The burden of adolescent motherhood and health consequences in Nepal

• Main Authors: Rejina Gurung (Author), Mats Målqvist (Author), Zhou Hong (Author), Pragya Gautam Poudel (Author), Avinash K. Sunny (Author), Srijana Sharma (Author), Sangeeta Mishra (Author), Nisso Nurova (Author), Ashish KC (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Annually, 18 million babies are born to mothers 18 years or less. Two thirds of these births take place in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Due to social and biological factors, adolescent mothers have a higher risk of adverse birth outcomes. We conducted this study to assess t...