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Health Equity & Disparities
Health equity is both a cross-cutting lens applied across all NHPL topics and a standalone collection. Nepal's health outcomes vary dramatically by caste/ethnicity, gender, geography, and wealth. Dalit and Janajati communities, women in remote districts, and the poorest quintiles consistently face worse health outcomes across every indicator — from maternal mortality to NCD prevalence. Federalism offers new opportunities to address local disparities, but also risks widening gaps if capacity and resources are unevenly distributed. This collection aggregates evidence on health disparities and interventions to reduce inequity, drawing from all domains.
Key Questions
- ? What interventions most effectively reduce caste- and ethnicity-based health disparities?
- ? How can health programmes be designed to reach the most marginalised populations?
- ? What role does gender equity play in improving health outcomes across South Asia?
- ? How do social protection schemes affect health equity in federal systems?