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1) NATIONAL FAMILY HEALTH SURVEY – 5 (NFHS)
- Details: About NFHS
- The NFHS is a large-scale, multi-round survey, conducted in a representative sample of households throughout India. First survey was done in 1992-94 and since then 5 rounds have been conducted.
- Who conducts this survey?
- International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, is the National Nodal Agency.
- MoHFW has decided to conduct integrated NFHS with a periodicity of three years in lieu of different surveys from 2015-16 onwards to meet the evolving requirements for frequent, timely and appropriate data at the National, State and District level.
- NFHS-5: Key Highlights
| Sl. No. | Indicator | NFHS-5 (2019-21) | NFHS-4 (2015-16) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fertility and Family Planning | |||
| 1 | Total Fertility Rate (TFR) | 2.0 | 2.2 |
| 2 | Women age 15-19 years who were already mothers or pregnant at the time of the survey (%) | 6.8 | 7.9 |
| 3 | Current Use of Family Planning Methods-Any method (%) | 66.7 | 53.5 |
| 4 | Current Use of Family Planning Methods-Any modern method (%) | 56.4 | 47.8 |
| 5 | Total unmet need for Family Planning (%) | 9.4 | 12.9 |
| Maternity and Delivery Care | |||
| 6 | Mothers who had an antenatal check-up in the first trimester (%) | 70.0 | 58.6 |
| 7 | Mothers who had at least 4 antenatal care visits (%) | 58.5 | 51.2 |
| 8 | Mothers who received postnatal care from a doctor/nurse/LHV/ANM/midwife/other health personnel within 2 days of delivery (%) | 78.0 | 62.4 |
| 9 | Institutional births (%) | 88.6 | 78.9 |
| Child Vaccination and Child Feeding Practices | |||
| 10 | Children age 12-23 months fully vaccinated based on information from either vaccination card or mother's recall (%) | 76.6 | 62.0 |
| 11 | Children under age 6 months exclusively breastfed (%) | 63.7 | 54.9 |
| Infant and Child Mortality Rates (per 1000 live births) | |||
| 12 | Neonatal Mortality Rate (NNMR) | 24.9 | 29.5 |
| 13 | Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) | 35.2 | 40.7 |
| 14 | Under-five Mortality Rate (U5MR) | 41.9 | 49.7 |
2) REPORTS
1) ‘HEALTHY STATES, PROGRESSIVE INDIA’ – A REPORT BY NITI AAYOG
- Introduction
- It is a comprehensive health index report which ranks states and UTs innovatively on their year on year incremental change in health outcomes, as well as their overall performance with each other.
- The report has been prepared by NITI Aayog with technical assistance from WB, and consultation with MoH&FW.
- States and UTs have been ranked in 3 categories namely Larger states, smaller states, and Union Territories (UTs) to ensure comparison among similar entities.
- The health index is a weighted composite index based on 24 indicators grouped under three domains, with each domain assigned weights based on its importance and higher scores for outcome indicators.
- Health Outcomes (70%);
- Governance and Information (12%);
- Key inputs and processes (18%),
- Significance – An annual systematic tool; regular assessment of health sector; nudge badly performing states to do well; helps to move towards SDG goals.