Infection prevention and awareness in remote Nepal

Dear friends,

Thank you for your contribution and trust in us throughout the global pandemic to deliver the services in Nepal’s remote Himalayan regions. We wish you and your family “ Happy New Year” and hope that the year 2023 will bring you health and happiness.

With your support, we have continued to work in Nepal’s most remote, hard-to-reach and resource-deficit mountainous communities in Bajura, Humla, and Mugu districts in far western Nepal where local villagers need to walk several hours to receive basic health services.

In the last quarter, August- December 2022 we were able reach the Himalayan communities with following activities:

• 12,512 people were reached through PHASE Nepal supported 13 health posts for consultation on various diseases, infections, and emergency essential health services.
• In this period, 8,297 community people were engaged in health awareness education sessions on maintaining personal hygiene, eating a balanced diet for schoolchildren, and community visits.
• Additionally, we routinely, conducted orientation sessions for 3,520 local stakeholders like traditional healers, female community health volunteers, and for vulnerable groups like pregnant women and mothers on healthy habits.
• Lately, we have continued our public events like street drama, community workshop on awareness focusing on maternal and child health, personal hygiene, child protection etc.  
• 247 safe deliveries were conducted successfully from the PHASE supported 13 health posts in the last quarter.

During this reporting period, our PHASE staff worked together with the government staff in covid immunization. Currently, there are fewer number of covid cases in Nepal. Where as other epidemic like viral fever, sickness due to decreasing temperature diarrohea and and fever on the vulnerable groups was reported from the project sites. Where our team are providing community visits for orientation and medicine support.

 We need your Support!

 Himalayan communities are grateful for the support that you have made possible at this critical time. We hope your support will be continued this year as well. We whole heartily thank you for your every support. Your support has continue the health and COVID prevention/protection/vaccination services and saved hundreds of lives in remote, resource-poor, Himalayan communities of Nepal

 Our team will continue to be prepared for any form of future epidemics and health emergencies. It would also be great if you could share our work with your colleagues who have an interest to support Himalayan communities through health, education, livelihoods, and disaster risk mitigation activities.

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 PHASE Nepal Team