - 11:45 am | SYMPOSIA-5 & 6 (WHO & UNICEF) | |||
| 10:30 am - 10:50 am | MR Elimination & Childhood Cancer (WHO) | Dr. Grishma Uprety | ||
| 10:30 am - 10:50 am | Progress towards achieving Measles and Rubella Elimination in Nepal (WHO) | Dr. Rahul Pradhan | Dr. Grishma Uprety | |
| 10:50 am - 11:15 am | Strengthening Childhood Cancer Care in Nepal: A Collaborative Approach to improving access to Treatment and Enhancing Survival Rates | Dr. Krishna Prasad Paudel (MoHP) | Dr. Grishma Uprety | |
| 11:15 am - 11:45 am | The First Year Matters (UNICEF) | |||
| 11:15 am - 11:30 am | Transforming Newborn Health: Nepal's Every Newborn Action Plan 2023-2030, UNICEF Nepal | Ms. Chahana Singh, UNICEF Nepal | ||
| 11:30 am - 11:45 am | Investing in Nepal's Youngest: Strategic Framework in Early Childhood Development in Nepal | Dr. Rinesh Adhikari, Family Welfare Division, DoHS | ||
| 11:45 am - 12:45 pm | PLENARY SESSION-2 | Dr. Moon Thapa | ||
| 11:45 am - 12:05 pm | Effect of Climate Change in Children: The Triple Planetary Crisis | Dr. Meghnath Dhimal (PhD) | Dr. Moon Thapa | |
| 12:05 pm - 12:25 pm | Consequences of Climate Change on Respiratory Health of Nepalese children: What we need to know and do | Prof. Dr. Sudha Basnet | Dr. Moon Thapa | |
| 12:25 pm - 12:45 pm | Evidence Based Guidelines for Management of Acute Gastroenteritis in Children | Prof. Dr. Manindra R. Baral | Dr. Moon Thapa | |
| 12:45 pm - 1:45 pm | AGM | |||
| 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm | LUNCH (EAST WING) |
Hall A
| Time | Topic | Speaker | Moderator |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1:45 pm - 2:30 pm | PAEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY CHAPTER | ||
| 1:45 pm - 2:30 pm | Pulmonary Hypertension associated with Congenital Heart Disease | Dr. Pratima Yadav | Dr. Anish Joshi |
| 1:45 pm - 2:30 pm | Heart Failure in Children | Dr. Dhruba Shrestha | Dr. Anish Joshi |
| 1:45 pm - 2:30 pm | Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease | Dr. Subash Chandra Shah | Dr. Anish Joshi |
| 2:30 pm - 3:15 pm | PAEDIATRIC ALLERGY, IMMUNOLOGY & RHEUMATOLOGY(PAIR) CHAPTER | ||
| 2:30 pm - 3:15 pm | Immunology: Inborn Errors of Immunity/Primary Immunodeficiencies: The Forgotten Horizon | Dr. Dharmagat Bhattarai | Dr. Anjali Bagaria Ghiraiya |
| 2:30 pm - 3:15 pm | Allergy: The New Normal: Paediatric Allergies in the Era of Climate Change | Dr. Bhumika GC | Dr. Anjali Bagaria Ghiraiya |
| 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm | FREE PAPERS-3 | ||
| 3:15 pm - 3:30 pm | Point-Of-Care Ultrasound Diagnosis Of Paediatric Pneumonia In A Low Resource Country | Dr. Prakash Thapa | Dr. Sudhir Adhikari |
| 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Role of lung ultrasound score and modified bronchiolitis severity score in predicting hospital outcome in children with bronchiolitis | Dr. Biraj Parajuli | Dr. Sudhir Adhikari |
| 3:45 pm - 4:00 pm | Prevalence Of Thalassemia Among Infants And Children In Madhesh Institute Of Health Sciences | Dr. Barsha Prakash | Dr. Sudhir Adhikari |
| 4:00 pm - 4:15 pm | Validity of the Nepali version of the Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ) tool for identifying elevated suicidal risk in Nepali medical inpatients | Dr. Daman Raj Poudel | Dr. Sudhir Adhikari |
Hall B
| Time | Topic | Speaker | Moderator |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1:45 pm - 2:30 pm | PAEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY CHAPTER | ||
| 1:45 pm - 2:30 pm | Genetic Approach on Childhood Epilepsy | Dr. Prithuja Poudyal | Dr. Asim Shrestha |
| 1:45 pm - 2:30 pm | Insight on Genetic Testing | Dr. Surabhi Aryal | Dr. Asim Shrestha |
| 2:30 pm - 3:15 pm | GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT & BEHAVIOUR PAEDIATRICS (GDBP) CHAPTER | ||
| 2:30 pm - 3:15 pm | Panel Discussion: Neurodevelopmental Disorder in Children | Dr. Hem Sagar Rimal, Dr. Raju Kafle, Dr. Luna Bajracharya | Dr. Anil Raj Ojha |
| 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm | FREE PAPERS-4 | ||
| 3:15 pm - 3:30 pm | Community based Rehabilitation for Children with Neuro-disability in Ilam: A Collaborative Project | Dr. Susan M George | Dr. Love Kumar Sah |
| 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Clinico-Epidemiological Profile Of Infant Cancers: Insights From a Tertiary Paediatric Center In Nepal | Dr. Bishow Nath Adhikari | Dr. Love Kumar Sah |
| 3:45 pm - 4:00 pm | Incidence, Intensive care needs and Outcome of Influenza Pneumonia in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Central Nepal: A Prospective Observational Study | Dr. Puspa Raj Awasthi | Dr. Love Kumar Sah |
| 4:00 pm - 4:15 pm | Survival Analysis of Childhood Cancer: A Hospital-Based Study At Tertiary Hospital In Nepal | Dr. Sani Sipai | Dr. Love Kumar Sah |
| Time | Topic | Speaker | Hall | Moderator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4:15 pm - 5:00 pm | CLOSING | |||
| 4:15 pm - 4:30 pm | Closing of Scientific Sessions | |||
| 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm | Valedictory Function |
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