“Access to Health services represents quite a significant challenge for countries like Nepal.”- Solutions
Before I start up with the challenges that the health sector is actually facing in the country, let us have a quick glance at the current status of the health infrastructure in the country. These days, taking a tour of health access services in the country has become easier due to the use of technology like Health Management Information System (HMIS) where we can find the steps and hierarchy of the health access services available in the country. Therefore, the major part of our discussion will be based the reporting institutions in the HMIS as that is the most authentic source for the review. The latest annual report published by the Department of Health Services is the Annual Report 2067/68, so the data referred will be from them and the findings will also be based on the following report. According to the reporting status in the HMIS, there are 95 public hospitals, 209 Primary Health Care Centers, 676 Health Posts and 3129 Sub-Health Posts. Besides these major entities, t...