The feasibility of community mobilisation for child injury prevention in rural Nepal: a programme for female community health volunteers

Table 1 Distribution of population of Hatiya VDC in 2011 by wards

Ward no	Households	Total population	Female	Children (<18 yrs)	Mothers’ groups	Average attendance
1	183	863	444	388	1	25
2	179	1,003	497	451	1	27
3	434	1,941	1,016	873	1	24
4	368	1,769	895	796	1	29
5*	339	1,638	520	737	2	25 and 26
6	278	1,284	676	579	1	27
7	221	1,058	546	476	1	27
8	392	1,858	966	836	1	25
9	357	1,685	860	758	1	25

*ward number 5 stretched north–south and therefore has two women’s groups in both ends, covered by one FCHV.

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