The USAID Adolescent Reproductive Health (ARH), a collaboration led by CARE Nepal in partnership with Association of Youth Organizations Nepal (AYON), Howard Delafield International (HDI), Jhpiego, and Nepal CRS Company, is an adolescent co-led initiative to empower girls and boys, 10-19 years and including the most marginalized, to attain their adolescent reproductive health (ARH) rights. The program’s goal is to support adolescents to reach their full potential by; ensuring they receive correct and appropriate reproductive health (RH) information and guidance to decision-making skills, creating an environment conductive to making healthy reproductive health decisions and facilitating translation of these decisions into healthy behaviors.

ARH projects is implemented in 11 districts and 60 municipalities of Madhesh Province, Lumbini Province and Karnali Province.  

Nepal CRS company leads the private sector engagement and  engaged 275 private sector pharmacies, poly clinics and hospitals to improve the technical capacity to promote Adolescent responsive products and services.  

1. Capacity Building: 

CRS enhances the ability of private sector pharmacies, polyclinics, and private hospitals to provide reproductive health services tailored to adolescents. This includes training service providers to ensure they offer appropriate care and counseling to young people.

2. Data Recording and Reporting: 

CRS strengthens the capacity of these private providers in data recording and reporting through the national Health Management Information System (HMIS). This aims to improve the availability of data for decision-making and program improvement.

3. Public-Private Collaboration: 

CRS fosters collaboration between the public and private sectors through quarterly review meetings with municipalities and joint monitoring visits by local government (palika) officials. This enhances the governance of reproductive health service delivery and increases local ownership of health services.