Nepal Needs A Two-Pronged Approach to Secure Future of Its Female Community Health Volunteers (FCHVs)

Authors: van Teijlingen, E. and Bhattarai, S.

Editors: Marahatta, S.

Journal: Journal Manmohan Memorial Institute of Health Sciences

Volume: 9

Issue: 1

Pages: 43-48

eISSN: 2091-1041

ISSN: 2091-1041

DOI: 10.3126/jmmihs.v9i1.68640

Abstract:

FCHVs are the backbone of Nepal's health system, representing a unique volunteering role of over fifty thousand women. There is a national debate on the go in 2024 on the future of this volunteer workforce. This paper outlines the three more likely options open to the Government of Nepal

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