Nepal Inequalities in Health, Nutrition, and Population

This paper focuses on the inequalities in health, nutrition, and population in Nepal. It presents data on disaggregated health status and health services utilization that is organized by asset or wealth quintiles, a form that enables readers to bet...

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Main Authors: Oomman, Nandini, Lule, Elizabeth, Vazirani, Deborah, Cchabra, Ritu
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/674281520418603147/Nepal-Inequalities-in-health-nutrition-and-population
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spelling okr-10986-295742021-04-23T14:04:53Z Nepal Inequalities in Health, Nutrition, and Population Oomman, Nandini Lule, Elizabeth Vazirani, Deborah Cchabra, Ritu ADOLESCENT HEALTH INEQUALITY NUTRITION REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH This paper focuses on the inequalities in health, nutrition, and population in Nepal. It presents data on disaggregated health status and health services utilization that is organized by asset or wealth quintiles, a form that enables readers to better understand the distribution of these indicators from the poorest sections to the richest sections of society. That is, the profile takes data on population as well as on reproductive and child health and nutrition from tables presented in the Nepal version of Socio - Economic Differences in Health, Nutrition and Population (Gwatkin, Rustein, Johnson, Pande, and Wagstaff, 2000) and presents them in a more easily accessible format designed to call attention to the inequalities that exist among socioeconomic groups. These kinds of disaggregated data have great potential value for the design and implementation of efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for health in a manner that can bring about the greatest possible gains for the poor. By focusing attention on the problems suffered by the disadvantaged groups that are of greatest concern, these data can increase the likelihood that MDG initiatives will effectively deal with those problems and reach those groups. The profile also provides evidence of successful interventions that have reached those who are poor. The hope is that this attention will stimulate thought about how best to reach the neediest groups with health services and other programs. 2018-04-02T15:58:02Z 2018-04-02T15:58:02Z 2003-06 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/674281520418603147/Nepal-Inequalities-in-health-nutrition-and-population http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29574 English Health, Nutrition and Population Discussion Paper; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper South Asia Nepal
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topic ADOLESCENT HEALTH
INEQUALITY
NUTRITION
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
spellingShingle ADOLESCENT HEALTH
INEQUALITY
NUTRITION
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
Oomman, Nandini
Lule, Elizabeth
Vazirani, Deborah
Cchabra, Ritu
Nepal Inequalities in Health, Nutrition, and Population
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description This paper focuses on the inequalities in health, nutrition, and population in Nepal. It presents data on disaggregated health status and health services utilization that is organized by asset or wealth quintiles, a form that enables readers to better understand the distribution of these indicators from the poorest sections to the richest sections of society. That is, the profile takes data on population as well as on reproductive and child health and nutrition from tables presented in the Nepal version of Socio - Economic Differences in Health, Nutrition and Population (Gwatkin, Rustein, Johnson, Pande, and Wagstaff, 2000) and presents them in a more easily accessible format designed to call attention to the inequalities that exist among socioeconomic groups. These kinds of disaggregated data have great potential value for the design and implementation of efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for health in a manner that can bring about the greatest possible gains for the poor. By focusing attention on the problems suffered by the disadvantaged groups that are of greatest concern, these data can increase the likelihood that MDG initiatives will effectively deal with those problems and reach those groups. The profile also provides evidence of successful interventions that have reached those who are poor. The hope is that this attention will stimulate thought about how best to reach the neediest groups with health services and other programs.
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author Oomman, Nandini
Lule, Elizabeth
Vazirani, Deborah
Cchabra, Ritu
author_facet Oomman, Nandini
Lule, Elizabeth
Vazirani, Deborah
Cchabra, Ritu
author_sort Oomman, Nandini
title Nepal Inequalities in Health, Nutrition, and Population
title_short Nepal Inequalities in Health, Nutrition, and Population
title_full Nepal Inequalities in Health, Nutrition, and Population
title_fullStr Nepal Inequalities in Health, Nutrition, and Population
title_full_unstemmed Nepal Inequalities in Health, Nutrition, and Population
title_sort nepal inequalities in health, nutrition, and population
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2018
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/674281520418603147/Nepal-Inequalities-in-health-nutrition-and-population
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