title: Review of health and health service improvements in Nepal.
abstract: Nepal has made great progress regarding maternal and childhood mortality over the past two decades. A visionary leadership, coupled with the implementation of targeted interventions and programmes have resulted in improved MNCH indicators and marked decline in mortality. Maternal deaths have dropped by almost half from 539 per 100,000 live births in 1996 to 281 in 2006. Although neonatal mortality rates have stagnated in recent years, the overall childhood mortality has improved. This article tracks changes made in key indicators (mortality, fertility and service indicators including immunisation, family planning, maternal, neonatal and child over time and provides an overview of successful programmes that have led to this accomplishment.
authors.affiliation: Nepal Family Health Program II, Oasis Complex, Patan Dhoka, PO Box 1600, Kathmandu, Nepal. bban@nfhp.org.np
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ban
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tuladhar
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pant
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Suvedi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000639:trends; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005193:Family Planning Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D005260:Female; D006296:Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008427:Maternal Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D008428:Maternal Mortality / Q000266:history / Q000639:trends; D008875:Middle Aged; D009026:Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D009390:Nepal; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D055815:Young Adult