Association of geographic distribution and birth weight with sociodemographic factors of the maternal and newborn child of hilly and mountain regions of eastern Nepal: a cross-sectional study.
Bharosha BhattaraiSagar PanthiGopal Kumar YadavSwotantra GautamRochana AcharyaDurga NeupaneNimesh KhanalBharat KhatriKrishna NeupaneSugat AdhikariNimesh LagejuLila Bahadur BasnetPrajjwal PyakurelShankar Prasad YadavPublished in: BMJ paediatrics open (2023)
The local organisations should focus on adequate antenatal care visits in mountain region and coverage of dT vaccine and deworming medications in hilly region. Appropriate measures and programmes should be initiated to bring down LBW in hilly region.