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This report highlights the findings of the 2001 Nepal Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS), a nationally representative survey of 8,726 women age 15-49 and 2,261 men age 15-59. The primary purpose of the 2001 NDHS is to generate recent and reliable information on fertility, family planning, infant and child mortality, maternal and child health, and nutrition. The survey also collected information on respondents' knowledge of HIV/AIDS. Collecting these types of information is essential for making informed policy decisions, and for planning, monitoring, and evaluating programs on health in general and reproductive health in particular, at both the national and regional levels. This survey is the sixth in a series of national-level population and health surveys and the second comprehensive survey conducted as part of the global Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) program, the first having been the 1996 Nepal Family Health Survey (NFHS). |