Safe Motherhood in Nepal

Financial & Contractual Arrangements and District Prioritisation Issues Within SSMP

Securing ‘Safe Space’ For the Safe Motherhood Programme (SSMP) in Nepal: Security and Risk Management, Conflict Analysis, Monitoring and Evaluation: Working Towards Safe and Effective Development in Conflict (SEDC) Through the SSMP By David Seddon March 2006 (Revised Version June 2006) 630/04/DFID

Support to the planning process in the Ministry of Health Aid Memoire for first mission: 1 – 9 March 2005 By Adrienne Brown and Joe Martin April 2005 630/04/DFID

This communication management strategy has been developed with the purpose of enabling Support to the Safe Motherhood Programme (SSMP) to communicate effectively and efficiently at all levels, within the programme, with partners and wider stakeholders and with the general public, functioning as a cohesive entity that effectively supports the Government of Nepal in achieving the aims of the national safe motherhood programme. Using five key strategic approaches, the strategy is intended to help SSMP to address management issues, build relationships, maximise its coordination role, advocate for safe motherhood and neonatal health issues, build a positive organisational image and promote evidence based policy development. The five strategies are: conflict analysis; identity and image promotion; team building; systematised documentation; and information management and dissemination.

District selection will be primarily based on a strategy that aims at an appropriate balance between equity and efficiency concerns and representation of the various different regional & ecological areas.