Maternal mortality rises in Nepal

The maternal death rate is too high in Nepal. And this is so because at least 60% girls in Nepal get married before 18 years of age. This results in complications during child birth, leading to the high maternal and child deaths.
Though legally, marriage is allowed after 18 years of age with parental consent and after 20 years, if the boy and girl choose to marry on their own, but the existing laws are failing to curb the evil tradition. And in the Terai region of Nepal, child marriage between 7 to 18 years old is still in practice.
The maternal mortality rate in Nepal at present is 281 per every 100,000 live births and the child mortality rate is 48 per 1,000 live births. Lack of maternal care hospitals, safe motherhood methods, and awareness about the contraceptives further add to the numbers.
There is a stern need for awareness about legal rights and campaign against social ills to control this shocking tradition.
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