Nepal

types, PHCCs (78 percent) were least likely to receive FP commodities within two weeks of placing the
order, while all zonal hospitals received FP commodities within two weeks. Even with better road networks
and transportation facilities available, health facilities in the terai region were less likely to receive family
planning commodities on time than facilities in the hill and mountain regions.
Table 3.17 Timely supply of family planning commodities (NHSS RF: OP1c2.1)
Among facilities offering any modern family planning methods that determine and
order their contraceptive commodities, percentages reporting that they receive
their orders within two weeks of placing the order, by background characteristics,
Nepal Health Facility Survey 2015
Background
characteristic
Percentages that
receive orders
within 2 weeks of
placing order
Number of
facilities offering
any modern family
planning methods
that determine and
order their own
family planning
commodities
Facility type
Zonal and above hospitals 100.0 5
District-level hospitals 85.9 13
Private hospitals 96.7 39
PHCCs 77.5 29
HPs 80.3 607
UHCs 90.7 27
Managing authority
Public 80.8 682
Private 96.7 39
Ecological region
Mountain 86.7 103
Hill 83.8 397
Terai 75.7 221
Earthquake-affected districts (14) 84.9 150
National average 81.7 721
Note: Stand-alone HTC sites and Sukra Raj and Kanti hospitals are excluded from
this table.
3.8 HEALTH FACILITY DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
Table 3.18 presents information on activities of interviewed HFOMC/HDC members. Overall, 82
percent of interviewed members reported that they had attended at least one HFOMC/HDC meeting in the
three months preceding the survey. A much lower percentage (20 percent) reported that they received
HFOMC/HDC-related training during the 24 months preceding the survey. Members of committees at zonal
and above hospitals are less likely to report receiving training than members associated with other facilities
Exactly half (50 percent) of interviewed members reported that they had engaged in organizing a
social audit in the immediate past fiscal year (2070-2071). As with training, members associated with zonal
and above hospitals were less likely to have been engaged in a social audit in the immediate past fiscal year
than members associated with other facility types
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