How Nepal can revive stalled progress in improving maternal and child health
An ambitious program launched in the mid-2000s to protect women who give birth at home faces opposition, neglect and shortages
The government needs to invest in training more midwives to save the lives of mothers and their babies
Bhavana with her young son. Photo: RITA ALE MAGARIt was a night that Rita Ale Magar says she will never forget. Bhavana, 17, from remote Dumre…
Locals from Budhinanda in Bajura transporting a woman in labour to a hospital in district headquarters. All photos: PRAKASH SINGHNothing could…
Dedicated nurse returns to the village of her birth to run a birthing centre, and save lives during the pandemic
Photo: MARTY LOGANIt should not be surprising that Nepal’s first COVID-19 death was a new mother. What was surprising was to hear Prime Minister…
