Nepal on Child Survival and Development
A commemorative postage stamp on the Child Survival & Development :
Issued by Nepal
Issued on Dec 31, 1989
Issued for : The present postage stamp brought out to promote the four major aspects of child survival and development depicts the picture concerning the four activities in this connection.
Issued by :
His Majesty’s Government
Postal Services Department
Nepal Philatelic Bureau
Kathmandu
Designer : K. Karmacharya
Type : Stamp, Postal Used
Denomination : 1 Rupee
Colour : 4 Colours
Size : 31.13 x 38.5 mm
Format : Vertical
Paper : Special Stamp-paper
Quantity : 5,000,000 (Five Millions)
Sheet : 50
Process : Offset
Printer : Austrian Government Printing Office, Vienna, Austria
About :
- In today’s world, diarrhoeal dehydration and vaccine-preventable diseases are responsible for the death of millions of children every year. Illness and death have been found in a large number of bottle-fed babies. In Nepal, the high infant mortality rate of 111 per thousand live births has been a serious problem. In this connection, four aspects of child survival and development revolution viz Oral rehydration, Immunization, Breast feeding and growth monitoring are of immense importance.
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