Global Grant No: GG2466748
Grant Title: Uplifting Health Clinics in Nepal
Grant Status: Approved
Starting Date:07/01/2025
Closed Date:
Budget: US$ 30,800
Host Primary Contact: Sudip Khatiwada, RC Kathmandu, RID 3292
International Primary Contact: D. Bruce Higgs, RC Gananoque, RID 7040

Objectives of the Project:
A well-equipped health system is crucial to meeting the needs of the population and ensuring the equitable access to health care. The healthcare facilities in Nepal lack adequate infrastructure and human resources and services like diagnostic and pathological instruments: equipments, caesarean delivery, minor operation, consultant services and immunization services are inadequate in most of the hospitals across the country (Kathmandu Post, 2019). The private health sector is seen dominant in health care services throughout the country (JICA, 2023). The poor, marginalised people tend to go to public/community health clinics for health care services which are either free or affordable to them. But the availability of health care facilities/infrastructures/human resources in the public/community health clinics is not always adequate which will ultimately affect to those poorer communities and people.
Nepal’s Health facility survey conducted in 2021 with support from USAID, UKAID and UNFPA have also identified that only 3% of health facilities have all ANC items needed for delivering antenatal care services and 99% of facilities do not have infection prevention items for family planning (MOHP, 2021). Although, Nepal has made remarkable progresses in last decades achieving a lot of improvements in the health sector, significant investment in health Infrastructure is still a gap to adequately respond to the current and future health care needs. The fifteenth Plan of Nepal has also highlighted the “lack of required modern medical equipments and specialist doctors at government health institutions” as one of the major problems of health sector. This was also identified as major gaps in the health sector by Nepal Health Sector Strategy. In addition, this strategy has also categorized “Inadequate access of most deprived and vulnerable citizens to health services” as one of the major gaps and challenges in the health system of Nepal.
In this context, the main objective of this project is to provide essential medical(diagnostic and others) equipments as part of uplifting Chattrapati free Clinic (Hospital) to help the efforts of Government of Nepal on addressing the health needs of most deprived and vulnerable citizens to health services. The poor, marginalized people who usually go to public/community health clinics for health care services will be benefitted from this project. The poorer, marginalized, deprived and vulnerable citizen who usually do not have access to primary health care services will benefit from this project.