Gujarat fares poorly in child health


A government commissioned survey on child health has shown that Gujarat, the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is lagging behind even Bihar on the critical indicator of child immunization. It also reveals that Gujarat has more underweight and stunted children than the national average.

 The survey commissioned by Women and Child Development Ministry in the previous UPA regime was conducted with the technical help from Unicef and completed in May 2014. Since then, its findings have not been made public.

 One of the findings is —child immunisation rate in Gujarat is 56 per cent as against the national average of 65 per cent and 60 per cent in Bihar, which is normally considered an underperformer on development indicators. Gujarat is placed 21st among the 29 states surveyed for immunisation coverage of 12 to 24 month olds under Universal Immunisation Programme which offers seven vaccines against diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, polio, TB, hepatitis B and measles.............Read more

 

Source web page: The Tribune


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