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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | NFHS Data Shows 60% Women Face Trouble Accessing Healthcare -Priyanka Ishwari

NFHS Data Shows 60% Women Face Trouble Accessing Healthcare -Priyanka Ishwari

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published Published on May 28, 2022   modified Modified on May 29, 2022

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Inadequate infrastructure and insufficient health personnel emerged as the leading problem keeping women from accessing medical care.

As many as 60% of women in the country face trouble accessing healthcare for themselves, the findings of the fifth round of the National Family Health Survey(NFHS) have revealed. The complete report— which had surveyed women between the ages of 15-49 years about potential problems in obtaining medical treatment for themselves when they are sick— was released early this month.

Inadequate infrastructure and insufficient health personnel emerged as the leading problem keeping women from accessing medical care. 40.4% of women reported non-availability of drugs as a problem, while 39.2% of women reported a lack of health providers as a cause for not accessing health care.

Further, 31.2% of women reported concerns about no female health provider available at healthcare centres. According to the National Health Profile 2021 (prepared by the Central Bureau of Health Intelligence), the country has 1,40,653 government allopathic doctors. Using the population projections used in the latest National Health Profile, one government allopathic doctor caters to over 9,679 people. The country has 33.41 lakh registered nursing personnel (including nurses, midwives, auxiliary nurse midwives (ANMs), and lady health visitors (LHVs)), minister of state for health ministry, Dr Bharatu Pravin Pawar, told the Rajya Sabha in April this year.

The National Family Health Survey (NFHS) identified at least eight problems that hindered women's access to healthcare.

"Three-fifths of women report at least one problem for themselves in obtaining medical care", the survey noted. At least 70.9% of tribal women reported at least one concern in getting healthcare—the highest figure for any group.

At least 21.4% of women cited money as a problem accessing medical care. According to the latest Health In India Report prepared by the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO), on an average, about Rs 3,350 were spent as out-of-pocket medical expenditure for hospitalisation (excluding childbirth) for rural women in a government hospital and Rs 4,100 were spent for urban women in a government facility.

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Newsclick.in, 28 May, 2022, https://www.newsclick.in/NFHS-data-shows-6o-per-women-face-trouble-accessing-healthcare


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