Background. Nepal has made significant progress against the Millennium Development Goals for maternal and child health over the past two decades. However, disparities in use of maternal health servic...
In 2000, the United Nations (UN) Member States pledged to work towards a series of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), including the target of a three-quarters reduction in the 1990 maternal mortality ratio (MMR; maternal deaths per 100 000 live births), to be achieved by 2015. This targ...
CONCLUSIONS :Although neonatal mortality is declining in Nepal, if the current trend continues it will take another 50years for families in the poorest group to attain the 2030 ENAP target. There are different factors associated with neonatal mortality, reducing the disparities for maternal and ...
One of the leading cause of maternal mortality and morbidity is unsafe abortion. Globally 55.7million of abortions occurred each year between 2010 and 2014. In lower resource countries 24.3 million abortions were unsafe which is significantly higher. Nepal is one of the lower resource countries among...
Infant mortality is important health indicator which gives overall progress in the field of maternal and child health along with the overall health service efficiency of the health system. Currently we are looking forward for achieving Millennium Development Goal No. 4 which envisions, "To Reduce ch...
2 Anaemia in children is linked with impaired cognitive and motor development and susceptibility to infections, potentially increasing the risk of mortality during childhood from severe infections, such as those due to malaria.3, 4 Symptoms of anaemia in adults include weakness, fatigue, difficulty ...
Home delivery in unhygienic environment is common in Nepal. This study aimed to identify whether practice of delivery is changing over time and to explore the factors contributing to women’s decision for choice of place of delivery. A community based cr
Trends in Perinatal Mortality in Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital: 13 Years Review Introduction: The perinatal mortality rate (PMR) in Nepal is still very high. In major hospitals of Nepal, it isstill ranging from 20-30 per thousand birth... M Shrestha,L Shrestha,S Basnet,... - 《Jou...
There has been considerable controversy about the substantial increase in maternal mortality in the USA, particularly as to whether it is associated with improvements in the identification and reporting of maternal deaths. Identification of pregnancy-related deaths has improved over time due to the use...
Background: The perception of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) as an infrequent and benign condition is swiftly altering in developing countries as... A Mittal,B Sathian,N Chandrasekharan,... - 《Nepal Journal of Epidemiology》 被引量: 9发表: 2011年 Textbook of Cancer Epidemiology.: ...