{"id":27464,"date":"2018-10-23T14:16:27","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T08:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=27464"},"modified":"2018-10-23T14:16:27","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T08:46:27","slug":"health-to-poverty-tribals-scrape-bottom-of-barrel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/health-to-poverty-tribals-scrape-bottom-of-barrel\/","title":{"rendered":"Health to poverty: Tribals scrape bottom of barrel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/health-to-poverty-tribals-scrape-bottom-of-barrel-5357388\/\">Health to poverty: Tribals scrape bottom of barrel<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>News:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The Expert Committee shows concern over Tribal health in its report.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><u>Important Facts:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Ministry of Tribal Development appointed an expert committee in 2013 to make a comprehensive report on Tribal health.<\/li>\n<li>Report shows that tribal populations in the country were lagging on almost every health parameter.<\/li>\n<li><u>Major findings of the committee report are:<\/u><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Tribal in India lives three years less than non-Tribal population.<\/li>\n<li>Have higher malnutrition<\/li>\n<li>Very limited access to health care services.<\/li>\n<li>Significantly lower immunization coverage,<\/li>\n<li>Substantially higher low-birth-weight children, and were much more susceptible to communicable diseases like malaria, tuberculosis and leprosy.<\/li>\n<li>Tribal account for 30 % of total malaria cases and 50 % death in India.<\/li>\n<li>Urban diseases like hypertension, cancer and diabetes was widespread in tribal populations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li><u>Indicators leading to tribal health issue<\/u><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Only 10.7 per cent of the tribal population had access to tap water compared to 28.5 percent of non-tribal groups,<\/li>\n<li>While three out of four tribal people (74.7 percent) continue to defecate in the open.<\/li>\n<li>Overall, 40.6 percent of the ST population lived below the poverty line compared to 20.5 percent of non-tribal population.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"6\">\n<li>Report has also identified ten \u201cspecial health problems\u201d that affect tribal populations disproportionately such as<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Malaria control, malnutrition, infant mortality, family planning, maternal health, de-addiction and health literacy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"7\">\n<li>According to the National Family Health Survey (2015-16) the infant mortality rate amongst tribal populations 44.4 per 1000 live births, significantly higher than the national average of 34.<\/li>\n<li>Lancet study in 2016 shows the life expectancy of Tribal was 63.9 years while it was 67 years for non-tribal.<\/li>\n<li>Tribal communities living in the north-eastern region was found to be more prone to non-communicable disease such as HIV, Cancer, Mental etc. than those in other parts of the country.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Health to poverty: Tribals scrape bottom of barrel News: The Expert Committee shows concern over Tribal health in its report. Important Facts: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Ministry of Tribal Development appointed an expert committee in 2013 to make a comprehensive report on Tribal health. 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