To support targeted local planning in the context of Nepal’s recently devolved governance, the PACE Project has released modeled estimates of adolescent fertility for the 753 municipalities in Nepal. A suite of products—including a set of national and provincial maps, fact sheets, and an online interactive feature—highlights the key results that show where adolescent fertility is high and stagnant or increasing, allows users to explore the data, provides guidance on interpreting the information, and recommends policy and programmatic actions to reduce adolescent fertility. A reference guide provides a roadmap for decisionmakers to understand and use the analysis to make informed decisions and take action to reduce adolescent fertility.
Adolescent Fertility Data Reference Guide किशोर प्रजनन तथ्या .्क
Online interactive map
By targeting municipalities where adolescent fertility is high and stagnant or increasing, and where there is a high absolute number of births to adolescent girls, the Government of Nepal can reach the municipalities. Targeted interventions could include:
- Investing in programs to create and reinforce positive social norms and encourage healthy behavior among adolescents, and facilitative attitudes among parents, teachers, and others.
- Supporting programs to help newly married adolescent girls stay in school through secondary level, even if they are married or have children.
- Encouraging newly married couples to delay their first pregnancy by using family planning after marriage.
- Encouraging adolescent mothers to space their next pregnancy through correct and consistent use of voluntary family planning.
- Providing adolescent-friendly, confidential family planning services to all adolescent girls who want contraception, regardless of marital status.
- Reducing rates of child marriage and increasing the average age at marriage by enforcing laws on minimum age at marriage.
Note: The analysis presented was conducted using the 2011 Nepal Population and Housing Census and the 2011 and 2016 Nepal Demographic and Health Surveys. Data from Byas Rural Municipality does not include the Limpiyadhura, Lipulekh and Kalapani areas. The boundaries and names used on the maps published in this set of materials do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the U.S. Government or the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), or the Survey Department, Government of Nepal.
