Govt to launch annual health survey in 9 states

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Govt to launch annual health survey in 9 states

The survey will assess the impact of schemes under National Rural Health Mission

Published on 9/14/2009 11:44:31 AM

By Jay P Gupta

New Delhi: The Government of India is going to launch an annual health survey in

284 districts in nine states across the country to assess the impact of schemes

under National Rural Health Mission (NRHM).

The project would be carried out jointly by the Ministry of Health and Family

Welfare, Registrar General of India (RGI) and Ministry of Home Affairs.

The nine states in which this survey would be conducted include Bihar,

Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattishgarh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Orissa,

Rajasthan and Assam.

The survey aims to provide feedback on the impact of the schemes under NRHM in

reduction of Total Fertility Rate (TFR), Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) at the

district level and the Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) at the regional level by

estimating these rates on an annual basis.

The field work for the survey would be undertaken by private agencies and

supervised by RGI.

The field work for the survey would commence in this year and the first set of

result is likely to come up in 2010-11.

Based on the experience of this exercise, a decision will be taken for future

expansion of the survey to other parts of the country, sources in the Health

Ministry said.

Launched in April 2005, the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) has been

focusing on bringing improvement in the health system and the health status of

the people, especially for people living in rural areas. The Mission seeks to

provide universal access to equitable, affordable and quality health care.

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