completed · Health

Support to Family Planning Project and Monitoring and Evaluation Service

(Nepal): The DFID-USAID co-funded Family Planning (FP) activity aims to generate new knowledge for better evidence-based programing that improves the health of women and children in Nepal through increased access to and utilization of FP methods. The activity specifically focuses on service delivery for women from vulnerable groups with low contraceptive prevalence and high fertility. Using FY 2015 funds, the project will support the testing of innovative models in six different districts with the purpose of gathering evidence for scale-up of effective FP interventions. Some examples of models to be tested include the introduction of interpersonal communication through female community health volunteers, roving providers to the poorly-staffed public health facilities and the provision of comprehensive FP services through mobile camps. Furthermore, this co-funded project will help support upcoming DFID-supported Nepal Health Sector Support Program in coordination with government counterparts.