-IDROnline.org The survey indicates an alarming increase in the number of wasting children, anaemic women, and obese men. The fifth round of the National Family Health Survey, released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on November 24, has revealed startling reversals in nutrition and health Indicators. The data shows an increase in severe wasting in children under five—from 7.5% in 2015-’16, when the previous round of the survey was conducted, to...
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India’s Government Health Expenditure as the Ratio to GDP Is It a Fallacy? -TR Dilip, Pratheeba J, and Sunil Nandraj
-Economic and Political Weekly The appropriateness of the criterion that pegs the ratio of public health expenditure to the gross domestic product—which is volatile—needs a re-examination. The targets for allocation and expenditure of financial resources for health need to be based on Indicators that can be monitored. Please click here to access the article. ...
More »Which states and UTs are among India's poorest? List here -Meenakshi Ray
-Hindustan Times India's MPI has three equally weighted dimensions, health, education and standard of living - which are represented by 12 Indicators. NITI Aayog has published the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) report which measured “three equally weighted dimensions” of health, education and standard of living. India's MPI has three equally weighted dimensions, health, education and standard of living - which are represented by 12 Indicators of nutrition, child and adolescent mortality, antenatal care,...
More »The key demographic transitions captured by the 5th round of NFHS -Abhishek Jha
-Hindustan Times NFHS-5, the most comprehensive survey on socio-economic and health Indicators in the country, shows some surprising demographic transitions. The Union health ministry released the summary findings of the fifth round of the National Family and Health Survey (NFHS-5), conducted in two phases between 2019 and 2021, on November 24. NFHS is the most comprehensive survey on socio-economic and health Indicators in the country. While the results of the first phase...
More »Falling fertility, rising anaemia stand out in national health survey -Nandlal Mishra and Akancha Singh
-Livemint.com From a replacement-level fertility rate to rising anaemia prevalence, here’s what the latest round of the National Family Health Survey has found on key health Indicators across India’s states India hit a major demographic milestone in the last two years as its total fertility rate slipped below the replacement level for the first time, show the findings of the latest National Family Health Survey. The replacement mark—2.1 children per woman—is the...
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