Additional Reading
Nepal Demographic and Health Survey 2016, USAID, New Era, GoN Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP): Key findings, full report
Nepal National Micronutrient Status Survey Report 2016, GoN-MoHP, USAID, CDC, EU, New Era & UNICEF: Full report
Nepal Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey Final Report 2014, GoN-NPC, UNICEF: Full report
A variety of guidelines, manuals and flipcharts related to maternal, infant and young child nutrition (MIYCN), integrated management of acute malnutrition (IMAM), breastfeeding and other nutrition issues in Nepal, produced by the Child Health Division, MoHP, GoN.
Details about current national nutrition plans, programmes and policy.
Nepal Report 2015 and Nepal Report Card 2015,World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative: Full report
Child Nutrition & Health – 4th edition, Dr. Ramesh Adhikari and Miriam Krantz, 2013, Education Publishing House, available to buy from NPCS office.
Children, Food and Nutrition, 2019, UNICEF-State of the World’s Children report.
A series of ground breaking research into modern child feeding practices in Nepal can be found at Assessment & Research on Child Feeding (ARCH), Helen Keller International
Non Communicable Disease Risk Factors: STEPS survey Nepal 2019, GoN-Nepal Health Research Council, WHO: Fact sheet 1, fact sheet 2
Food Composition Table for Nepal, 2012, GoN-DFTQC
The Lancet Series on Maternal and Child Nutrition, 2013
Global Health Media: an organisation that makes a series of videos on newborn and child nutrition and care for training both healthworkers and community members. The videos are available in multiple language versions including Nepali.
Nutrition for Developing Countries, 3rd edition, Felicity Savage King et al, 2015, Oxford Medical Publications; available to buy from
Health Books International