One Heart Worldwide

No woman should have to worry about her own life as she prepares to give birth. One Heart Worldwide understands the needs of pregnant women and their newborn infants. For over a decade, our commitment has been to ensure that no Nepali woman or their newborn dies from lack of access to quality MNH services. We have developed a community-centric model that works alongside the government and local co

mmunities to improve maternal and neonatal health (MNH) services across underserved areas of rural Nepal. We work in partnership with local municipalities and communities to strengthen their MNH infrastructure, upgrade government health facilities, and improve the skills and expertise of healthcare workers at every level of the local health system. We are supported by engaged international and local partners who provide annual financial contributions to improve access to quality healthcare services for mothers and their newborns. Municipal governments and local communities co-invest at a rate of 10% of our total program expenditures in Nepal, building a shared ecosystem of sustainability by further augmenting international donor commitments. To reduce maternal and newborn mortality, One Heart Worldwide aims to improve access to quality MNH care for ⅓ of all pregnancies in Nepal by 2030, focusing on the 36 most underserved rural districts. To date, our programs have reached 21 out of these 36 districts. Our success is rooted in a firm understanding of how to sustainably integrate MNH into local culture and communities in complex and remote operating environments that are prone to natural disasters. One Heart Worldwide is a responsive, resilient, and dependable partner in Nepal. We served Nepali women and their families during the 2015 earthquake recovery, and currently provide emergency response to government partners and rural Nepali communities alike to address the needs of pregnant women and newborn infants throughout the global pandemic. By the end of 2024, we will be active in 21 districts and we will have successfully exited from 15 districts. We will be providing access to quality MNH care to a total of 900,000 pregnancies since inception, increasing the annual number of pregnant women with access to quality MNH care from 80,000/year in 2020 to 200,000/year by 2024 (80% of our goal for Nepal).