COVID-19 response has resulted in major reductions in health facility births in Nepal and widened inequalities

Nepal lockdown halved health facility births and increased stillbirths and newborn deaths

August 16, 2020

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The FINANCIAL -- COVID-19 response has resulted in major reductions in health facility births in Nepal and widened inequalities, with significantly increased institutional stillbirth and neonatal mortality, according to a new study in the Lancet Global Health.