Early pregnancies and healthcare gaps fuelling neonatal mortality in Jumla

As many as 29 infants below one month died in the district in the last fiscal year, according to the District Public Health Office, Jumla.

A 17-year-old girl from ward 7 of Sinja Rural Municipality in Jumla gave birth to a baby at Shanigaun birthing centre near her residence in June. It was a premature birth of seven months. The health institution immediately referred the newborn to Karnali Academy of Health Sciences as the baby could not latch.