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Findings Of Nepal Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) Of 2011
By KTM Metro Reporter
March 27, 2012: The Ministry of Health and Population with the funding of USAID/Nepal has conducted the Nepal Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) of 2011, and made the survey findings public yesterday, ‘The Rising Nepal’ of today writes.
The highlights of the status and trends in health, social and economic aspects of the country are as follow:
Immunization coverage among children has slightly improved during the survey period. Currently, 87 percent of children aged 12-23 months are immunized against six major childhood diseases, whereas only 83 per cent of children were fully immunized in 2006. The immunization program of the government has not reached to the three per cent of the children, yet. Secretary to the Ministry of Health and Population Dr. Pravin Mishra said to immunize these three per cent children was the major challenge to the government.
The women fertility rate has reduced to the average of 2.6 from 3.1 in 2006. The Nepal’s target on the women fertility is to take it to 2.1 by 2015. The government shall follow special programs and plans on achieving this target, Dr. Mishra has said.
Fertility varies by residence and by region: Women in urban areas have 1.6 children on average, compared with 2.8 children per woman in rural areas. Fertility is higher in the Mid-western (3.2) and Far-western regions (2.8) than in the Eastern, Central or Western regions (each 2.5). Fertility is the highest in the mountain zone, where women have an average of 3.4 children.
Gender violence surveyed for the first time in Nepal: More than two in 10 women (22 per cent) have suffered from physical violence at some point since their age of 15 years. Nine per cent of the women suffered from acts of violence during the past 12 months and 12 per cent of the women experienced sexual violence, with six per cent of women reporting sexual violence prior to the survey.
