Improved Health Indicators

Infant Mortality Rate has come down from 58 per 1000 live births in the year 2005 to 50 in 2009; Maternal Mortality Ration has also come down to 212 per 100,000 live births during 2007-09 from 254 per 100,000 live births in 2004-06; Total Fertility Rate has come down from 2.9 in 2005 to 2.6 in 2009; Institutional Delivery has increased from 108.40 lakhs in 2005-06 to 168.04 in 2010-11; The Immunization Programme is being successfully implemented in the country and as per Coverage Evaluation Survey (CES 2009) conducted by UNICEF, 61% of children aged 12-24 months in India are fully immunized against 6 vaccine preventable diseases; Number of reported Polio cases have reduced from 676 (2006) to 42 (2010) and only one (1) case during 2011 till date; Number of reported deaths due to malaria reduced from 1707 (2006) to 767 (2010); Number of reported deaths due to Kala Azar reduced from 187 (2006) to 105 (2010); Reduction in fatality rate from 1.68% in 2003 to 0.39% in 2010. Number of reported deaths due to Dengue reduced from 149 (2006) to 110 (2010); 70% case detection rate and 85% Cure rate have been achieved under Revised National Tuberculosis Programme; The target of cataract operations under NRHM has been achieved annually since 2005.

Under National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) financial assistance has been provided to the States for augmentation of health human resources, improvement of infrastructure of public health care facilities, drug and equipment, Mobile Medical Units, Emergency and Referral transport etc. Untied Funds, Annual Maintenance Grants and Rogi Kalyan Samiti funds are also provided to each public health facility to improve health facilities and provide better services. 7823 Primary Health Centres have been converted into 24x7 facilities and 2510 First Referral Units have also been established to provide round-the-clock referral services.