Flood-displaced mothers struggle for privacy and care
Summary
Flood-displaced pregnant women and new mothers in the Bhotekoshi-Trishuli corridor are struggling to breastfeed, access food and reach emergency care as landslides cut off roads and shelter conditions remain crowded and unsanitary. Aid agencies and local health workers are scrambling to set up female-friendly spaces and restore maternity services.
Key Points
- Flood-hit shelters in Rasuwa, Nuwakot and Dhading are failing to meet the needs of pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers and infants.
- Trishuli Hospital is struggling to handle maternity cases as electricity, transport and referrals remain disrupted by landslides.
- WOREC and UNFPA say women need separate spaces, nutrition, medicine and safer referral pathways in relief centres.
- UNFPA estimates about 4,430 pregnant women are living in the affected municipalities, with around 492 births expected in the next month.
