New Delhi: UNICEF has applauded India for reducing maternal death. “India has shown impressive progress in reducing maternal deaths, with nearly 1,000 fewer women now dying of pregnancy related complications each month in India,” Dr. Yasmin Ali Haque, country representative of UNICEF in India, said in a press release onContinue Reading
GUWAHATI, February 17, 2018: Assam is at the bottom of the list with regard to maternal mortality rate(MMR) with a figure of 300 against the national average of 167, while the fund spending under National Health Mission (NHM) is just 13.58 per cent for 2017-18. Union Minister of State forContinue Reading
According to records available with the NITI Aayog the maternal mortality rate in Assam is still the highest among all the States of the country and much higher than the national average, though it is coming down gradually. Meanwhile, the Government of India has made decisions to go for extensiveContinue Reading