Unpacking equity trends and gaps in Nepal’s progress on maternal health service utilization: Insights from the most recent Demographic and Health Surveys (2011, 2016 and 2022)

• Resham B. Khatri ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: rkchettri@gmail.com

  Affiliations Health Social Science and Development Research Institute, Kathmandu, Nepal, School of Public Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5216-606X

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• Rolina Dhital,

  Roles Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Health Action and Research, Kathmandu, Nepal

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9491-2881

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• Sabita Tuladhar,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Nepal Public Health Association, Kathmandu, Nepal

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• Nisha Joshi Bhatta,

  Roles Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Family Welfare Division, Ministry of Health and Population, Kathmandu, Nepal

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• Yibeltal Assefa

  Roles Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Public Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

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