Insights 11: Urbanization: Poverty, Issues, Health and SDGs

Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs) are responsible for death of 41 million people each year, equivalent to 74% of all deaths worldwide. Globally, cancer is the second ...

Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) is an important health service impact indicator that measures the number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. Efforts have been ...

Nutrition is pivotal in improving health and accelerating development. It has been linked to enhanced health outcomes, strong immune systems, safer pregnancy and ...

In Nepal, there is a growing problem of Cardiovascular Diseases (CVDs), which has become more severe in the past few decades posing challenges to public health and ...

Stunting, based on a child’s height-for-age, is a measure of chronic nutritional deficiency. Children with height-for-age are classified as moderately or severely ...

Nepal has made significant progress in establishing legal frameworks for gender equity, with the Constitution guaranteeing equal rights, non-discrimination, ...

In  Nepal, delivery assisted by SBA  is more common among educated women in both poorer/poorest and  richest/richer group. SBA assisted delivery was least prevalent ...

Urbanization and Health in Nepal Globally, over 55% of the population live in urban areas and this is set to rise to 68% by 2050 (WHO). Two thirds of the Nepalese ...

Despite having higher healthcare needs, people living with disabilities face many barriers in accessing health services, resulting in poorer average health outcomes than ...

The National Population and Housing Census 2021 data sheds light on significant variations in mortality rates among different age groups and sex by causes of death, ...