Foreign ideology vs. national priority: impacts of the US Global Gag Rule on Nepal’s sexual and reproductive healthcare system

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Table 1. Summary of qualitative interviews (n = number of interviews)

	Phase 1	Phase 2	Total
NGO programme managers^a,b	52	32	84
Government health employees^c	16	15	31
NGO/private facility managers and service providers^d	33	30	63
Public facility service providers	–	27	27
Total	101	104	205

a. Includes six interviews with participants who do not fit squarely within this category but work along similar lines. They are: a representative of a UN agency, an independent consultant, and three representatives of two public health projects who were interviewed as project representatives rather than NGO representatives.

b. Twelve NGO programme managers were interviewed in both phases.

c. Six Government health employees were interviewed in both phases.

d. Twelve facility managers and eight service providers at NGO/private facilities were interviewed in both phases.

Table 2. Number of districts represented across participant categories

Participant category	Number of districts where interviews were conducted
All	22
NGO programme managers	14
Government health employees	9
NGO/private facility managers and service providers	15
Government facility service providers	10

Table 3. NGOs represented across two phases of data collection

	Phase 1	Phase 2
Total US-based NGOs	3	2
Total foreign (non-US-based) NGOs^a	43	30
Certified GGR	13	13
Did not certify GGR	30	17
Total NGOs represented in each phase	46	32

^aEighteen foreign NGOs were represented in both data collection phases.

Table 4. Breakdown of facility-level interviews by facility type and data collection phase

	Phase 1				Phase 2
Facility type	Number of facilities	Facility managers	Service providers	Phase 1 total	Number of facilities	Facility managers	Service providers	Phase 2 total
Total NGO and private^a	21	16	17	33	22	15	15	30
Bound by GGR	–	–	–	–	2	–	2	2
Not bound by GGR	21	16	17	33	20	15	13	28
Total public	–	–	–	–	27	–	27	27
Total participants		16	17	33	–	15	42	57

^aFacility types are combined as several NGOs in our sample ran private and NGO facilities.

Figure 1. Causal pathway for the impact of the GGR on SRH service delivery and outcomes in Nepal