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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth BioMedCentral Research article Open Access Utilisation of postnatal care among rural women in Nepal Sulochana Dhakal*1, Glyn N Chapman1, Padam P Simkhada1, Edwin R van Teijlingen1, Jane Stephens2 and Amalraj E Raja1 Address: 1Department of Public Health, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD, UK and 2Green Tara Trust, London, UK Email: Sulochana Dhakal* - dhakal_sulochana@; Glyn N Chapman - g.chapman@abdn.ac.uk; Padam P Simkhada - p.p.simkhada@abdn.ac.uk; Edwin R van Teijlingen - van.teijlingen@abdn.ac.uk; Jane Stephens - doctorjane99@; Amalraj E Raja - amalraj.raja@abdn.ac.uk * Corresponding author Published: 3 September 2007 Received: 7 December 2006 Accepted: 3 September 2007 BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2007, 7:19 doi:10.1186/1471-2393-7-19 This article is available from: /1471-2393/7/19 ? 2007 Dhakal et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background: Postnatal care is uncommon in Nepal, and where it is available the quality is often poor. Adequate utilisation of postnatal care can help reduce mortality and morbidity among mothers and their babies. Therefore, our study assessed the utilisation of postnatal care at a rural community level. Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out in two neighbouring villages in early 2006. A total of 150 women who had delivered in the previous 24 months were asked to participate in the study using a semi-structured questionnaire. Results: The proportion of women who had received postnatal care after delivery was low (34%). Less than one in five women (19%) received care within 48 hours of giving birth. Women in one village had less access to postnatal care than women in