More than 10 years has passed and much has changed since we
thought PHASE Nepal should implement a health care programme for
poor people living in different parts of the Kathmandu Valley. Reflecting
back over the situation then, priorities have evolved, time has slipped
and actors have changed, but the situation of access to health care
for the urban poor remains a challenge. Médecins du Monde (MdM)
funding to conduct this research and to start an intervention to build the
capacities of the informal waste workers, increase their access to health
care and facilitate their recognition has enabled PHASE Nepal to start
this work. I would like to thank the following people whose help has been
instrumental to make this project a reality.
