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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS<br />

T<br />

he 2015 <strong>Nepal</strong> Health Facility Survey (NHFS) was conducted under the aegis of the Public Health<br />

Administration Monitoring and Evaluation Division (PHAMED) of the Ministry of Health. The<br />

survey is a joint result of an excellent collaboration between the Ministry of Health and health<br />

development partners. The NHFS provides rich information on the supply side of the health system that will<br />

complement findings from population surveys to explain health outcomes and service utilization.<br />

I would like to express my deep sense of appreciation for the contributions of a number of different<br />

stakeholders in designing and implementing this survey and producing a very informative report. My sincere<br />

gratitude goes to all of the members of the Technical Advisory Committee and the Technical Working Group<br />

for their time, support, and valuable input. I appreciate the leadership of Dr. G.D. Thakur, then chief of<br />

PHAMED. Also, sincere thanks go to Ram Chandra Khanal, Giri Raj Subedi, Satya Acharya, Jhabindra<br />

Pandey, and Shivlal Sharma of PHAMED for their support during the different phases of the survey.<br />

In addition, special gratitude goes to the United States Agency for International Development<br />

(USAID), the UK Department for International Development (DFID), and the World Health Organization<br />

(WHO) for funding this survey. I would particularly like to thank Shanda Steimer, Daniel Sinclair, Daniel<br />

VerSchneider, and Sabita Tuladhar from USAID; Natasa Mesko, Dr. Deepak Paudel, and Deepak Karki<br />

from DFID; Pradeep Poudel and Dr. Suresh Mehta from the <strong>Nepal</strong> Health Sector Support Program (NHSSP);<br />

Susheel Chandra Lekhak from WHO; and Dr. Shilu Adhikari and Chandra Mani Dhungana from the United<br />

Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).<br />

Similarly, I appreciate the substantial technical assistance of the ICF team throughout the survey. I<br />

am also very thankful to the hard-working and committed survey team from New ERA for successfully<br />

implementing the survey. Special thanks go to the quality assurance officers, field supervisors, and<br />

enumerators for their tireless efforts in making the fieldwork successful.<br />

I am also grateful to all of the staff of the health facilities that willingly cooperated with the survey<br />

teams and provided the information that we have analyzed in this report. Finally, I appreciate the<br />

contributions of the respondents—providers, clients, and management committee members—who answered<br />

the enumerators’ questions and allowed them to make observations.<br />

Dr. Dipendra Raman Singh<br />

Chief Hospital Administrator<br />

Public Health Administration Monitoring and Evaluation Division (PHAMED)<br />

Ministry of Health<br />

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