The UK Department for International Development (DFID) and the United States Agency for
International Development (USAID) in partnership with the Family Planning Division of the
Ministry of Health1
of the Government of Nepal have been supporting initiatives to increase
access to quality family planning services to the population of Nepal. As part of this support DFID
and USAID commissioned in 2014 a series of studies to better understand the factors affecting
access and use of family planning services among specific population groups in Nepal. It is
known, or suspected, that these groups experience specific challenges in accessing family
planning services, but the nature of the challenges and the service utilisation facts and patterns
are not well known or properly documented. These study groups include: the urban poor; young
people; Muslim communities; and the wives of migrant workers (and their migrant spouses).