HEALTH STATUS OF WOMEN

HEALTH STATUS; the health status of females in Nepal is also very poor than males. At present, about 80 percent women in Nepal are suffering from anemia that are of reproductive age group. About 5 percent women die due to lack of safe motherhood among every 1000 women. At least 23 percent children are born of low weight in Nepal due to weak health and inadequate diet of mother. Giving birth to children at early age and very low percentage children born in health institutions etc. Are the important causes which affect the health status of Nepalese women. Majority of the women become mother at an age of 20 years whereas at least one third of them also have become the mother at 17. The nutritional status of Nepalese women is also found to be very miserable. Majority of the women have no capacity to consume necessary minimum quantity of calorie and protein. The height and weight of Nepalese female is also very low in comparison to females of other countries