-The New Indian Express NEW DELHI: According to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4), 2015-16, the states of Telangana, Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal and the Union Territories of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Puducherry show promising improvements in maternal and child health and nutrition. The first phase of the survey covered 13 states and two Union Territories. All the 15 have rates below 51 deaths per 1,000 live births. Infant mortality rates...
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One-third of West Bengal kids stunted & underweight, says NFHS-4
A French journalist once wrote: The more things change, the more they stay the same. Perhaps the same can be said about nutritional status of children in West Bengal at present in comparison to the past. At the time when Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, the then Chief Minister of West Bengal, was entertaining private capital in Singur and Nandigram, the rate of undernutrition was quite high in his state. A little less than...
More »Sharp decline in maternal, child mortality rate
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The overall health status of Indians has improved substantially with a sharp decline in key indicators like maternal and child mortality, fertility rate and malnutrition over the past decade, according to the fourth national family health survey (NFHS-4) 2015-16, which called upon the government to focus more on equity. As per the findings of the survey, the immunization coverage has also increased significantly across the country. Results...
More »More than half of country's women, kids still anaemic: Survey
-PTI Anaemia remains widespread in the country as more than half of the children in 10 out of 15 states are still anaemic, the latest national health survey released by the Union Health Ministry today said. The first phase of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) for 2015-16 which covered 13 states and two UTs also revealed that more than half of women were also found to be anaemic in eleven states and...
More »50% of kids in 10 states anaemic: Survey
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: More than 50% of children in 10 states are anaemic, the latest national health survey showed once again highlighting the daunting challenge posed by malnourishment in the country. Besides children, more than half of the women were also found to be anaemic in 11 states and Union territories. However, findings of the first phase of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) for 2015-16 covering 13 states...
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