e-CON – An Emergency Contraceptive Pill

e-CON, launched in 2009, is an emergency contraceptive pill designed to prevent accidental pregnancies. When taken within 120 hours of unprotected sex, it is effective in preventing pregnancy. The two pills provided (each containing Levonorgestrel B.P. 0.75 mg) may be consumed at once, or the second pill may be taken at an interval of 12 hours.

Statutory Warning:

e-CON does not prevent HIV/STIs. Condoms such as Dhaal and Panther must be used to prevent HIV/STIs.
e-CON is an emergency contraceptive pill. It is not recommended for regular use.

Source: Nepal CRS Company

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

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Earthquake Emergency Special Hello Bhanchhin Aama Radio Program

Suaahara was a five year (2011-2016) project funded by USAID aimed to improve the nutritional status of women and children in 41 districts of Nepal. Suaahara developed and implemented the integrated Bhanchhin Aama (“Mother knows best”) cohesive platform which involved multiple sectors (Nutrition, Agriculture, WASH, Health Service Promotion, Family Planning), linked Suaahara partners, government and others, and had multiple messages for every target audience (pregnant women, husbands, newly married women, mothers-in-law, etc.).

Before the Nepal earthquake in 2015, community members had been in the habit of calling Bhanchhin Aama radio with their questions; nationally there were about 2,500 calls per week. Within two weeks of the earthquake, a 24 episode Bhanchhin Aama Special program short show was on the air twice in a week for 15 minutes each. Hosted by Aama (mother character), the show answered the community’s questions. This Bhanchhin Aama platform was used to disseminate the messages from the FM stations of earthquake-affected Suaahara districts.

The questions were prioritized and answered by the experts to be aired on the radio stations, and were also sent through email to program staff to share with community members who might not be able to hear radio broadcasts.

The episodes covered the following topics:

Importance of drinking clean water during calamity (methods of preparation)
Reproductive health
Psychological counselling
Hygienic and safe feeding
Menstruation hygiene
Toilet, waste and feces management
Typhoid and Jaundice
Family Planning (reproductive health)
How to keep children safe from various epidemics and taking care of a suffering child
Psychological fear
Caring for newborns and mothers
Child Health
How to prevent and treat skin diseases?
How to prevent diseases like typhoid, dysentery and diarrhoea which can be transmitted through water, especially during the monsoon
Breastfeeding
Post-earthquake Health

Source: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health/ Center for Communication Programs

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

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Family Planning Contraceptive Method Leaflet

The Nepal Family Health Program (NFHP-I) was a six-year (2002-2007) bilateral activity of United States Agency for International Development, Nepal (USAID/N) with the Government of Nepal. Its overall goal was to support the Government’s long-term goal of reducing fertility and under-five mortality within the context of the National Health Policy and Second Long-Term Health Plan 1997-2017.

With a view to promoting informed family planning choice and the use of IUCD and Norplant as long-acting methods, three types of illustrative leaflets were designed, produced and distributed to all health facilities in the 17 districts for use with potential clients. The materials were also expected to be used extensively in IUD/Norplant expansion sites throughout the country.

There are three leaflets developed for use as job aids by community health workers and to be taken home by the couples who visit to the health facilities.

All FP contraceptive methods – Condoms, Combined Oral Contraceptive Pills, 3-month injectable (Depo), Norplant and IUCD
IUCD
Norplant

Source: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health/ Center for Communication Programs

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

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FCHV Flip Chart

This is flip chart is for use by female community health volunteers (FCHVs), and is a product of the Saath-Saath Project. It is designed to provide information to FCHVs regarding family planning methods and HIV/STI so that they can disseminate correct information to the community.

Source: USAID

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

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FCHV News Letter “Our Voices” (Hamro Kura)

The program received an overwhelming response from the audience, female community health volunteers (FCHVs) in 54 districts of the country. The FCHVs were writing enthusiastic letters about how pleased they were with the program. Reading the letters, the program managers grabbed a unique opportunity to make the best use of the audience responses through publication of a semiannual newsletter called ‘Our Voice’ (Hamro Kura) for FCHVs.

The news letter contained selected letters, poems, songs and real life stories of FCHVs which were produced and distributed to all FCHVs of 75 districts of Nepal. The first issue was launched during the observation of first National FCHV Day on October, 2004. The newsletter provided a forum for FCHVs to express their thoughts, concerns, issues and make their voices heard among the policy makers, planners, health workers and the general public. A total of five issues the News letters were designed, produced and distributed to all FCHVs during the three years of the RHP.

Source: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health/ Center for Communication Programs

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

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HIV/STI Flipchart

This is a HIV/STI flip chart from the Nepali Saath-Saath Project.

It provides basic information on HIV/AIDS, STIs and Gender-Based Violence (GBV) during outreach session. This helps to increase awareness and risk perception of HIV, STI and GBV, motivate to seek HIV, STI and GBV services while sensitizing and empowering female sex workers transgender sex workers to prevent GBV by making them aware of sexual and reproductive health rights and legal provisions.

Source: USAID

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

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How to Breastfeed Poster

Suaahara was a five year (2011-2016) project funded by USAID aimed to improve the nutritional status of women and children in 41 districts of Nepal. The project focused on improving health and nutrition behaviors at the household level through promotion of Essential Nutrition and Hygiene Actions (EN/HA), particularly Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN), and addressing other determinants of under-nutrition, such as availability of and access to food, hygiene, quality of health care, child spacing and socio-cultural factors including gender and marginalization.

Suaahara was implemented by a consortium of partner organizations led by Save the Children.

The SBCC strategy established an internal quality materials review and production system to ensure that all partners in the consortium had mutually reinforcing, quality materials developed, pretested, produced and disseminated to the end user.

The poster emphasize most of the mothers thinking that breast milk is not sufficient to her child. To create environment for mothers to breastfeed exclusively for six months by providing correct information, Suaahara developed this poster and massively disseminated in all the health service centers, local NGOs, district offices and public places.

Source: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health/ Center for Communication Programs

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

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How to Make Super Flour for Complementary Feeding of an Infant

The USAID-funded Suaahara ‘Good Nutrition’ Project’s Bhanchhin Aama (“Mother says”) campaign comprehensively integrates nutrition, sanitation, agriculture and health services promotion to improve health outcomes. The program focuses on families within the 1000 days from pregnancy till the child is two years old.

This short video shows 1000 days families how to make super flour, which is a nutritious complementary food for infants.

Source: USAID

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

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How to Make Tasty Food out of Pumpkin for Complementary Feeding of an Infant

This short video shows 1000 days families how to make complementary food for infants out of pumpkin, which is a nutritious, locally available food in most of Nepal.

Source: USAID

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

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How to Make Tasty Jaulo for Complementary Feeding of an Infant

This short video shows 1000 days families how to make ‘jaulo’, a rice-based nutritious complementary food for infants using locally available foods.

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