{"id":148825,"date":"2021-11-25T20:04:35","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T14:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=148825"},"modified":"2021-11-26T11:06:06","modified_gmt":"2021-11-26T05:36:06","slug":"union-health-ministry-releases-nfhs-5-phase-ii-findings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/union-health-ministry-releases-nfhs-5-phase-ii-findings\/","title":{"rendered":"Union Health Ministry releases NFHS-5 Phase II Findings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
What is the news?<\/h5>\n

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) has released the 2019-21 National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) that belongs to phase-2 states along with all-India data.<\/p>\n

States covered in NFHS-5 phase II<\/h5>\n

Arunachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, NCT of Delhi, Odisha, Puducherry, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.<\/p>\n

About NFHS and findings of NFHS-5 Phase I<\/h5>\n

Read here<\/strong>: What is National Family Health Survey (NFHS)?<\/a><\/p>\n

What are the key findings of NFHS-5 Phase II?<\/h5>\n
\"NFHS-5\"
Source: Livemint<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Total Fertility Rates (TFR)<\/strong><\/a>: Declined from 2.2 to 2.0 at the national level. All Phase-II States have achieved replacement level of fertility (2.1) except Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh.<\/p>\n

\"NFHS
Source: TOI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (CPR)<\/strong>: Increased from 54% to 67% at an all-India level and in almost all Phase-II States\/UTs with an exception of Punjab.<\/p>\n

Full immunization drive<\/strong>: Improved among children aged 12-23 months from 62% (NFHS-4) to 76% at an all-India level.<\/p>\n

This increase is attributed to the flagship initiative of Mission Indradhanush<\/a> launched by the government since 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read more<\/strong>: \u201cIntensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) 3.0\u201d<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Institutional births<\/strong>: Increased substantially from 79% to 89% at all-India levels. Institutional delivery is 100% in Puducherry and Tamil Nadu and more than 90 per cent in 7 States\/UTs out of 12 Phase II States\/UTs.<\/p>\n

There has also been a substantial increase in C-section deliveries<\/strong> in many States\/UTs, especially in private health facilities.<\/p>\n

\"NFHS-5
Source: The Hindu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Child Nutrition<\/strong>: When compares to NFHS-4, 1. Stunting – declined from 38.4% to 35.5%, 2. Wasting declined from 21% to 19.3%, 3. Underweight – declined from 35.8% to 32.1% and 4. Overweight –\u00a0 Increased from 2.1% to 3.4%. Further, breastfeeding is also shown an improvement from 55% in 2015-16 to 64% in 2019-21.<\/p>\n

Child marriage<\/strong>: Declined from 27% to 23% in the last five years. West Bengal and Bihar had the highest prevalence of girl child marriage, and this has remained unchanged since the NFHS-4.<\/p>\n

\"NFHS-5\"
Source: Livemint<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Anaemia<\/strong>: More than half of the children and women (including pregnant women) are anaemic in all the phase-II States\/UTs and all-India levels compared to NFHS4.<\/p>\n

Assam is among the worst-performing states, with a huge spike in anaemic cases.<\/p>\n

Women’s empowerment<\/strong>: Significant progress has been recorded between NFHS-4 and NFHS-5 in regard to women operating bank accounts from 53% to 79% at an all-India level.<\/p>\n

What are the significant things to consider from NFHS-5 Survey?<\/h5>\n

Achievement of TFR is a significant feat for the country\u2019s family-planning programme<\/a>. But, the onus of family planning still lies with women. This is visible from an increase in female sterilisation and stagnated male sterilisation.<\/p>\n

An increase in people with overweight highlights the very large burden of NCD and diet-related diseases.<\/p>\n

Anaemia among children and women continues to be a cause of concern.<\/p>\n

Source:\u00a0<\/b>This post is based on the following articles<\/p>\n