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Who are we
The Solukhumbu Women’s Health Project (SWHP) prioritises
women’s health, especially reproductive and sexual health, in the communities
of Waku, Chheskam and Taksindo. The four year project is being implemented by the
Australian Himalayan Foundation’s (AHF) local partner Action for Nepal (AF
Nepal). The project will create an enabling environment for improved women’s
health outcomes in order to improve the sexual and reproductive health of women
living in the remote communities of Solukhumbu.
Website: https://www.australianhimalayanfoundation.org.au/
Issue: Health
Project Background
The AHF works in partnership with the people of the Himalaya
to help the most disadvantaged meet their priority needs through integrated
improvements in education, health and the environment.
More specifically, this project will ensure that overall the
health services are better equipped by ensuring that:
- they
have all the necessary supplies, are properly staffed and managed,
particularly in relation to sexual health and reproduction;
- health
staff and volunteers have greater capacity, skills and are able to be
attend the health posts regularly; and
- women, especially those living with disability or in really remote villages can access vital health services.
The project’s success will be measured by increases in the numbers of institutional deliveries and deliveries conducted by a skilled birth attendant. In addition, meeting the minimum attendance rates for expecting mothers' antenatal care visits, attending at least three postnatal care check-ups for new mothers; and higher contraception prevalence will be indicators of further project success.
Project Objectives
- Training
for key stakeholders including district health representatives and the
Health Facility Operations Management Committee
- Procuring
and distributing vital medical equipment and supplies
- Conducting
training for the health workers and Female Community Health Volunteers
- Conducting
training on disability inclusion
- Funding
related to project monitoring and evaluation and human resource management
for capacity strengthening
- Funding for COVID 19 Safety precautions and equipment including masks, hand sanitisers/handwashing and promotion of social distancing.
Partners & Community Involvement
The project is delivered by the AHF’s local partner AF Nepal
in conjunction with the Local Government, the local Health Posts, the Female
Community Health Volunteers (FCHVs) and the local Health Facility Operation
Management Committee (HFOMC) members for health facility management.
In the past, the services provided through the nurses in the
health posts contributed to effective health service delivery and filled the
staffing gap of those remote communities. The competence of FCHVs was improved
after being trained by the nurses and they were able to organise mothers’ group
meetings easily.
Local mothers’ groups run by FCHV’s have an effective
platform to provide knowledge to mothers where mothers not only learn about,
but practice healthy behaviours.
The project will directly benefit:
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over 2,600 females in the target reproductive
age group in Waku, Chheskham and Taksindo;
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18 Health post staff,
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27 FCHVs and 21 HFOMC members.
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Across the three communities, 10,788 community
members including 85 with disabilities, will indirectly benefit from the
activities through the SWHP project.
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