Final Baseline Report on Empowering women to access safe abortion service in Gorkha, Nepal Submitted to: Executive Director Population, Health and Development Group (PHD Group) Indraeni, Dhungakhani, Sanepa, Ring Road, Lalitpur Kathmandu +977-1-5184063 Submitted by Prof. Dr.GajaNandAgrawal – Team Leader Dr.Megha Raj Dhakal – Research Officer Qualitative Mr.PramijThapa – Research Officer Quantitative Metro Apartment, Kuleshwor Kathmandu, Nepal +977-015187341 Email:
[email protected] December 20, 2018 i Acknowledgements We the research team comprising of Prof. Dr. Gaja Nand Agrawal – Team Leader, Dr. Megha Raj Dhakal – Research Officer Qualitative and Pramij Thapa – Research Officer Quantitative would like to express our sincere thanks to Dr. Yagya B. Karki, Project Team Leader, Empowering women to access safe abortion service in Gorkha, Nepal for his support and guidance for the successful completion of the baseline survey work. In the meantime we would also like to thank Mr. Khadaga B. Karki, Admin/Logistics Officer, PHD Group for his overall management when the field work was undertaken for data collection.We are grateful to Ms. Anchal Thapa, Project Assistant, PHD Group for refining the tools of the survey. We would also like to express our sincere thanks to Mr. Deepak Babu Kandel, Mayor, Palungtar Municipality, Mr. Raju Gurung, Mayor, Sirnachok rural municipality and Mr. Phadindra Dhital, Mayor, Ajirkot rural municipality for their for their valuable support and inputs while the baseline data was collected in their localities. Similarly, on behalf of PHD Group, we wish to thank local health facilities and the Family Welfare Division, Department of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Population, Teku, Kathmandu for their support in carrying out the baseline survey.