Women’s Health Program

Women’s Health Program of Department of Community Programs is community based comprehensive health care program. It complements existing health services provided to women by developing initiatives for specific populations of under serviced women to meet their health needs. This program aims to increase women’s access to health information that focuses on early detection and illness prevention as well as providing health screening and referral to appropriate services. The program also focuses on implementing and evaluating a community-based health promotion program related to  sexual and reproductive health and other health issues related to women and their family.

Nurses of the Department of Community Programs provides health education ensuring that the targeted groups of women get appropriate and adequate information about reproductive health and other health issues. The department also have been coordinating with other departments of Dhulikhel Hospital for screening of women related issues. Currently, nurses have been implementing and evaluating their health program regularly at 14 outreach centers.