Objectives

To empower people at the community level by ensuring access to information and access and control over local resources and through increased assertiveness improve participation in decision making.

To strengthen governmental and non-governmental health service providers at district, regional and national levels.

To improve the livelihoods of disadvantaged people

Programme Objectives

Rights-based approaches to health improvement continue locally with disadvantaged groups and nationally at governmental level through channels of advocacy in alliance with other international and Nepali NGOs. 

Tuberculosis control will improve through processes of quality control of the national programme in 16 districts of Eastern Nepal and a further 10 districts in Central, Mid-Western and Western Regions. 

Additionally, a programme will be initiated to combine local services for patients with HIV and TB, improve case-finding for TB and support TB management in the public-private interface of health care. 

A Vulnerable Community Package for people affected by the recent armed conflict will improve socio-economic conditions of health and related factors in 11 districts in all five Regions of Nepal. BNMT will manage two national and 11 local Nepali NGOs.

Organisational Objectives

A Marketing, Advocacy and Programming Unit is being developed to strengthen programme formulation and funding, the process of advocacy and networking and the capacity of staff of BNMT and partners. This Unit will be in charge of a Performance Management Information System for organisational development.