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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | A close reading of the NFHS-5, the health of India -Ashwini Deshpande

A close reading of the NFHS-5, the health of India -Ashwini Deshpande

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published Published on Nov 27, 2021   modified Modified on Nov 27, 2021

-The Hindu

Given how little the country spends on health and education as a share of GDP, the improvements seem remarkable

The national health and demographic report card is finally completely out. The results from the first phase (conducted between June 2019 and January 2020) of the fifth round of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) were released in December 2020. We now have the key results from the second phase (conducted between January 2020 and April 2021).

How did India fare? It is a mixed verdict, containing both cheer and alarm in abundant measure. Before going into details, we should note that the results of the NFHS are worthy of our attention because it is not a hastily put together state-of-health index. Together, the two phases provide a detailed, comprehensive, multi-dimensional report card on the state of India’s demographic and health trajectory.

Population has stabilised

There are many pluses in the report card. A comparison of NFHS-5 with NFHS-4 (2015-16) reveals improvement in several dimensions such as educational attainment, institutional deliveries, vaccinations, infant mortality and much more. We can debate later whether the improvements are good enough given the scale and depth of what needs to be done. For now, we need to appreciate the progress, especially given the abysmal state of India’s health infrastructure, which has been tragically apparent since the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Given how little India spends on health and education as a share of GDP, these improvements are particularly remarkable.

Please click here to read more. 

Kindly click here to access the NFHS-5 India factsheet. 

Kindly click here to access the Combined Factsheet Compendium (STATES/UTs FROM PHASE-I).

Kindly click here to access the Combined Factsheet Compendium (STATES/UTs FROM PHASE-II).

 


The Hindu, 27 November, 2021, https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/a-close-reading-of-the-nfhs-5-the-health-of-india/article37711746.ece?homepage=true


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