AUDIT OF USAID NEPAL’S HEALTH ACTIVITIES

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERALAUDIT OF USAID/NEPAL’S HEALTH ACTIVITIES AUDIT REPORT NO. 5-367-08-010-P September 26, 2008 MANILA, PHILIPPINES Office of Inspector General September 26, 2008 MEMORANDUM TO: USAID/Nepal Mission Director, Beth Paige FROM: Regional Inspector General/Manila, Catherine M. Trujillo /s/ SUBJECT: Audit of USAID/Nepal’s Health Activities (Audit Report No. 5-367-08-010-P) This memorandum transmits our final report on the subject audit. In finalizing the report, we considered your comments to the draft report and included the comments (without attachments) in appendix II. This report contains four recommendations to assist USAID/Nepal to improve its oversight of the Nepal Social Marketing and Franchise Project. Based on the information provided by the mission in response to the draft report, we determined that final actions have been taken on Recommendation Nos. 1, 3, and 4 upon issuance of this report. In regard to Recommendation No. 2, a management decision has been reached and a determination of final action will be made by the Audit Performance and Compliance Division upon completion of the planned corrective action. I want to thank you and your staff for the cooperation and courtesy extended to us during the audit. U.S. Agency for International Development thPNB Financial Center, 8 Floor Roxas Blvd., 1308 Pasay City Manila, Philippines www.usaid.gov CONTENTSSummary of Results ...................................... ...