Where to invest in neonatal survival programs in Nepal? A modelling study using Lives Saved Tool through scaling key interventions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Neonatal survival remains a major public health priority in many low and middle-income countries including Nepal, where the neonatal mortality rate (NMR) is 21 per 1,000 live births. To improve the neonatal health outcomes, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends scaling up coverage of quality antenatal care (ANC), skilled care at birth, immediate essential newborn care and resuscitation, postnatal care for mother and newborn, and specialized care of small and sick newborns. In this context, we aimed to estimate the potential impact of achieving the coverage targets for 35 interventions, identified as monitoring indicators under Nepal's Every Newborn Action Plan (NENAP), on neonatal survival in Nepal by 2035.

Methods

We used the Lives Saved Tool (LiST) to e

SUBMITTER: Khanal GN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12677573 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature