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02/12/22 22:12 PM IST

India achieves NHP target for maternal mortality ratio

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  • The Registrar General of India released a special bulletin on Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR). It revealed that India achieved a significant milestone by reaching the National health policy (NHP) target for MMR.
India's MMR 
  • According to the special bulletin released by the Registrar General of India (RGI), the Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) has decreased from 130 per lakh live births in 2014-16 to 97 per lakh live births in 2018-20.
  • The country is on track to achieve the target of MMR less than 70 per lakh live births by 2030.
  • With the 2018-20 MMR, India achieved the National Health Policy (NHP) target for MMR of less than 100 per 100,000 live births.
  • It is currently on track to achieve the SDG Target 3.1, which aims to reduce global maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per 1 lakh live births.
  • Assam currently has the highest MMR of 195, followed by Madhya Pradesh with an MMR of 173 and Uttar Pradesh with MMR of 167 per 1 lakh live births.
  • Other states with high MMR are Chhattisgarh (137), Odisha (119), Bihar (118), Rajasthan (113), Haryana (110), Punjab (105) and West Bengal (105). Many of these states belong to the Empowered Action Group (EAG) – a group of socio-economically poor regions.
  • Kerala had the lowest MMR of 19 per 100,000 live births. It is followed by Maharashtra (33) and Telangana (43), Andhra Pradesh (45) and Gujarat (57).
  • The worst performing states are Madhya Pradesh (15.3), Uttar Pradesh (14.3), Assam (12.1), Bihar (11) and Chhattisgarh (9.9).
About MMR 
  • The maternal mortality ratio (MMR) is the number of maternal deaths during a specific time period per 100,000 live births during the same period.
  • It is a tool used to indicate the risk of maternal death relative to the number of live births, capturing the risk of death in a single pregnancy or a single live birth.
Source- Live Mint 

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