{"id":363955,"date":"2026-05-30T17:23:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T11:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=363955"},"modified":"2026-05-30T17:23:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T11:53:21","slug":"key-highlights-of-national-family-health-survey-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/key-highlights-of-national-family-health-survey-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Highlights Of National Family Health Survey-6"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News<\/strong>: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare released the National Family Health Survey-6 conducted during 2023-24 across 715 districts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\"><strong>About National Family Health Survey-6<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_363962\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-363962\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-363962\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Source-PIB-1-1.jpg?resize=300%2C261&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"National Family Health Survey-6\" width=\"300\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Source-PIB-1-1.jpg?resize=300%2C261&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Source-PIB-1-1.jpg?w=618&amp;ssl=1 618w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-363962\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; PIB<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The National Family Health Survey-6<\/strong>\u00a0provides evidence on <strong>population, health, nutrition, and family welfare indicators<\/strong> and supports planning up to the <strong>district level.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Released by:<\/strong> It is released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare<strong> (MoHFW).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Conducted by:<\/strong> The survey was conducted by the <strong>MoHFW<\/strong>\u00a0with the <strong>International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)<\/strong>, Mumbai serving <strong>as the nodal agency.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Time Period:<\/strong> The survey was <strong>conducted during 2023\u201324.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Key Highlights of National Family Health Survey-6:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Maternal Healthcare:<\/strong> <strong>Antenatal care <\/strong>coverage reached<strong> 95.9%,<\/strong> while <strong>institutional deliveries increased<\/strong> from<strong> 88.6% to 90.6% <\/strong>and <strong>skilled birth attendance <\/strong>rose to<strong> 91.3%.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_363963\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-363963\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-363963\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Source-PIB-2-2.jpg?resize=415%2C275&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Maternal Healthcare\" width=\"415\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Source-PIB-2-2.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Source-PIB-2-2.jpg?resize=768%2C510&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Source-PIB-2-2.jpg?w=890&amp;ssl=1 890w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-363963\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; PIB<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Maternal Nutrition:<\/strong> <strong>Mothers<\/strong> consuming <strong>iron folic acid <\/strong>supplements for<strong> 100 days <\/strong>or more <strong>increased<\/strong> from <strong>44.1% to 54.9%.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Family Planning:<\/strong> The <strong>Total Fertility Rate remained at 2.0,<\/strong> while the <strong>Contraceptive Prevalence Rate<\/strong> increased <strong>from 66.7% to 69.1%.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Child Immunization:<\/strong> <strong>Full vaccination coverage<\/strong> among <strong>children aged 12\u201323 months<\/strong> increased <strong>from 83.8% to 87.1%<\/strong>, and <strong>rotavirus vaccination coverage rose from 36.4% to 85.4%.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_363961\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-363961\" style=\"width: 383px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-363961\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Source-PIB-8.jpg?resize=383%2C176&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Child Immunization\" width=\"383\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Source-PIB-8.jpg?resize=300%2C138&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Source-PIB-8.jpg?resize=1024%2C470&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Source-PIB-8.jpg?resize=768%2C352&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Source-PIB-8.jpg?w=1094&amp;ssl=1 1094w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 383px) 100vw, 383px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-363961\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; PIB<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Child Nutrition:<\/strong> <strong>Stunting<\/strong> among children <strong>under five years declined from 35.5% to 29.3%<\/strong>, while severe <strong>wasting declined from 7.7% to 5.2%.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Health Protection<\/strong>: Household coverage under <strong>health insurance or financing schemes increased from 41.0% to 60.2%.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Women\u2019s Empowerment:<\/strong> Women who had ever used the <strong>internet increased from 33.3% to 64.3%,<\/strong> while <strong>women operating their own bank accounts increased from 78.6% to 89.0%.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Child Health:<\/strong> Symptoms of <strong>acute respiratory infection among children declined from 2.8% to 1.9%,<\/strong> and <strong>severe diarrhoea declined to 0.5%.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare released the National Family Health Survey-6 conducted during 2023-24 across 715 districts. About National Family Health Survey-6 The National Family Health Survey-6\u00a0provides evidence on population, health, nutrition, and family welfare indicators and supports planning up to the district level. 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