Religio-cultural factors contributing to perinatal mortality and morbidity in mountain villages of Nepal: Implications for future healthcare provision.

The study identified a strong belief in religio-cultural determinants of perinatal death, which demonstrates that medical interventions alone are not sufficient to prevent these deaths and that broader social determinants which are highly significant in local life must be considered in policy making and programming. http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001785 Flinders University The principal author, MP, received financial support (research students' maintenance and postgraduate scholarship) from Flinders University to carry out the fieldwork for t

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