UNFPA to launch mobile health project in Nepal
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The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Nepal is launching a one-year project to deliver mobile reproductive health services to the conflict-hit in six hill and mountain districts of the far-western and the mid-western regions.
The project will serve 15,000 women, men and adolescents, it said. The Humanitarian Aid department of the European Commission is funding the project. “This project is highly relevant to ensure that preventive and corrective measures for reproductive health concerns can be provided before they severely limit livelihood,” the statement quoted Junko Sazaki, the UNFPA representative to Nepal, as saying. Mobile health clinics will provide diverse health services, the statement said. The camps will also provide vital surgical services. The project will also provide training to local health service providers. “The project falls under UNFPA’s long-term strategy to improve the reproductive health status of women and to advance women’s empowerment. By increasing access to reproductive health services, the project will also contribute to the promotion of human rights, empowerment of youth and women, and achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) 1, 3, 5 and 6,” the release said. Source:South Asian Media Net |
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