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 […]
Women’s Health Conference Launch
We are pleased to announce the launch of the first Women’s Health Conference in Nepal, organized by the Nepal Government and development partners working in Nepal. We met last week to launch the conference and unveil the official website. At the event, ADRA Nepal presented the format and concept of the conference sharing the rationale […]
Going Electronic with eLMIS
Health programs rely on supply chains to ensure adequate quantities and good quality health products get to their patients. Nepal shifted from a paper based system to an electronic logistics management information system (eLMIS) to meet patient demand and improve health outcomes across the country. eLMIS includes most major health programs in the country and links health facilities with […]
Mobile COVID-19 Vaccination Inauguration
ADRA Nepal has been working closely with different level of government to support their initiatives to increase the reach of COVID-19 vaccination in Nepal. An innovative approach of Mobile COVID-19 Vaccination service (MoCoVs) was initiated by ADRA Nepal in all eight districts of Madhesh province to provide door-to-door COVID-19 vaccination service to pregnant women & […]
ADRA Nepal handed Oxygen Generation Plant (OGP)
ADRA Nepal has recently handed over the Oxygen Generation Plant (OGP) to Lalbandi Primary Health Center (PHC), Sarlahi District , Madhesh Province. Kavitha Kasyanathan (Australian Embassy, Head of Development) inagurated and handed over the OGP to the Lalbandi PHC. The OGP has capacity to fill 24-25 cylinders per day (Standard 47 Liters cylinder) and is […]
