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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | India's poor health infrastructure bags it 143rd spot in 188 countries

India's poor health infrastructure bags it 143rd spot in 188 countries

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published Published on Sep 25, 2016   modified Modified on Sep 25, 2016
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New Delhi: India was given the 143rd spot in 188 countries by a global health study, that released on Friday.

The study cited various challenges, including mortality rates, malaria hygiene and air pollution for India’s abysmal ranking.

“Despite rapid economic growth, India was ranked 143rd, below Comoros and Ghana,” the first annual assessment of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) health performance published in the Lancet and launched at a special event at the UN General Assembly in New York said.

India was placed just ahead of Pakistan and Bangladesh which were ranked 149th and 151st respectively.

India’s poor performance on hygiene, air pollution mortality are among factors that place it lower than countries like Bhutan, Botswana, Syria and Sri Lanka.

For malaria, which was one of the health indicators assessed, India merely scored 10 points and remained in the red. Similarly for hygiene, the study gave India just eight points while for PM2.5, it scored just 18 points.

For under-five mortality India scored 39 points while for Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) it scored 28 points.

India, however, scored above 80 points for performing well in areas like Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) which are a diverse group of communicable diseases, overweight and harmful alcohol consumption.

In 2015, the health-related SDG index was highest in Iceland, Singapore, and Sweden, with the UK ranking fifth just ahead of Finland.

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Hindustan Times, 23 September, 2016, http://www.hindustantimes.com/health-and-fitness/india-s-poor-health-infrastructure-bags-it-143rd-spot-in-188-countries/story-hqYJtHJJfjVY8wPZawwlxO.html


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