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India Achieves Target for Maternal Mortality Rate
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India has successfully met the National Health Policy (NHP) target of reducing the Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) to 100 deaths per 1 lakh live births. Between 1990 and 2020, India achieved an 83% decline in MMR, which is significantly higher than the global decline during the same period.
What is maternal mortality ratio (MMR)?
- The maternal mortality ratio (MMR) is defined as the number of maternal deaths during a given time period per 100,000 live births during the same time period.
- It depicts the risk of maternal death relative to the number of live births and essentially captures the risk of death in a single pregnancy or a single live birth.
- Key Achievements in Infant and Child Mortality
- Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) declined by 69%, compared to 55% globally.
- Under-5 Mortality Rate reduced by 75%, while the global reduction was only 58%.
PYQQ. The total fertility rate in an economy is defined as: (2024)
Solution: (d) |
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