Impact of Demand Side Financing in Maternal health in Nepal

Demand side financing programme has been implemented in Nepal in order to improve health care service utilization in regards to maternal health. Perinatal health is vital in a woman’s life and hence, health service utilization is vital in this period. Despite this fact, health service utilization during perinatal period is poor. This demands an immediate action such as a demand side financing programme. Given this situation, Aama programme was introduced in Nepal. The term ‘Aama’ means Mothers; meaning that the program is for mothers. The main objective of this study is to assess the impact of Aama programme in Nepal. This study will basically compare the situation of maternal health indicators before and after the implementation of the programme. Eventually, this study will prove how a demand side financing programme can play a vital role in developing countries like Nepal to improve the health status by taking the example of Maternity Health Indicators. In addition, this study will also reflect the challenges that are encountered when it comes to demand side financing. Moreover, the study will also include how such demand site financing programme needs to be monitored so as to assure its transparency. Secondary data is used in this study where the data from Nepal Demographic Health survey will be retrieved in order to illustrate the trend of the indicators. Eventually, this study has presented the positive impact of demand side financing in maternal health