{"id":11470,"date":"2019-11-09T13:11:45","date_gmt":"2019-11-09T07:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=11470"},"modified":"2019-11-09T13:11:45","modified_gmt":"2019-11-09T07:41:45","slug":"maternal-death-rate-declining-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/maternal-death-rate-declining-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Maternal Death rate declining: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News<\/strong>: Sample\nRegistration System (SRS) 2015-2017 bulletin for MMR has been released.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Maternal Mortality\nRatio<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) in India has seen\na decline from 130 per 1 lakh live births in 2014-2016 to 122 per 1 lakh live\nbirths in 2015-2017. It is a decline of 8 points (6.2%).<\/li><li>Assam records the highest MMR at 229 maternal\ndeaths per 100,000 live births, followed by Uttar Pradesh (216), Madhya Pradesh\n(188), Rajasthan (186), Odisha (168), Bihar (165) and Chhattisgarh (141).<\/li><li>Kerala has the lowest MMR, at 42. It is followed\nby Maharashtra (55), Tamil Nadu (63), Andhra Pradesh (74), Jharkhand (76) and\nTelangana (76).<\/li><li>Karnataka has shown the highest percentage\ndecline in MMR.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Maternal Mortality\nRate:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Uttar Pradesh has highest maternal mortality\nrate at 20.1, followed by Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan and Assam.<\/li><li>Kerala has the lowest maternal mortality rate,\nat 1.9, followed by Maharashtra at 3.3.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional\nInformation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Maternal Mortality:<\/strong> It refers to the number of maternal deaths which occur due to pregnancy or as a result of a complication of the same.<\/li><li><strong>Maternal Mortality Ratio:<\/strong> It is the number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. It is a measure of the risk of death once a woman has become pregnant.<\/li><li><strong>Maternal Mortality Rate:<\/strong> It is defined as the number of maternal deaths (direct and indirect) in a given period per 100,000 women of reproductive age during the same time period<\/li><li><strong>SDG-Maternal Mortality Target:<\/strong> United Nations\u2019 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 3.1) calls to reduce MMR to less than 70 per 100,000 live births by 2030.<\/li><li><strong>National Health Policy 2017 Target<\/strong>: MMR of 100\/lakh Live Births by 2020.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>Surakshit Matritva Aashwasan (SUMAN) initiative for Zero Preventable Maternal and Newborn Deaths<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The scheme aims to provide dignified and quality health care at \nno cost to every woman and newborn visiting a public health facility in \norder to bring down maternal and infant mortality rates in the country,<\/li><li>Under\n the scheme, pregnant women, mothers up to 6 months after delivery and \nall sick newborns will be able to avail free healthcare benefits such as\n four antenatal check-ups and six home-based newborn care visits.<\/li><li>The scheme will enable zero expense access to the identification and management of complications during and after the pregnancy.<\/li><li>The government will also provide free transport from home to health institutions.<\/li><li>The\n pregnant women will also have a zero expense delivery and C-section \nfacility in case of complications at public health facilities.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Sample Registration System (SRS) 2015-2017 bulletin for MMR has been released. Facts: Maternal Mortality Ratio Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) in India has seen a decline from 130 per 1 lakh live births in 2014-2016 to 122 per 1 lakh live births in 2015-2017. It is a decline of 8 points (6.2%). 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