Jharkhand ranks lowest in achieving a stable maternal mortality ratio
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Amidst the recent flare in the national media set up by the government setting new targets to achieve a stable maternal mortality ratio in India, the WHO has stated that the maternal health facilities and conditions in Jharkhand are still abysmal.
This Indian eastern state has a long way to go to end preventable maternal and infant deaths, as implied by the WHO.
As further statistically and factually reported by IANS, since its birth in March 2000, Jharkhand has seen its maternal mortality ratio (MMR), or maternal deaths per 100,000 live births, improve from 261 in 2007-09 to 219 in 2011-12 due to improved access to healthcare. But this is 41 points higher than the national MMR average of 178 in 2011-12, worse than Myanmar and Nepal and about the same as Laos and Papua and New Guinea, according to WHO data.
Jharkhand does not fare well on any of the nine key indicators including government schemes, such as the Janani Suraksha Yojana (Mothers’ Protection Programme). The JSY is fully sponsored by the central government and provides cash incentives, including out-of-pocket expenditure incurred by pregnant women: Rs 1,400 for rural women and Rs 1,000 for urban women. Jharkhand has the lowest ante-natal care coverage with only 60 percent of women receiving such facilities. Compare that to Bihar with 85.4 percent and Chhattisgarh with 91.8 percent.
This Indian eastern state has a long way to go to end preventable maternal and infant deaths, as implied by the WHO.
As further statistically and factually reported by IANS, since its birth in March 2000, Jharkhand has seen its maternal mortality ratio (MMR), or maternal deaths per 100,000 live births, improve from 261 in 2007-09 to 219 in 2011-12 due to improved access to healthcare. But this is 41 points higher than the national MMR average of 178 in 2011-12, worse than Myanmar and Nepal and about the same as Laos and Papua and New Guinea, according to WHO data.
Jharkhand does not fare well on any of the nine key indicators including government schemes, such as the Janani Suraksha Yojana (Mothers’ Protection Programme). The JSY is fully sponsored by the central government and provides cash incentives, including out-of-pocket expenditure incurred by pregnant women: Rs 1,400 for rural women and Rs 1,000 for urban women. Jharkhand has the lowest ante-natal care coverage with only 60 percent of women receiving such facilities. Compare that to Bihar with 85.4 percent and Chhattisgarh with 91.8 percent.
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