Programmes to Check Child Mortality Rates

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New Delhi, April 27, 2016:As per Registrar General of India, Sample Registration System (SRS) 2013, the Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) is 40 per 1000 live births. The state wise details of IMR and rural- urban variation, is given in table below. The SRS, however, does not provide category- wise data separately for SC ST and Others.

S. No.

State/UTs

Statewise mortality rates, SRS 2013

   

Infant Mortality Rate

   

Total

Rural

Urban

 

INDIA

40

44

27

1

Bihar

42

42

33

2

Chhattisgarh

46

47

38

3

Himachal Pradesh

35

35

23

4

Jammu & Kashmir

37

39

28

5

Jharkhand

37

38

27

6

Madhya Pradesh

54

57

37

7

Odisha

51

53

38

8

Rajasthan

47

51

30

9

Uttar Pradesh

50

53

38

10

Uttarakhand

32

34

22

11

Arunachal Pradesh

32

36

14

12

Assam

54

56

32

13

Manipur

10

10

10

14

Meghalaya

47

48

40

15

Mizoram

35

44

19

16

Nagaland

18

18

19

17

Sikkim

22

23

15

18

Tripura

26

27

19

19

Andhra Pradesh

39

44

29

20

Goa

9

8

10

21

Gujarat

36

43

22

22

Haryana

41

44

32

23

Karnataka

31

34

24

24

Kerala

12

13

9

25

Maharashtra

24

29

16

26

Punjab

26

28

23

27

Tamil Nadu

21

24

17

28

West Bengal

31

32

26

29

A & N Islands

24

29

13

As per the Registrar General of India, Sample Registration System (SRS) 2013, the Neonatal Mortality Rate (NMR) is 28 per 1000 live births The state wise details of IMR and rural- urban variation is given in table below.. The SRS, however, does not provide category- wise data separately for SC ST and Others.

S. No.

State/UTs

Statewise mortality rates, SRS 2013

   

Neonatal mortality rate

   

Total

Rural

Urban

 

India

28

31

15

1

Andhra Pradesh

25

31

10

2

Assam

27

29

10

3

Bihar

28

29

11

4

Chhattisgarh

31

31

26

5

Delhi

16

24

15

6

Gujarat

26

31

16

7

Haryana

26

29

19

8

Himachal Pradesh

25

26

11

9

Jammu & Kashmir

29

31

18

10

Jharkhand

26

28

12

11

Karnataka

22

27

12

12

Kerala

6

7

3

13

Madhya Pradesh

36

39

23

14

Maharashtra

17

21

11

15

Orissa

37

39

26

16

Punjab

16

15

16

17

Rajasthan

32

36

17

18

Tamil Nadu

15

18

11

19

Uttar Pradesh

35

38

20

20

West Bengal

21

22

15

As per Registrar General of India, Sample Registration System (SRS) 2013, the Under-five Mortality Rate (U5MR) is 49 per 1000 live births The state wise details of U5MR and rural- urban variation is is given in table below. The SRS, however, does not provide category- wise data separately for SC ST and Others.

S. No.

State/UTs

Statewise mortality rates, SRS 2013

   

Under 5 mortality rate

   

Total

Rural

Urban

 

India

49

55

29

1

Andhra Pradesh

41

46

29

2

Assam

73

77

34

3

Bihar

54

56

37

4

Chhattisgarh

53

56

38

5

Delhi

26

40

24

6

Gujarat

45

53

28

7

Haryana

45

49

34

8

Himachal Pradesh

41

41

32

9

Jammu & Kashmir

40

42

29

10

Jharkhand

48

51

27

11

Karnataka

35

38

28

12

Kerala

12

13

9

13

Madhya Pradesh

69

75

40

14

Maharashtra

26

32

18

15

Orissa

66

70

39

16

Punjab

31

35

24

17

Rajasthan

57

63

32

18

Tamil Nadu

23

26

17

19

Uttar Pradesh

64

68

44

20

West Bengal

35

37

26

The schemes/programmes/funds launched/ released to check high child mortality rate during the last three years and the current year, are as under:

To sharpen the focus on the low performing districts, 184 High Priority Districts (HPDs) have been identified for implementation of Reproductive Maternal Newborn Child Health+ Adolescent (RMNCH+A) interventions for achieving improved maternal and child health outcomes.

India Newborn Action Plan (INAP) was launched in 2014 to make concerted efforts towards attainment of the goals of “Single Digit Neonatal Mortality Rate” and “Single Digit Stillbirth Rate”, by 2030.

Newer interventions to reduce newborn mortality have also been implemented, including- Vitamin K injection at birth, Antenatal corticosteroids in preterm labour, Kangaroo Mother Care and empowering ANMs to provide Injection Gentamicin to young infants for possible serious bacterial infection.

In order to increase awareness about the use of ORS and Zinc in diarrhoea, an Intensified Diarrhoea Control Fortnight (IDCF) is being observed during July-August, with the ultimate aim of ‘zero child deaths due to childhood diarrhoea’. During fortnight health workers visited the households of under five children, conducted community level awareness generation activities and distributed ORS packets to the families with children under five years of age.

National Iron Plus Initiative (NIPI) – To address anaemia, NIPI has been launched which includes provision of supervised biweekly iron folic acid supplementation by ASHA for all under-five children and biannual deworming.

National Deworming Day (NDD)- Recognising worm infestation as an important cause of anaemia, the first National Deworming Day (NDD) was observed on 10th February, 2015 in 11 States/UT targeting all children in the age group of 1-19 years (both school enrolled and non-enrolled). Total of 8.98 crore children received deworming tablet (Albendazole) during the National Deworming Day. The same will be observed on an annual basis.

Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) has been launched (Feb 2013) to provide strategic interventions to address birth defects, delays and deficiencies and reduce out of pocket expenditure for the families on treatment by expanding the reach of mobile health teams at block level and establishing District Early Intervention Centres (DEICs) in the districts.

An estimated 27 crore children in the age group of zero to eighteen years are expected to be covered in a phased manner.13.3 lakhs have received free treatment including surgeries for congenital heart disease, cleft lip and correction of club foot etc.

Birth Defects Surveillance System (BDSS) is being established – to serve as a tool for identifying congenital anomalies. It is as a collaborative effort between the MoHFW, GoI, WHO and CDC.

Mission Indradhanush: Launched on 25th December, 2014, seeks to drive toward 90% full immunization coverage with all vaccines in the entire country by year 2020 with a high focus on the 201 identified districts.

Mission Indradhanush Phase II has begun in 352 districts across the country (279 medium priority districts + 33 districts from North Eastern States + 44 districts from Phase I districts where large number of missed out children were detected during monitoring of phase I of Mission Indradhanush).

The Health Minister, Shri J P Nadda stated this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha here today.