India’s maternal mortality ratio drops by 10 points

Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) of India According to a special bulletin issued by the Registrar General of India, it has declined by 10 points. It has come down from 113 in 2016-18 to 103 in 2017-18 (a 8.8% decline). the country was witness progressive reduction The MMR is up to 130 in 2014-2016, 122 in 2015-17, 113 in 2016-18 and 103 in 2017-19, said the release issued on Monday.

With this steady decline, India was on the verge of achieving the National Health Policy (NHP) target of 100/million live births by 2020 and certainly the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target of 70/million live births by 2030. Was on track to do. , it noted.

The number of states achieving SDG targets has now increased from five to seven – Kerala (30), Maharashtra (38), Telangana (56), Tamil Nadu (58), Andhra Pradesh (58), Jharkhand (61), and Gujarat. (70). There are now nine states that have achieved the MMR target set by the NHP, including the above seven and Karnataka (83) and Haryana (96).

Uttarakhand (101), West Bengal (109), Punjab (114), Bihar (130), Odisha (136) and Rajasthan (141) – have MMR between 100-150, while Chhattisgarh (160), Madhya Pradesh (163) ), Uttar Pradesh (167) and Assam (205) have MMR above 150.

UP’s Achievement

Uttar Pradesh has recorded an encouraging achievement – registering maximum drop of 30 points, followed by Rajasthan (23 points), Bihar (19 points), Punjab (15 points) and Odisha (14 points), the release said. stated in the release.

Kerala, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh have shown a decline of more than 15% in MMR, while Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Bihar, Punjab, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh have seen a decline of between 10-15%. Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Odisha and Karnataka saw a decline between 5-10%.

It said that West Bengal, Haryana, Uttarakhand and Chhattisgarh have shown an increase in MMR and hence there is a need to re-implement their strategy and intensify efforts to accelerate the decline in MMR to achieve the SDG target. Will be