Kangaroo Mother Care in Madhesh
We handed over Kangaroo Mother Care equipment to 6 health facilities (birthing centres) in Mahottari and Sarlahi District, Madhesh Province. This is part of our Health System Strengthening for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health/Nutrition (HSS/MNCH-N) Project. Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) has been found to be essential for premature and low birthweight babies, reducing their mortality […]
Celebrating World Environment Day in Bardiya
The Health Reform Project (HRP) champions better maternal and child health by recognizing that well-being goes beyond healthcare access is deeply shaped by environmental conditions. Environmental degradation and climate change exacerbate health risks and food insecurity, especially among vulnerable populations. Therefore, promoting environmental sustainability is essential to enhancing maternal and child health. To advance this […]
Improving Access to Water: A Lifeline for Vijayanagar, Nepal
In the Bardiya district of western Nepal, accessing the necessary quantity of clean water needed for daily life is an ongoing challenge. The region’s dry season is brutal, causing the land to crack and crops to wither, leaving communities struggling for survival. For daily needs, most residents rely on groundwater pumped through hand pumps. Unfortunately, […]
Workshop Report: Scaling up of High Impact Practices (HIPs) in Family Planning in Nepal
Nepal has finalized its National Family Planning Costed Implementation Plan (NFPCIP) for 2024-2030, aligned with its FP2030 commitment. This plan emphasizes selected High Impact Practices (HIPs) to achieve the targets and vision set under FP2030. To implement these practices effectively, Nepal aims to learn from successful experiences in countries with similar contexts and to develop/adapt […]
Clean Drinking Water in Dhakela
Clean water is something that many people take for granted. In Dhakela, a small community in Barbardiya Municipality, people have been struggling with reliable access to clean water for a long time. Previous sources, handpumps and a river pipeline, were contaminated and are no longer suitable for consumption. Without access to clean water people face many health […]
Humanitarian
In April this year, there was an earthquake focused in the far west of Nepal in the Bajura districts. Soon after, ADRA’s Pankaj Bhattarai joined UNFPA and Nepal Red Cross Society to assess the damage. “Doti and Bajura residents are at risk because they are staying in the houses already weakened by past earthquakes. It […]
ADRA Nepal’s Mobile COVID-19 Vaccination Service
During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, ADRA Nepal, in coordination with the Family Welfare Division of the Nepal government, implemented a strategy to deploy MoCoVs (Mobile COVID-19 Vaccination Service) vans across all eight districts of Madhesh Province. The concept of MoCoVs originated in 2021 as a response to the pandemic. ADRA Nepal conducted a […]
ADRA Hosts Nepal’s First Women’s Health Conference
ADRA was honoured to host the first Women’s Health Conference in Nepal, which was organized by the Government of Nepal Ministry of Health and Population, Health Services and Family Welfare Division (FWD). In 2022, ADRA approached the FWD with the idea and worked with them to develop it and bring it to fruition. The FWD […]
Pelvic Organ Prolapse Surgeries
ADRA, in collaboration with Open Heart International, provided pelvic organ prolapse surgeries for marginalized and vulnerable women from Madhesh and Koshi Provinces. This week our partners and donors, Open Heart International, have been carrying out pelvic organ prolapse* surgeries as part of our WHaSS project. Fifteen volunteers made up of 1 Uro-Gynae surgeon from the […]
Samundri’s Story
Samundri is 51 years old and lives in Mahottari in the Madhesh Province of Nepal. She tries to support her five children by farming a small piece of land near her home while her husband works as a laborer in another field. Unfortunately, this does not provide enough money for all their needs, and she […]
