OVERVIEW
USAID’s Ministry Redbook Support provides direct Government To Government assistance to Nepal’s Ministry of Health and Population, the Department of Health Services, and other federal institutions. This approach allows USAID to hand ownership, direct funding, and implementation over to the Government of Nepal.
HIGHLIGHTS
USAID’s Ministry Redbook Support enhances the ability of the government to provide health services to its people, particularly to the poor and marginalized. USAID’s funding contributes to improvements in family planning, maternal, neonatal, and child health services by strengthening the Ministry’s systems.
USAID Partners with the Government of Nepal:
USAID has several decades of experience providing Government To Government (G2G) funding, which has served three principal purposes. First, G2G allows USAID to achieve important health outcomes that support both the Nepal Health Sector Strategy and USAID’s Country Development Cooperation Strategy. Second, G2G allows USAID to hand key duties over to the government to own, fund, and implement. On-budget support has served as an important intermediate step in the transition from activities implemented by partner organizations to those implemented by the Government of Nepal. Third, G2G cements USAID’s role as an advisor in Nepal’s health sector wide approach.
USAID Strengthens the Government of Nepal’s Capacity:
USAID’s G2G funding is used to train Ministry officials. This helps them to improve the availability, accessibility, and quality of voluntary family planning services; increase the use of maternal, neonatal child health services; expand contraceptive choice by strengthening short-term and permanent family planning services at health facilities; promote the nutritional status of mothers and children through implementation of multi-sectoral nutrition plans; and strengthen health information management and financial management systems.
USAID Provides Health Services for Marginalized Communities:
USAID’s G2G funding helps the GON to reach the people who have the greatest need for quality maternal and child health services, particularly the poor and marginalized.
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