Pokhara, June 14
Around 45 per cent women in Nepal experience unintended pregnancies due to lack of access to modern contraceptives, a study shows.
A report of the study conducted by the Guttmacher Institute and Centre for Research on Environment, Health and Population Activities (CREHPA) highlights that a larger number of women in Nepal are compelled to have unintended pregnancies.
The study conducted in 2017 revealed that 12 million women become pregnant each year in Nepal and of them, 539,000 pregnancies are unintended.
It shows that many women are not receiving the services they need.
CREPHA joint director Dr Mahesh Puri says among Nepali women of reproductive age (15-45) who want to avoid pregnancy, 44 per cent have an unmet need for modern contraception because they either use no contraceptive method or use a traditional method of family planning.
All the seven provinces in the country do not have sufficient access of supply of contraceptives as per the demand, according to the report.
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