At birth every newborn must adopt quickly to life outside the womb. Most newborn breathe and cry at birth with no help. The care need to give immediately after birth is simple but important. Immediate subsequent care of newborn are; sleep, loving care, protection from infection, bathing, cord care ,immunization, breast feeding, vitamin A, safety and security. This paper explores the newborn care practice of the Tharu mothers who have less than one year child in Kolbi VDC of Bara district. The findings of the of the research has indicated that the majority of the respondents were regular antenatal checked up, conscious of cord cutting practice, satisfied immunization, colostrums feedings and oil bath.

The safe motherhood programme is one of the priority programme of Nepal. Its primary goal is to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality. Safe pregnancy, safe delivery and safe birth of new born are the major components of safe motherhood. This can be accomplished through increased access to effective antenatal, delivery and postnatal care and a massive health awareness activity in local communities.Academic Voices, Vol. 3, No. 1, 2013, Pages 19-23 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/av.v3i1.9981

This paper deals with educational status and postnatal care practices and the association of educational status and postnatal care practices of Dalit and Janajati women of Nepal. The result shows that literacy rate of respondents was 51.4 percent which is lower than the national level women literary rate 57.4 percent of Nepal. PNC (Postnatal Care) visit of Dalits and Janajatis women who visited three times during postnatal period were found to be 36 percent in survey area. PNC visit of respondents is less frequent than the national level PNC checkup (55 percent). Thus, it is recommended that Dalit and Janjati mothers who come for antenatal check up should be provided with adequate information about availability of safe delivery incentive, incentive for postnatal checkup and free health services provided by government of Nepal.Academic Voices Vol.5 2015: 22-27

There are many underlying factors those are compelling youths for selecting labor migration rather than continuing their higher education. Hence, to comprehend what factors aredeterring youths towards higher education in the context of Nepal, the studywas carried out. For that, researchers used a systematic review method and overviewed secondary sources likewise book, article, and research reports published in the similar area. Through this review, multiple and multi-dimensional factors i.e., social, cultural, economic, educational, political, environmental, and miscellaneous of youth labor migration were identified. In most cases,youths were compelled for the labor migration, however, in some cases, youth were migrated for pursuing education. Also, youth labor migration was found throughout the globe including Nepal. Finally, it was concluded that youth migration was varied and the context specific especially in the developed, developing, and underdeveloped countries, hence the trend and patterns of youth labor migration was diverse.

This paper focuses on postnatal care awareness and practices of Magar and Gurung communities at Pumdi Bhumdi VDC in Kaski district. Both indigenous groups are suffering from different kinds of postnatal problems. The findings reveal that awareness and practices related to postnatal care were not satisfactory. Majority of the Magar and Gurung mothers were not aware of postnatal checkup. Gurung mothers seemed to be more aware than Magar mothers on immunization schedule. Most of the Magar mothers were found using razor or blade and knife or sickles which are medically unsterilized for cutting umbilical cord whereas one half of the Gurung mothers were using sterilized blade.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/av.v4i0.12355Academic Voices Vol.4 2014: 37-41