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Maternal health and its affecting factors in Nepal
  1. Gehendra Mahara1,2,
  2. Jill Barr3,
  3. Janeeta Thomas4,
  4. Wei Wang1,2,5 and
  5. Xiuhua Guo1,2
  1. 1.Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
  2. 2.Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, Beijing, China
  3. 3.School of Health and Well–Being, University of Wolverhampton, UK
  4. 4.Ashwani Ayruvedic Hospital, Kerala, India
  5. 5.School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia
  1. Corresponding authors: Xiuhua Guo, PhD, Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, No.10 Xitoutiao, You’anmen Wai, Fengtai District, Beijing 100069, China, Tel.: +86-10-83911508, Fax: +86-10-83911508, E-mail: guoxiuh{at}ccmu.edu.cn, Gehendra Mahara, PhD Fellow, Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, No. 10 Xitoutiao, You’anmen Wai, Fengtai District, Beijing 100069, China, E-mail: gbmahara{at}gmail.com

Abstract

Maternal health is still a public health problem in developing countries, especially in low-resource settings rural and poor communities. The main aim of this article is to critically evaluate and explore the situation of maternal health in Nepal based on published or unpublished governmental or nongovernmental organization’s scientific reports regarding maternal health. We found that there were several direct or indirect causes and affecting factors of maternal death in Nepal, which are preventable. Women have been facing different consequences during pregnancy and delivery, attributed to lack of proper knowledge or less available and affordable health facilities in rural communities. Therefore, there is needed an essential maternal health knowledge to women and also establish health facilities with a quality health care service on affordable and accessible to prevent maternal death and minimize complications.

  • Maternal health
  • maternal mortality
  • Nepal

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https://doi.org/10.15212/FMCH.2015.0155

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