Nepal has achieved its targets for MDGs 4 and 5a. Maternal mortality declined from 790 to an estimated 190 deaths per … 100,000 live births between 1990 and 2013 an impressive 76 percent decline. Under-five mortality showed a similarly … (HNP) note explores the actions Nepal has taken to reduce maternal and child mortality. …

Material resources affect the levels of mortality. In cross-sectional relationships income has been found to be … arrived at the same conclusion. Within countries, just as at the cross-national level, child mortality has been found to be … the minority are studies of socioeconomic determinants of child mortality which have examined the association between …