Background: The provision and uptake of quality timely antenatal care(ANC) is an essential element efforts to improve health outcomes for women newborn babies. Antenatal consultations assist in early identification treatment complications during pregnancy. This study aimed provide information on distribution inequalities initiation ANC Nepal. Methods: the were examined using Nepal Demographic Health Surveys 2011. Bivariate multivariate logistic regression was used order assess inequalities....

World Health Organization recommends at least four pregnancy check-ups for normal pregnancies. Ministry of and Population Nepal has introduced various strategies to promote prenatal care institutional delivery reduce maternal child deaths. However, health service utilization is low in some selected socio-economic ethnic groups. Hence, this study aims assess barriers the recommended antenatal (4ANC) visits eastern Nepal.A cross-sectional quantitative was conducted Sunsari district. A total...

Undernutrition is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in children developing countries including Nepal. This study aimed to identify sociodemographic, environmental, maternal child health (MCH) factors associated with objectively assessed underweight among aged under 5 years Ilam district eastern Nepal.A community-based cross-sectional 300 mothers was conducted using interviewer-administered questionnaires from July August 2012. The sample derived by randomly selecting three village...

Objective To assess the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on early childhood vaccination coverage in Alberta, Canada. Setting a western Canadian province, which has population 4.4 million and approximately 50 000 births annually. Design In this retrospective cohort study, population-based administrative health data were analysed to determine for measles-containing, pertussis-containing rotavirus vaccines. Primary outcome measure We measured monthly cumulative vaccine coverage. assessed absolute...

Contraceptive use during the postpartum period is critical for maternal and child health. However, little known about of family planning determinants in Nepal this period. This study explored pregnancy spacing, unmet need, use, fertility behaviour among women using level data from Demographic Health Surveys 2011. More than one-quarter who gave birth last five years became pregnant within 24 months giving 52% had an need postpartum. Significantly higher rates were found rural hill residents,...

Nepal has made significant progress against the Millennium Development Goals for maternal and child health over past two decades. However, disparities in use of services persist along geographic, economic, sociocultural lines.Trends inequalities between 1994 2011 were examined using four Demographic Health Surveys (NDHS), nationally representative cross-sectional surveys conducted by interviewing women who gave birth 3-5 years prior to survey. Sociodemographic service utilization measured....

Studies have shown that immigrants lower vaccination rates than the Canadian-born population. We sought to assess COVID-19 vaccine coverage and factors associated with uptake among foreign-born relative non-immigrant population in Alberta, Canada.In this cross-sectional study, we analysed population-based linked administrative health data from Alberta examine for 3 931 698 Albertans, of which 731 217 were immigrants. calculated as proportion eligible Albertans a record receiving at least one...

With an increasing number of institutional deliveries, the Nepalese health system faces a challenge to ensure quality service provision. This paper aims identify determinants client satisfaction with maternity care in Nepal using data from nationally representative facility survey.A total 447 exit interviews, women who had either recently delivered or experienced obstetric complications, were conducted across 13 districts (87% hospitals, 8% Primary Health Care Centres (PHCCs), and 5%...

The impact of rapid increase in institutional birth rate Nepal on women's satisfaction and planned future utilization services is less well known. This study aimed to measure with maternity care its correlation intended utilisation. Data came from a nationally representative facility-based survey conducted across 13 districts included client exit interviews 447 women who had either recently delivered or experienced complications. An eight-item quality instrument was used satisfaction....

Sexual violence in marital relationship is higher among women married at young age. Although sexual has been found to increase risk for unintended pregnancy, there a limited published data from Nepal linking with pregnancy. The current study aimed investigate association of partner pregnancy who experienced child birth last 5 years.

Response measures to mitigate the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic impacted access routine vaccination services. We evaluate impact of on infant uptake by comparing coverage, vaccine delays and doses administered in 2020, Quebec, Canada. Using a population-based registry, we compared coverage at 3, 5, 13 19 months age between 2020 cohorts each month from January November. For delays, measured cumulative proportion vaccinated targeted cohort monthly. also measles-containing vaccines before...

