Background Infant mortality is one of the priority public health issues in developing countries
like Nepal. The infant mortality rate (IMR) was 48 and 46 per 1000 live births for the year …

Despite various efforts to increase the utilization of skilled birth attendants (SBA), nearly two-
thirds of deliveries take place at home without the assistance of SBAs in Nepal. We …

Twenty-five years have passed since the global community agreed in Nairobi to address the
high maternal mortality by implementing the Safe Motherhood Initiative. However, every year …

Background: High maternal mortality rate is still a major public health issue in resource poor
countries. In Nepal, the regional socio-economic disparity explicitly reflects inequalities in …

Palliative care is recognised as a fundamental component of Universal Health Coverage
(UHC), which individual countries, led by the United Nations and the WHO, are committed to …

Background: Maternal mortality is a major public health problem in low-and middle-income
countries. Most of the maternal deaths could be prevented if there is adequate and timely …

BACKGROUND: Maternal Mortality (MM) in Nigeria is greatest in rural regions where access
to emergency obstetric care (EmOC) services is hampered by a number of circumstances …

Knowledge about obstetric danger signs is very crucial for preventing obsterric complication.
Globally there was 211 maternal deaths per 1, 00,000 live birth in 2017. The maternal …

Background Despite a decade-long armed conflict in Nepal, the country made progress in
reducing maternal mortality and is on its way to achieve the Millennium Development Goal …

Background One of the leading cause of maternal mortality and morbidity is unsafe abortion.
Globally 55.7 million of abortions occurred each year between 2010 and 2014. In lower …