USAID Adolescent Reproductive Health (ARH) Project

Brief description of the USAI/ARH project:
USAID ARH is a five-year project16 November 2022 to 15 Apri, 2025 with an estimated funding of $35 million on the partnership with Care Nepal, Jhpiego, HDI, AYON, Nepal CRS company. This project work in coordination with the Government of Nepal Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST), Ministry of Women Children and Senior Citizens (MoWCSC) and relevant province level ministries along with Province Health Directorate, Province Health Training Centers, ARH Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), private sector organizations, and professional associations. In addition to federal and province level presence, this project working in 60 municipalities across Madhesh (41), Lumbini (12) and Karnali (7) Provinces as focus areas.
In the context of Rolpa District. This program are working in Rolpa Municipality, Runtigadhi Rural Municipality and Lungri Rural Municipality of RolpaDistrict.The primary goal of ARH is to support adolescents to reach their full potential and strengthen public systems and private entities to create an enabling environment for healthy ARH behaviors. The USAID ARH project will contribute to a healthy, resilient, well-nourished population in Nepal

Project Goal/Outcomes:

Provide accurate, relevant family planning/reproductive health (FP/RH) information and behavior change support to adolescents; and educate their parents, teachers, and communities, addressing current social norms for adoption of healthy reproductive health behaviors
Improve availability and accessibility of quality FP/RH services for adolescents by identifying and addressing key gaps in current services and in systems that determine effective access and utilization of adolescent-friendly services and products
Institutionalize successful data-driven approaches and mechanisms addressing adolescent reproductive health through the public and private sectors by improving health system governance

Nature of service provided:

Social and Behavior Change evidence-based interventions including group-based approaches, school-based approaches, platforms for out-of-school youth, youth-led activism, digital platforms, social media
Critical dialogue and reflection to address social norms building on formative research and participatory methods
Social franchising and referrals to ARH service providers linked to Social and Behavior Change interventions
Integration of ARH quality standards and ARH quality improvement process
Female Community Health Volunteer (FCHV) outreach and group engagement for married and/or pregnant adolescents
Localized strategies for ARH at municipal levels including budgeting and planning
Private sector engagement and partnerships for ARH services and products

Brief Achievement of the project:

Agreement has just done and started work in the municipality.
District Level Inception meeting and UCPVA meeting conducted and completed in Rolpa Municipality, Runtigadhi & Lungri Rural Municipality.
District team oriented on ARH program and field level data collection is in process