PMID- 29726828
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20180918
LR  - 20220408
IS  - 0974-7559 (Electronic)
IS  - 0019-6061 (Linking)
VI  - 55
IP  - 4
DP  - 2018 Apr 15
TI  - Childhood Morbidity and Mortality in India - Analysis of National Family Health 
      Survey 4 (NFHS-4) Findings.
PG  - 335-338
AB  - National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-4 report was recently released for 
      health-related data. This review compares the child health indicators across 
      NFHS-3 and NFHS-4 with a background of existing health programs catering to child 
      health. Reports of NFHS-4 and NFHS-3, along with ministry reports and existing 
      literature were reviewed to understand the current status of child health. Child 
      health indicators were compared between the two rounds of NFHS and among 
      Empowered Action Group states of India. National Health Policy 2017 and National 
      Health Programs related to child health were also analyzed. There has been an 
      improvement in almost all child health indicators from NFHS-3 to NFHS-4. The 
      infant mortality rate has reduced to 41 per 1000 live births. The immunization 
      rate is 62%, and has almost doubled in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and 
      Madhya Pradesh. Despite existence of many health programs, there is still a 
      substantial lack of achievement in most of the indicators.
FAU - Dhirar, Nonita
AU  - Dhirar N
AD  - Departments of Community Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India. Correspondence to: 
      Dr Nonita Dhirar, Senior Resident, Department of Community Medicine, School of 
      Public Health, PGIMER, Chandigarh 160 012, India. nonita183@yahoo.com.
FAU - Dudeja, Sankalp
AU  - Dudeja S
AD  - Departments of Pediatrics, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.
FAU - Khandekar, Jyoti
AU  - Khandekar J
AD  - Department of Community Medicine, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, 
      India.
FAU - Bachani, Damodar
AU  - Bachani D
AD  - Department of Community Medicine, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, 
      India.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - India
TA  - Indian Pediatr
JT  - Indian pediatrics
JID - 2985062R
SB  - IM
MH  - Child Health/*trends
MH  - Child Mortality/*trends
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Health Surveys
MH  - Humans
MH  - Immunization/trends
MH  - India/epidemiology
MH  - Infant
MH  - Infant Mortality/*trends
MH  - Nutritional Status
EDAT- 2018/05/05 06:00
MHDA- 2018/09/19 06:00
CRDT- 2018/05/05 06:00
PHST- 2018/05/05 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2018/05/05 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/09/19 06:00 [medline]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Indian Pediatr. 2018 Apr 15;55(4):335-338.