-Press Information Bureau (Ministry of Health and Family Welfare) Healthcare for all, particularly for the rural areas has been a priority for the Government. The health indicators like Infant Mortality Rate (IMR), Total Fertility Rate (TFR), and nutritional status of children under 3 years including prevalence of anemia amongst them and Pregnant Women in rural area are considerably poor as compared to urban areas. The key health indicators are as under: Public...
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Cash allowance to poor Pregnant Women increased -Clara Lewis
-The Times of India MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government has increased the allowance to be paid to Pregnant Women from Rs 800 to Rs 2,000. Also instead of for one month, the amount will be paid for two months. Thus each woman will be entitled to Rs 4,000. The scheme has been underway in 125 talukas of 22 backward districts of the state since July 2011. It is part of its project to...
More »473 Infant Deaths in Mizoram from April-December 2013
-Outlook Aizawl: At least 473 infants below one year died in Mizoram during April to December last year while ten mothers died during pregnancy and delivery over the same period, a senior official said today. According to Dr Gordon Zohmingthanga, Mission Director of the state National Health Mission, there were 14,825 Pregnant Women while 16,156 new-born babies reported in the state during the period. "The Sample Registration System Survey, 2012 revealed that the...
More »Decline in Rates of Maternal and Infant Mortality
-Press Information Bureau (Ministry of Health and Family Welfare) As per the Sample Registration System (SRS), Registrar General of India (RGI-SRS), Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) has shown a decline from 212 per 100,000 live births in the period 2007-09 to 178 per 100,000 live births in the period 2010- 12 and Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) has declined from 47 per 1000 live births in the year 2010 to 42 per 1000...
More »Beneficiaries from Anganwadi Centres
-Press Information Bureau (Ministry of Women and Child Development) The Anganwadi Centres (AWCs) in the country are part of the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme which is a centrally sponsored Scheme. At the AWCs, six services namely (i) Supplementary nutrition (ii) Pre-school non-formal education (iii) Nutrition and health Education (iv) Immunization (v) Health check-up and (vi) Referral services are provided for holistic development of 0-6 years of children. Pregnant &...
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