Maternal mortality ratio in the country drops to 130 from 167

Maternal mortality ratio in the country drops to 130 from 167

News:

1. Maternal mortality ratio dropped across the country as per the latest Sample Registration System (SRS) data.

Important facts:

2. As per the SRS data, the MMR (number of maternal deaths per 1, 00,000 live births) has dropped from 167 (in 2011-2013, the last SRS period) to 130 across the nation.
3. The drop is the result of reducing the MMR in each of the States.
4. States wise data:

• Kerala has the lowest MMR of 46, followed by Maharashtra with 61 and Tamil Nadu 66.
• The highest reduction from the last SRS is with the EAG States at 23%, a drop from 246(2011-13) to 188.
• Other States have dropped by 19%, taking the MMR down from 115 in 2011-13, to 93 at present.
• Uttar Pradesh/ Uttarakhand witnessed a massive drop of 29% , where the MMR had dropped from 285 to 201.

5. The SRS segments States into three groups:

• Empowered Action Group (EAG)-Bihar Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh/ Uttarakhand and Assam.
• Southern States: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
• Others: Remaining States and UTs.

7- As per the National Health Mission estimation:

• India has bettered the MDG target of 139 for 2014-16.
• This was possible because of systematic work undertaken by the Centre and States under the NHM that has resulted in saving 12,000 lives in 2015.
• Three states has already achieved the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal of MMR 70.