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MP registers considerable fall in IMR, birth rate
Bhopal, June 12: Madhya Pradesh has registered a considerable fall in birth rate and Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) over a period of eight years.
Bhopal, June 12: Madhya Pradesh has registered a considerable fall in birth rate and Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) over a period of eight years.
The birth rate, which was 34.9 per thousand in 1993, came down to 30.8 per thousand in 2001 while the IMR, which was 106 per thousand in 1993, came down to 86 per thousand in 2001, an official release said here today.
Similarly, the population growth rate has also decreased from 27 per cent to 24 per cent following expansion of better coordination in health services in the state, it said.
Under the health life service guarantee scheme, implemented under the Rajiv Gandhi community health mission to improve community health in the state, two community health workers have been positioned in every village to strengthen basic health facilities there.
As many as 41,661 `jan swasthya rakshaks' and 49,876 `dais' have been trained in the state, the release said.
The state has registered considerable progress in immunisation also, the release claimed adding, total immunisation which was 29 per cent in 1992, has gone up to 67 per cent in 2002 and if children below one year of age are also included, then the immunisation goes up to 77 per cent.
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Similarly, the population growth rate has also decreased from 27 per cent to 24 per cent following expansion of better coordination in health services in the state, it said.
Under the health life service guarantee scheme, implemented under the Rajiv Gandhi community health mission to improve community health in the state, two community health workers have been positioned in every village to strengthen basic health facilities there.
As many as 41,661 `jan swasthya rakshaks' and 49,876 `dais' have been trained in the state, the release said.
The state has registered considerable progress in immunisation also, the release claimed adding, total immunisation which was 29 per cent in 1992, has gone up to 67 per cent in 2002 and if children below one year of age are also included, then the immunisation goes up to 77 per cent.
Bureau Report