DHS Working Papers No. 114
front cover © Jonathan Hyams/Save the Children
Further analysis of the 2011 Nepal Demographic and Health Survey
Updated to Reflect the 2009 Medical Eligibility Criteria of the World Health Organization
This publication is designed to be used by programme planners and managers as a resource when designing interventions to integrate postpartum family planning into national and subnational strategies. Postpartum family planning should not be considered a ‘vertical’ programme, but rather as an int...egrated part of existing maternal and child health and family planning efforts. Successful interventions for postpartum family planning require holistic and evidence-based programme strategies that contribute to strengthened health systems and sustained improvements in high-quality services that put people at the centre of health care
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