PHASE has recently finished running a three-year project (July 2014 – July 2017) funded by DFID which aimed to reduce maternal and child mortality among the marginalised populations of 18,000 people in far west Nepal. Through improving access to nutritious food and basic health services, and furthering women’s empowerment, we…
On 28th May 2017, around 9:30 in the evening, a young man in his early twenties came to the duty station for PHASE health staff in Kashigaun VDC. He looked very concerned and informed the staff that his wife has been in labour for the past couple of hours. PHASE staff…
PHASE’s 16 month sanitation project has surpassed its aim of ensuring provision of 600 working toilets in Tauthali & Piskar villages located in Sindhulpalchok. The final construction totalled 625 household toilets and one two-roomed school toilet. Additionally, this work will enable both villages to regain their status (pre-earthquake) of Open…
This project aims to fight malnutrition in Mugu – an extremely remote, rural and hard to reach area of Nepal. It will do this through increasing skills training opportunities, increasing awareness of nutrition and increasing pressure on local government and opinion leaders to invest both emotionally and financially in this…
World Health Day is celebrated on April 7th every year. This year, the World Health Organisation has chosen to focus on universal health coverage. That is, ensuring health services for all, without discrimination. While many countries have made brilliant progress towards providing universal health coverage, at least half the world’s population…
Based on Community Interaction: A conversation with the Health Facility Management Committee Chairperson Mr Hari Lal Sarki and community member Mr Ramlal Jaisi. Maila is a remote but beautiful cluster of villages in the Humla district of Nepal. The musical rhythm of Karnali River and panoramic views of huge mountains…
To offer better services to the remote communities that PHASE Nepal is working in, our front line health workers attend regular training sessions every year to learn new skills and treatment practices. Every year between Dashain and Tihar, the main autumn festivals in Nepal, the field staff come to the…