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Memorandum of Understanding on Local Health Governance Strengthening Programme signed

The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) is committed to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) through strengthening of local health governance, decentralization, public-private partnership and other reform initiatives.

An Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on March 17, 2010 among key implementing partners of the Local Health Governance Strengthening Program (LHGSP), namely, Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), Ministry of Local Development (MoLD) and technical assistance agencies, namely, HSSP/GTZ and NFHP II/USAID. Signatories also included district level partners such as , District Development Committees (DDCs) and District Health Offices of Dang, Surkhet, Kailali and Doti districts. The purpose of this MOU is to strengthen their cooperation through joint planning, implementation and monitoring of public health services thereby making health service more effective, efficient, and equitable through decentralization.

Nepal Family Health Program (NFHP) II is a key partner under this program.

NFHP II at Global Maternal Health Conference 2010

Members of NFHP II team will be taking part in the Global Maternal Health Conference 2010, which is being held in New Delhi, India from August 30 to September 01. Around 500 maternal experts from worldwide are expected to attend this conference. It is our pleasure to announce that two abstracts for oral presentation have been accepted.

Dr. Shilu Adhikari, Sr. Program Officer, NFHP II will share findings of “Promoting Skilled Care at Birth : Maternal and Neonatal Health Update for Health workers in Dailekh and Sindhuli, Nepal.”

Dr. Shilu Aryal, Safe Motherhood Coordinator, FHD together with Mr. Ram Chandra Silwal, Sr. Program Officer, NFHP II will present on “Community based approaches for increasing uterotonic coverage for prevention of post-partum haemorrhage with Misoprostol.”

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