Despite policy intention to reach disadvantaged populations, inequalities in health care resource use and outcomes persist Nepal. The current study aimed investigate the trend of full vaccination coverage among infants its equity gaps between Nepal Demographic Health Surveys (NDHS) 2001 2016.Using data from NDHS conducted 2001, 2006, 2011 2016, we investigated six antigens: Bacille Calmette Guerin (BCG), Diptheria, Pertussis, Tetanus (DPT), Polio, Measles during their infancy children aged...

Few studies have assessed the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on immunization coverage for adolescents, and little is known about how has changed throughout pandemic. We aimed to: (1) assess change in school-based vaccines Alberta, Canada resulting from pandemic; (2) determine whether differed by geographic health zone school type; (3) ascertain returned to pre-pandemic levels.Using a retrospective cohort design, we used administrative data compare human papillomavirus...

Addressing inequalities in accessing emergency obstetric care is crucial for reducing the maternal mortality ratio. This study was undertaken to examine time trends and sociodemographic correlates of cesarean section (CS) utilization Nepal between 2006 2016

This paper explores inequalities in the use of modern family planning methods among married women reproductive age (MWRA) rural Nepal. Data from 2012 Nepal Household Survey (HHS) were utilized, which employed a stratified, three-stage cluster design to obtain representative sample 9,016 households Within sampled households, one woman was randomly selected answer survey questions related health. Only four out every ten MWRA using method. Short-acting and permanent most commonly used,...

# Background Health care quality has gained unprecedented attention within health systems. In line with the commitments of Government Nepal's (GoN) 2014 Policy and 2015 Constitution Nepal, GoN is striving to achieve goal leaving no one behind provision services. This study aimed assess service readiness in hospitals primary centers (PHCCs) Nepal. Methods analysis used data from Nepal Facility Survey (NHFS), a nationally representative facility survey that provide information on formal sector...

While there is evidence of urban/rural disparities in COVID-19 vaccination coverage, limited data on the influence other place-based variables. In this cross-sectional study, we analyzed population-based linked administrative health (publicly-funded insurance database and province-wide immunization repository) to examine coverage for 3,945,103 residents aged 12 years above Alberta, Canada. We used multilevel logistic regression association with various Furthermore, combined information...

Objective We assessed the availability and readiness of health facilities to provide cervical cancer screening services in Nepal. Design Cross-sectional study. Setting used secondary data from a nationally representative 2021 Nepal Health Facility Survey, specifically focusing on offering services. Outcome measures defined using standard WHO service assessment manual. Results The overall score was 59.1% (95% CI 55.4% 62.8%), with more equipment diagnostic tests available than staff...

Less is known about fertility intention of men and family planning (FP) use pattern among or their spouses who do not want to have more children in Nepal. The objective the current research was assess whether number sex composition living determine contraceptive method mix Nepalese expressed wanting children.We used couple dataset from NDHS 2016 for analysis. sample consisted 1551 (weighted) aged 20 older had at least one child said they wanted no children. Multinomial logistic regression...

This study was conducted to compare full vaccination coverage and its inequalities (by maternal education household wealth quintile).This further analysis based on the data from national-level cross-sectional Demographic Health Survey (DHS) six countries in South Asia.We used most recent DHS Asian countries: Nepal, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan Maldives. The sample size of children aged 12-23 months ranged 6697 Maldives 628 900 India.To measure absolute relative coverage, we...

Nepal is facing a large-scale labour migration—both internal and international—driven by economic employment opportunities. There sparse literature available at the national level which examines link between migration contraceptive use. This study aimed identifying use unmet need for family planning (FP) exploring its correlates among married women of reproductive age (MWRA) their husbands’ residence status, using data from Demographic Health Survey 2016–a nationally representative...

The incidence of BM among Canadian cancer patients is unknown. We aimed to estimate IP at the time diagnosis and during lifetime with selected primary cancers. Data on from 2010–2017 was obtained CCR. Site-specific IPs were estimated provincial registries containing ≥90% complete data BM. CCR estimates literature applied total diagnosed cancers number concurrent in Canada, respectively. annual average all sites approximately 3227. site-specific were: lung (9.42%; 95% CI: 9.16–9.68%),...