{"id":72598,"date":"2020-12-14T18:09:51","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T12:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=72598"},"modified":"2021-05-08T14:06:50","modified_gmt":"2021-05-08T08:36:50","slug":"fifth-edition-of-national-family-health-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/fifth-edition-of-national-family-health-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"Fifth Edition of National Family Health Survey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:\u00a0<\/strong>The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has released the fifth edition of the National Family Health Survey(NFHS).<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>NFHS:\u00a0<\/strong>It was conducted after a gap of three years.It contains detailed information on population, health, and nutrition for India and its states and Union Territories.<\/li>\n<li>This is the Phase 1 of the survey conducted in 17 States and 5 Union Territories(UTs).Phase 2 of the survey will cover other states such as Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Madhya Pradesh.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Key Highlights:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-72564 below-entry-meta\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.forumias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/child-health.jpg?resize=840%2C476&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.forumias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/child-health.jpg?w=1426&amp;ssl=1 1426w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.forumias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/child-health.jpg?resize=300%2C170&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.forumias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/child-health.jpg?resize=1024%2C580&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.forumias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/child-health.jpg?resize=150%2C85&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.forumias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/child-health.jpg?resize=768%2C435&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.forumias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/child-health.jpg?resize=1200%2C680&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" alt=\"child health\" width=\"840\" height=\"475\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Increased malnutrition among children:\u00a0<\/strong>Several States have reversed course and recorded worsening levels of child (under 5 years of age) malnutrition parameters such as child stunting; child wasting; share of children underweight and child mortality rate.<\/li>\n<li><strong>More Indians are obese and anaemic:\u00a0<\/strong>The survey has reported an increased share of men and women who were overweight or obese and anaemic (condition in which a person lacks enough healthy red blood cells to carry adequate oxygen to the body tissues).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jump in Vaccination:\u00a0<\/strong>The survey has found considerable improvement in vaccination coverage among children aged 12-23 months across all States\/UTs.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Better household amenities\u00a0<\/strong>The share of households having access to some basic amenities has increased in most of the states.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Urban-Rural gender gaps in Internet use:<\/strong>\u00a0There is an urban-rural gap as well as gender divide with respect to the use of the Internet.On an average, less than 3 out of 10 women in rural India and 4 out of 10 women in urban India ever used the Internet.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Increase in bank accounts operated by women:<\/strong>\u00a0The number of bank accounts that women not only hold but also operate themselves has increased dramatically over the past five years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:\u00a0The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has released the fifth edition of the National Family Health Survey(NFHS). Facts: NFHS:\u00a0It was conducted after a gap of three years.It contains detailed information on population, health, and nutrition for India and its states and Union Territories. 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