NHPC BPH study guide
NHPC BPH · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The Bachelor of Public Health (BPH) licensing examination, administered under the Nepal Health Professional Council (NHPC), is the credentialing step that allows BPH graduates to register and practise as public health professionals in Nepal. It is intended for candidates who have completed a recognised BPH programme and need council registration to work in government health offices, NGOs, hospitals, health insurance bodies, or community health programmes. The NHPC BPH study guide has 10 sections and about 3,001 words.
01Public Health Foundations, History, and Concepts
This domain tests whether you can define public health, distinguish it from clinical medicine, and connect historical milestones to current practice. Expect questions on core functions, essential services, levels of prevention, determinants of health, and the values of equity and population benefit.
297 words, about 1 min02Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance
This domain tests how you measure disease frequency, compare groups, interpret study designs, and run surveillance or outbreak investigations. Questions often require choosing the right measure and avoiding denominator errors.
310 words, about 2 min03Biostatistics and Health Data Analysis
This domain tests data types, descriptive and inferential statistics, sampling, hypothesis testing, regression, and diagnostic test interpretation. The exam favors correct interpretation over calculation alone.
314 words, about 2 min04Environmental and Occupational Health
This domain tests how environmental exposures cause disease and how workplaces and communities reduce risk. Expect questions on exposure pathways, risk assessment, air and water quality, sanitation, and the hierarchy of controls.
305 words, about 2 min05Health Promotion, Health Education, and Behavior Change
This domain tests how programs enable people and communities to improve health, not merely how to give information. Expect questions on the Ottawa Charter, behavior-change theories, planning models, and evaluation.
291 words, about 1 min06Health Policy, Health Systems, and Health Economics
This domain tests how policies are made, how health systems are organized and financed, and how economic evidence is used. Expect questions on universal health coverage, system building blocks, financing, and cost-effectiveness.
314 words, about 2 min07Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health
This domain tests continuity of care from preconception through adolescence. Expect questions on antenatal, intrapartum, postnatal, newborn, child, and adolescent services, danger signs, and key preventive interventions.
300 words, about 2 min08Communicable and Non-Communicable Disease Control
This domain tests control of both infectious diseases and chronic conditions. Expect questions on the chain of infection, outbreak control, immunization, screening criteria, and prevention across the life course.
296 words, about 1 min09Nutrition, Food Safety, and Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene
This domain tests nutrition assessment, foodborne risk, and safe water and sanitation. Expect questions on malnutrition classification, micronutrients, HACCP, pathogens, and WASH interventions.
298 words, about 1 min10Public Health Ethics, Professional Practice, and Leadership
This domain tests ethical reasoning, professional conduct, and leadership in population health. Expect questions on autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, justice, confidentiality, consent, and public health powers.
276 words, about 1 min