Professional Documents
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1993-2002 Emergence of
Tertiary Care Centres and
1997-2017 Second Long Expansion of Primary 1991: National Health
Term Health Plan Health Care Centres and Policy was formulated
Growth of Private Health
Institutions
National/Central
Regional
/Zonal Hospital
Regional
Hospital District
PHC/HP
Referral Line Catchment
area and
Feedback Line Community
AHW/ANM
Source: mohp.gov.np
Health Management Information System
NPC
By end of By
Trimesterly 1st month Person/
National/
MOH of each Intranet
Central
Trimester
By end of
DoHS 1st month By
Centers Divisions Trimesterly Person/
MD/HMIS Trimesterly/ of each
Trimester Intranet
Periodic
By AIR
7th day /Express
of Next Delivery / Post
RHD Central/Regional
Regiona Monthly Trimesterly Month / Person
l /Zonal Hospital
By AIR
12th day /Express
District DHO Hospital Monthly Monthly of Next Delivery / Post
Month / Person
Source: myrepublica.com
Choice of Practitioners
• 69 percent of people with an acute illness
reported to have consulted with some kind
of medical practitioner
– 28 percent consulted paramedic,
– followed by doctor (25 percent), pharmacists
(16 percent), and traditional and others (2
percent)
• Resource Gap
• Geographical Constraints
• Traditional Beliefs
• Globalization:
– Commercialization (Safe Delivery kit, ORS, FP devices)
– Privatization (Quality increase but accessibility and
affordability)
– Introduction of user’s fee in public health facilities:
Affordability for poor people
Female Community Health Volunteer
Source: www.mohp.gov.np/index.php/publication-1/guideline
Female Community Health
Volunteer
Nepal
75 Districts
MID- MID-WESTERN
WESTERN REGION
REGION
WESTERN
REGION
CENTRAL
REGION
EASTERN
REGION
Female Community Health Volunteer
Village Development
Committees
3,157
Female Community Health Volunteer
2
1
3
4
5 7
6
8
9
Wards
48523
Female Community Health Volunteer
Ward
FCHVs
51416
Female Community Health
Volunteer
• The innermost circle shows that the action starts
at community or ward level by individual FCHV,
(as community is the centre of health activities)
• Second circle shows the action is spread in the
entire VDC
• Third circle depicts whole district will be covered
by FCHV’s actions
• The outermost circle shows that the action of
FCHV will cover the whole nation
Source: www.mohp.gov.np/index.php/publication-1/guideline
Female Community Health Volunteer
• The main role of FCHV will be concentrated on the health
promotional activities of mothers and children in their
working area.
• Goal
To reduce child mortality, morbidity, and
disability associated with vaccine
preventable diseases.
• Objectives
– Achieve and maintain at least 90%
vaccination coverage for all antigens at
national and district level by 2016.
– Ensure access to vaccines of assured quality
and with appropriate waste management.
– Achieve and maintain polio free status.
– Maintain maternal and neonatal tetanus
elimination status
• Objective Continue
– Achieve measles elimination status by
2016
– Accelerate control of vaccine-preventable
diseases through introduction of new and
underused vaccines
– Strengthen and expand VPD surveillance
– Continue to expand immunization beyond
infancy
Source: dohs.gov.np Nepal cYMP 2012-2016
Vaccination Schedule