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Nepal


Country Typology: High disease risk, high intervention/policy environment

Health Data

Preterm Births:

  • Lancet Estimates: Preterm Birth Rate per 100 Live Births: 11.2 [7.6-16.2] 1
  • GBD Estimates: DALYS per 100,000 [CI]: 959 [702, 1293] 2

Maternal Hypertensive Disorders - Preclampsia & Eclampsia Incidence: 3

  • % of Preeclampsia Cases: 0.87%
  • % of Eclampsia Cases: NR
  • % of Combined Preeclampsia and Eclampsia: NR

Maternal Hypertensive Disorders - DALYS & Deaths: 4

  • DALYs per 100,000: 53.15 [30.42, 89.02]
  • Deaths per 100,000: 0.81 [0.44, 1.40]

Bone Fractures Incidence Rate per 100,000 [CI]: 2089.2 [1885.3, 2310.2] 5

Diet and Food Supply

Calcium Intake: 353.4mg/day (129.2) 6

Apparent Calcium Intake: 619.1 mg/day 7

Policies

Calcium Fortification:
No fortification policy

Antenatal Care Guidelines: 8

  • Supplementation Recommendation:
    1.5 g/day of calcium for women at risk of low calcium intake after 20 weeks of gestation
  • Food-Based Recommendation:
    No recommendation

References:

1 Preterm Births - Lancet Estimates
Ohuma EO, Moller A-B, Bradley E, et al. National, regional, and global. estimates of preterm birth in 2020, with trends from 2010: a systematic analysis. Lancet 2023; 402: 1261–71.

2 Preterm Births - GBD Estimates
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). GBD Compare Data Visualization. Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2021. Seattle, WA: IHME, University of Washington, 2023. Available from http://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-compare. (Accessed 7/23/2025). For terms and conditions of use, please visit http://www.healthdata.org/about/terms-and-conditions

3 Maternal Hypertensive Disorders - Preclampsia & Eclampsia Incidence
Mahotra, N., Chaudhary, S., & Poudyal, P. (2023). Pre-eclampsia among Pregnant Women Admitted to the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of a Tertiary Care Centre. JNMA: Journal of the Nepal Medical Association, 61(267), 840.

4 Maternal Hypertensive Disorders - DALYS & Deaths
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). GBD Compare Data Visualization. Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2021. Seattle, WA: IHME, University of Washington, 2023. Available from http://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-compare. (Accessed 9/16/2024).

5 Bone Fractures
Global Burden of Disease Collaborative Network. Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 (GBD 2021). Seattle, United States: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), 2022. Available from https://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-results/. (Accessed 7/18/2025).

6 Calcium Intake
Acharya O, Zotor FB, Chaudhary P, Deepak K, Amuna P, Ellahi B. Maternal nutritional status, food intake and pregnancy weight gain in Nepal. J Health Manag 2016;18:1–12.

7 Apparent Calcium Intake
Updated for 2022 based on: Lividini, K., Masters, W.A. Tracing global flows of bioactive compounds from farm to fork in nutrient balance sheets can help guide intervention towards healthier food supplies. Nat Food 3, 703–715 (2022).

8 Antenatal Care Guidelines
Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social. Detección, Diagnóstico y Tratamiento de las enfermedades hipertensivas del embarazo. Published online 2017. Accessed September 9, 2024. https://www.imss.gob.mx/sites/all/statics/guiasclinicas/058GRR.pdf