Kathmandu, Feb. 17 -- Institutional delivery rate in Nepal increased to 90.5 percent by 2025 from around 80 percent in 2022, according to the Nepal Multiple Indicator Survey 2024-025 report unveiled recently.

The study carried out by the National Statistics Office in partnership with UNICEF, shows that four antenatal care visits has increased to 85 percent from 81 percent in three years.

Institutional delivery and delivery by skilled birth attendants or skilled health professionals is the country's priority programme, which is credited with curbing maternal and child mortality rates. However, despite the rise in institutional deliveries, maternal deaths or deaths during child delivery remain high.

"The reports show good progress in ins...