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Nepal lockdown halved health facility births and increased stillbirths and newborn deaths – Mirage News
COVID-19 response has resulted in major reductions in health facility births in Nepal and widened inequalities, with significantly increased…
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.
The research was led Dr Ashish KC and Nepal colleagues with Uppsala University, Sweden, and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. It is the first published study with primary data on the impact of a COVID-19 lockdown on births in hospital,…
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