The Chlorhexidine Coverage and Compliance Survey, 2017 was implemented by USAID’s Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Activity and NEW ERA under the leadership of the Government of Nepal’s Ministry of Health and Population, Department of Health Services, Child Health Division. Technical assistance was provided by JSI Research and Training Institute, Inc., implementer of the USAID-funded Chlorhexidine Navi Care Program. The purpose of the survey was to determine the level of receipt, application, and compliance with application guidelines of chlorhexidine at the community level in a nationally representative sample of recently delivered women (RDWs). RDWs were defined as women aged 15-49 years living in the selected districts during pregnancy, who had been or were currently married, and who had given birth to a live baby or had had a stillbirth since Baishakh 2073 (April 2016).