Evaluering
“Community health at the Foot of Mt. Everest” Final Evaluation report
The Okhaldhunga health project was started in 1962 as a dispensary in the eastern part of Nepal. The dispensary was upgraded to a hospital in 1968. In the year 2003 and 2004 Okhaldhunga health project was renamed as Okhaldhunga Community Hospital with Public Health Unit (PHU) which focuses on preventive and primary health care in rural areas. The target group covered is 160,000 people. The Okhaldhuga Community hospital through its PHU initiated a project entitled “Community Health at the foot of Mount Everest”. The strategy adopted by the hospital was to work alongside other stakeholders and strengthen the health system, infrastructure of the Government of Nepal health posts, sub-health posts and their service delivery through technical advice, training and provision of essential equipment in Okhaldhunga District. The main aim of the project is to strengthen the primary health care available to people in the peripheral parts of the district, especially women and children, in a sustainable way. To strengthen the hospital's identity as a community health oriented district hospital that provides health services as the district referral centre.