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This article provides a background on Nepal as a whole, with a focus on the nation's childbearing and birthing practices. While modern Western medicine has disseminated across the country to varying degrees, different regions in Nepal continue to practice obstetric and newborn care according to traditional beliefs, attitudes, and customs.

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Childbirth in Nepal

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Childbirth among the Newar in Nepal. Buthi Magazine 13. Retrieved from http://www.ppguk.org/Guthi-Magazine-2005/childbirth-among-the-newar-in-nepal.html[permanent...

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Childbirth

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Childbirth in Mexico Childbirth in Nepal Childbirth in Sri Lanka Childbirth in Thailand Childbirth in Trinidad and Tobago Childbirth in Zambia It is currently...

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List of women who died in childbirth

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of King Philip III of Spain and Margaret of Austria, who also died in childbirth Maria Leopoldine of Austria (1649), Holy Roman Empress and Queen of...

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Maternal death

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declined 44% since 1990; however, every day 808 women die from pregnancy or childbirth related causes. According to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)...

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Chhaupadi

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period. Childbirth in Nepal also results in a similar form of confinement. During menstruation, women and girls are restricted from participating in everyday...

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Doula

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doula's client) through a significant health-related experience, such as childbirth, miscarriage, induced abortion or stillbirth, as well as non-reproductive...

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Lochia

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Dirty and 40 days in the wilderness: Eliciting childbirth and postnatal cultural practices and beliefs in Nepal. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2016;16(1):147...

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Postpartum confinement

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"Dirty and 40 days in the wilderness: Eliciting childbirth and postnatal cultural practices and beliefs in Nepal". BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 16 (1): 147. doi:10...

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Human rights in Nepal

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In 2022, Freedom House rated Nepal’s human rights at 57 out 100, determining the country's status in terms of fundamental freedoms as "partly free". ....

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Health in Nepal

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analysis of Nepal demographic and health survey, 2011; Two in every three mothers had initiated breastfeeding within one hour of childbirth. In some cultures...

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Trailokya Rajya Lakshmi Devi

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Rajya Lakshmi Devi (? – October 1850) was the Queen of Surendra Bikram Shah, King of Nepal. She was the mother of Trailokya, Crown Prince of Nepal. v t e...

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Postpartum bleeding

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defined as the loss of more than 500 ml or 1,000 ml of blood following childbirth. Some have added the requirement that there also be signs or symptoms...

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Mother

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times more likely to die in pregnancy or childbirth, compared to a mother in the top ten ranked countries, and a mother in the bottom ten ranked countries...

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Abortion

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had become safer than childbirth. In 1973, Roe v. Wade acknowledged that abortion in the first trimester was safer than childbirth. For sources, see: "The...

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Newar people

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historical inhabitants of the Kathmandu Valley and its surrounding areas in Nepal and the creators of its historic heritage and civilisation. Newars form...

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Kichkandi

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In Nepalese folklore or mythology, kichkanya (Nepali: किच्कन्या) also referred as Kichkandi (Nepali: किच्कन्डी) is a spirit of a woman that is latched...

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Shashthi

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during childbirth. She is often pictured as a motherly figure, riding a cat and nursing one or more infants. She is symbolically represented in a variety...

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Rupandehi District

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), a part of Lumbini Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal and covers an area of 1,360 km2 (530 sq mi). The district headquarter is...

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Maternal health

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Maternal health is the health of women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period. In most cases, maternal health encompasses the health care...

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Menstruation hut

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strong menstrual taboos. The same or a similar structure may be used for childbirth and postpartum confinement, based on beliefs around ritual impurity. These...

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Childbirth in Sri Lanka

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Issues and practices related to childbirth in Sri Lanka are influenced by the sociocultural composition, political history and violence within the country...

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Urology

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after 2016. The program is accredited by the Australian Medical Council. In Nepal, the formal urologist degree awarded is MCh (Magister Chirurgiae). This...

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Child marriage

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pregnancy and childbirth. Effects on child grooms may include the economic pressure of providing for a household and various constraints in educational...

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Birthing center

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describing birth centres in the Netherlands - a component study of the Dutch Birth Centre Study". BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 17 (1): 210. doi:10...

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Obstetric fistula

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Obstetric fistula is a medical condition in which a hole develops in the birth canal as a result of childbirth. This can be between the vagina and rectum...

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Finger millet

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and Tanzania – and parts of India and Nepal.: 42, 52  It is also grown in southern Sudan: 39  and "as far south" in Africa as Mozambique.: 56  Finger millet...

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Rajkarnikar

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celebrations, such as marriage or childbirth. Nepal Mandal Newar Caste System Caste System in Nepal Yenya Akash Bhairava Yalamaber "Nepal Census Data 2011 Vol. 1"...

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