National Health Policy, 1991

PRESENT HEALTH STATUS: The present low level of health status is attributable to lack of political commitment, inappropriate strategies and weakness in implementation of health programmes up to the grass root level during the past 30 years. Because of those weaknesses even now the crude death rate i...

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Main Author: Ministry of Health & Population
Format: Other
Language:en_US
Published: Ministry of Health & Population 2022
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Online Access:http://103.69.126.140:8080/handle/123456789/27
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Summary:PRESENT HEALTH STATUS: The present low level of health status is attributable to lack of political commitment, inappropriate strategies and weakness in implementation of health programmes up to the grass root level during the past 30 years. Because of those weaknesses even now the crude death rate is 16 per thousand, crude birth rate is 41 per thousand, child mortality rate is 107 per thousand, maternal mortality rate is 8.5 per thousand and mortality rate of children below5 years is 197 per thousand. These facts and figures have confirmed Nepal as an underdeveloped and backward nation.