Most Know facts and figures for 2005

Must know facts and figures for 2005
Health status of Nepal:
Sex Ratio: 0.997
Population Growth Rate: 2.24%
Literacy Rate: Male: 65%, Female:43%
Infant Mortality Rate: 64.4per one thousand live birth
Neonatal Mortality Rate: 39 per one thousand live birth
Total fertility rate: 4.1%
Contraceptive Prevalence Rate: 40.02%
Most Common Method of permanent contraception, Minilap: 76.70%
Most Common Method of temporary Family Planning Depo-povera (sangini sui): 53.8%
Delivery services by health worker :80.30%
Delivery services by Trained Traditional Birth Attendant(TTBA):29.30%
Health budget for 2062/63 B.S.:6.04%(Rs.7.68 billion)
Tenth five-year plan: 2002-2007 A.D.
Population per hospital bed:2509

Vaccine coverage:

BCG:96.30% Measles:85.40%
Polio(3): 90.20 T.Toxoid:42.30%
DPT(3):90.30%

~newly introduced vaccine in EPI in Nepal is Hepatatis B vaccine (in 43 districts)

National TB Control Program:
~About 45% of total population is infected with TB.
~5000-7000 people to die every year.
~Treatment success rate in Nepal :88.7%,globally:85%
~DOTS: introduced in Nepal in April 1996 A.D.
Coverage:96%
Total DOTS center:324
AIDS: 'Concentrated epidemics'
~Reported deaths under Ministry of health :207
~Highest prevalence in: Sex workers, then in Intra venous drug users.
~'3 by 5 target':WHO had target to treat 3 million AIDS patients with HARRT reatment by the end of 2005 A.D.