Health
BUILDING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES
Health is at the heart of so much of the world’s poverty and suffering. When communities don’t have enough food, when they depend on unsafe water sources, when they don’t have access to reliable health support, every life suffers.
What we do
ADRA Nepal works with communities through our community and health strengthening approaches; with the government bodies through advocacy, demand generation, capacity building; and with our peers to empower effective partnerships.
Our programmes include Maternal and Newborn Health, Family Planning, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene and COVID-19 Support.
IMPACT
Health
PROJECTS
WHaSS
The Women’s Health and System Strengthening (WHaSS) Project is a collaborative action between Open Heart International (OHI), and Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Australia and their in-country partners to leverage Australian NGO Cooperation Program (ANCP) funds with the goal of Improving the health of women and girls, enabling them to lead productive lives in their families and wider community. It facilitates clinical capacity development in relevant public health facilities, surgical & non-surgical interventions, prevention and promotion activities of advocacy and community education, especially targeting women of disadvantaged and marginalized communities.
ECM
Women’s Health and System Strengthening Project (WHaSS) is funded by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs, Open Heart International and ADRA Australia. The project runs from July 2019 – June 2024 and is implemented in 4 districts within Provinces 1 and 2.
Working in coordination with the Ministry of Health and Population, Scheer Memorial Adventist Hospital and other government hospitals and health facilities the project aims to strengthen the health system and build clinical capacity focusing on Women’s Health issues, in particular Pelvic Organ Prolapse.
The project will facilitate community health education and behaviour change interventions and provide access to screening, treatment and care for affected and at risk females in order to improve the reproductive and gynaecological health of women and adolescent girls.
CERA
COVID 19 Emergency Response and Recovery Assistance
(CERA) is funded by DFAT/Australian Aid. The project runs from 1st July to 30th September 2022 and is implemented in Province-1, Madhesh Province, Lumbini province, Bagamati Province.
With the support from Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)/Australian Aid, ADRA Nepal through COIVD-19 response and recovery assistance related interventions has been working closely with the MoHP and it’s departments/facilities up to community level. As COVID-19 has placed a substantial burden on inpatient and outpatient health care services, assistance has been provided to the hospital care system to provide optimal medical care, and to minimize risks for patients and health workers. ADRA is leading efforts on health system strengthening & SBC/ RCCE, while providing support in medical products at sub-national level by working together to unlock new and more ambitious results against COVID-19 crisis.
CPR
COVID-19 Pandemic Response (CPR)
Nepal, like other country has also been affected by COVID-19 and is currently facing a challenge to prevent the spread of infection. Nepal has fully vaccinated 40% of its total population of nearly 31 million against COVID-19 as of 16 January 2022.The project seeks to support the GoN’s in COVID19 vaccine campaign to reach out to the vulnerable group such as the people with disability and pregnant women through mobile COVID-19 vaccination service (MoCoVs). The project also plans to orient the female community health volunteers (FCHVs) on COVID-19 and utilize their community engagement skills to reach the target population.
UNFPA Supplies Project 2022
UNFPA Supplies Project 2022 is working with government to strengthen national supply planning to improve the governments health system. Supply chains supports health system strengthening from forecasting to overall logistics management by ensuring last mile assurance. The project aims to create a more strategic approach to meet the needs of the hardest-to-reach women and girls for modern contraceptives while ensuring regular commodities supplies along with bolstering logistic management system.
Maternal Health and Child Nutrition Project
Women’s Health and System Strengthening Project (WHaSS) is funded by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs, Open Heart International and ADRA Australia. The project runs from July 2019 – June 2024 and is implemented in 4 districts within Provinces 1 and 2.
Working in coordination with the Ministry of Health and Population, Scheer Memorial Adventist Hospital and other government hospitals and health facilities the project aims to strengthen the health system and build clinical capacity focusing on Women’s Health issues, in particular Pelvic Organ Prolapse.
The project will facilitate community health education and behaviour change interventions and provide access to screening, treatment and care for affected and at risk females in order to improve the reproductive and gynaecological health of women and adolescent girls.
