Guwahati, July 10: Reproductive and child health programmes and schemes in the North East are yet to achieve the desired results with most of the states failing to achieve the set targets or even utilising the funds allocated. ''Not a single North Eastern state has formulated a state population policy while non-reporting of events for registration of programmes especially in the rural areas is the major problem in these states,'' according to a report prepared by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

According to the key demographic indicators of the region, safe delivery levels range from 20.7 per cent in Meghalaya to 60.9 per cent in Mizoram with Tripura, Manipur and Mizoram recording more than the national average. The average range of deliveries at health centres is 17.5 per cent in Meghalaya compared to 57.9 per cent in Mizoram while the infant mortality rate (IMR) of all the NE states except Assam at 75 is lower than the all India average of 62.

Full immunisation levels range from 26.1 per cent to 68.4 per cent with Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Tripura, Manipur and Meghalaya's coverage levels being less than the national coverage of 54.2 per cent.

Any ante-natal care (ANC) coverage ranges from 53.1 per cent in Meghalaya to 90.3 in Mizoram while ANC coverage is 15.6 per cent in Nagaland and 43.7 per cent in Mizoram, indicating a dropout of 35.50 per cent. Bureau Report