Increased utilisation and quality: a focus on inequality and a learning health system approach—explaining Nepal’s success in reducing maternal and newborn mortality 2000–2020

• Loveday Penn-Kekana,
• Oona Maeve Renee Campbell,
• William Edward Oswald,
• Sudha Sharma,
• Dadhi Adhikari,
• Punya Paudel,
• Bibek Lal

Affiliations

Loveday Penn-Kekana

Infectious Disease Epidemiology and International Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK

Oona Maeve Renee Campbell

Infectious Disease Epidemiology and International Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK

William Edward Oswald

Department of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK

Sudha Sharma

Private Consultant, Kathmandu, Nepal

Dadhi Adhikari

South Asian Institute for Policy Analysis and Leadership, Kathmandu, Nepal

Punya Paudel

Government of Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal

Bibek Lal

Family Welfare Division, Government of Nepal Ministry of Health and Population, Kathmandu, Nepal