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On 9 August 2022, at the Paropakar Maternity and Women’s Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunita Rai (left) and husband Rajan (right) with their newborn son.
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Tulsi Joshi, aged 32, holding a baby of whose mother she has followed throughout her pregnancy and encouraged her to deliver her baby at a local health clinic (instead of a home delivery).
In 2026, some of Nepal’s MNH Acceleration Plan priorities include:
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Photo © 2017 UNICEF / Reinier van Oorsouw
Janaki Odh’s 16-day old baby girl Nisha in Joshibunga, a village in Baitadi District, far western Nepal.
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On 27 June 2021, healthworker Pinki Sah attends to newborn Sunny Mahara in the NICU at the Janakpur Provincial Hospital in Dhanusha District in southern Nepal.
As part of its efforts to reduce maternal and newborn mortality and stillbirths, Nepal is taking steps to improve the quality of maternal and newborn health. These include:
First webinar in a four-part series sharing lessons from the Accelerating Measurable Progress and Leveraging Investments for Postpartum Hemorrhage Impact (AMPLI-PPHI) project. Organized by Jhpiego.
An event during the WHA79 to share high-level messages from the EWENE-Child Survival Action progress report.
A reception during WHA79
See also: ‘Data-driven decision making for achieving SDG targets in Nepal‘, the poster that the Nepal delegation presented at the International Maternal Newborn Health Conference 2026.
These messages were developed by the United Advocacy Working Group for Maternal, Newborn and Child health.
Posters presented by 40 country delegations at the International Maternal Newborn Health Conference 2026.
International Maternal Newborn HealthConference (IMNHC) 2026 These key messages and advocacy asks are intended to equip partners with evidence-based messaging andresources in the context of