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4.
Family Planning Knowledge of Methods (any method)
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| Group | in % |
| Ever-married women | 99.5 |
| Currently married women | 99.5 |
| Ever married men | 99.4 |
| Currently married men | 99.6 |
| Current use of contraception | |
| Contraceptive prevalnce rate | 38.9 |
5. Maternal
Health (in %)
| Antenatal
Care Live birth attended by health care provider * |
42.2 |
| Delivery
Care Live birth attended by health care provider * TBA |
12.5 23.4 |
*(doctor, nurse/ANM, health assistant/ AHW/MCHW)
6.
Child Health (in %)
| Immunization
in Children (%) (Source: Annual Report MoH/DoHS 2001) |
|
| BCG | 95 |
| DPT 3 | 80 |
| Polio 3 | 80 |
| Measles |
75 |
| Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) and Fever (%) * | |
| Children with symptoms of ARI | 22.8 |
| Children with fever | 32.0 |
| Children
with symptoms of ARI and Fever (sought treatment from a health facility or provider) |
24.2 |
| Diarrhoea (%) * | |
| Two weeks preceding the survey | 20.4 |
| Percentage
of clients taken to a health care provider |
21.8 |
| Breastfeeding and Supplementation (%)* | |
| Exclusively
breastfed: <6 months 6-9 month |
68.3 10.8 |
| Infant and Child Mortality * | |
| Infant Mortality Rate/1000 | 64.2 |
| Under-five Mortality Rate/1000 | 91 |
Source: Nepal Demographic Health Survey 2001
| Type | Total |
| Doctors | 1,259 |
| Nurse/ANM | 6,216 |
| Paramedic/Health Assistant | 5,295 |
| Villge Health Worker | 4,015 |
| MCHW | 3,190 |
| Pharmacist | 21 |
| Pharmacist Assistant | 15 |
| Ayurvedic Physician | 391 |
| Baidhya | 347 |
| Health Volunteers * | |
| Female Community Health Volunteer | 53,999 |
| Trained Traditional Birth Attendants | 14,951 |
Source: Statistical Yearbook of Nepal, 2001
| Facility | Total |
| Under Ministry of Health | |
| 1. Specialized/Central Hospitals | 5 |
| 2. Regional Hospital | 1 |
| 3. Sub Regional Hospitals | 1 |
| 4. Zonal Hospitals | 9 |
| 5. District Hospitals | 67 |
| 6. District Health Office | 75 |
| 7. Primary Health Care Center (PHC-C) | 180 |
| 8. Health Post (HP) | 711 |
| 9. Sub Health Post (SHP) | 3,179 |
| 10. PHC Outreach Clinics | 15,548 |
| Other Government Hospitals | |
| 11. Military Hospital | 6 |
| 12. Police Hospital | 1 |
| 13. Cancer Hospital | 1 |
| 14. Heart Hospital | 1 |
| Teaching Hospitals | |
| 15. Government Sector | 8 |
| 16. Non-governmental Sector | 14 |
| 17. Private Health Facilities/ Nursing Home | 74 |
| 18. Community Run Hospitals | 3 |
| Eye Hospital | |
| 19. Government/Non-government/Private | 16 |
| Ayurvedic/ Alternative Medical Institutions | |
| 20. Ayurvedic Hospital | 2 |
| 21. Vaidyakhana | 1 |
| 22. Anchal Ayurveda Aushadhalaya | 14 |
| 23. District Ayurveda Swasthya Kendra | 55 |
| 24. Ayurveda Aushadhalaya | 216 |
| 25. Homeopathy Hospital | 1 |
| 26. Yunani Chikitsalaya | 1 |