Nepal - Female Community Health Volunteers (FCHV)

mohp.gov.np

The national Female Community Health Volunteer (FCHV) Program was introduced in 1988, under the Public Health Division of the Ministry of Health (MOH), Government of Nepal. By 1995, the program was established in all 75 districts.  FCHVs are currently assisting with primary health care activities and acting as a bridge between government health services and the community. They are local community women from various ethnic groups; 42 percent have never attended school.

Since inception of the program, FCHVs have served as frontline local health resource persons who provide community-based health education and services in rural areas, with a special focus on maternal and child health and family planning.

USAID - Nepal - Female Community Health Volunteers (4 page .PDF file)
http://jsi.com/JSIInternet/Inc/Common/_download_pub.cfm?id=12140&lid=3

USAID - Female Community Health Volunteers
http://blog.usaid.gov/2011/07/saving-lives-across-nepal-female-community-health-volunteers/

Government of Nepal - Ministry of Health and Population - FCHV
http://www.mohp.gov.np/index.php/component/search/?searchword=fchv&searchphrase=all&Itemid=228

IRIN - NEPAL: Key role for female health volunteers
http://www.irinnews.org/report/96462/nepal-key-role-for-female-health-volunteers

UN - Enabling women health volunteers in Nepal
http://www.unv.org/en/what-we-do/thematic-areas/gender/doc/enabling-women-health-volunteers.html

Abstract - The female community health volunteer programme in Nepal: decision makers' perceptions of volunteerism, payment and other incentives.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20382464

Slideshare - Strengthening Nepal’s Female Community Health Volunteer Network through Public Sector Accompaniment: Experiences at Two Years
http://www.slideshare.net/bibhusanbasnet/hp-conference-presentation1