Regional dissemination workshop of NFHS-5 held in Guwahati

Child mortality rate of Assam is below national average

GUWAHATI: A regional dissemination workshop of the National Family Health Survey-5 (NFHS-5) was held at the Assam Administrative Staff College on Tuesday. The workshop was organized by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India (MoHFW) & International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS).

The dignitaries present for the launch of the workshop were Sandhya Krishnamurthy, Director General (Statistics), MoHFW, Harsh Mangla, Director (NHM), and others. The workshop was also participated by repsentatives from north-eastern States, representative from all Directorates of Health & Family Welfare Department, Government of Assam and NHM State HQ, Joint Director of Health Services and District Programme Manager of all districts.

The National Family Health Survey (NFHS) survey is conducted under the stewardship of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of India. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, designated the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, as the nodal agency to conduct NFHS-5. NFHS-5 has a total sample size of around 6,10,000 households at all India level. Total 30,119 households were selected in Assam in NFHS-5. In Assam, Under 5 Mortality Rate (U5MR) (i.e. child death of age 0-5 years) was 56.5 per 1,000 live birth as per NFHS-4 (2015-16), which was very high compared to 49.7 of the National average. But, NFHS-5 (2019-20) showed the improvement made by the State. As per NFHS-5 (2019-20), Under 5 Mortality of the State is 39.1 compared to 41.9 of the national average. That means, child mortality rate of the State is below the national average for the first time in the Assam.

Similarly, Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) (i.e. infant death of age 0-1 year) of the State was 47.6 per 1,000 live birth as per NFHS-4 (2015-16) which was very high compared to 40.7 of the National average. But, as per NFHS-5 (2019-20), Infant Mortality of the State has come down to 31.9 compared to 35.2 of the national average. That means, infant mortality rate of the State is also below the national average for the first time in Assam.

Huge improvement is also witnessed in Neo-Natal Mortality Rate (NMR) (i.e. infant death of age 0 – 28 days). NMR of the State has come down from 32.8 in NFHS – 4 (2015-16) to 22.5 in NFHS-5 (2019-20). Now, NMR of the State is also below national average of 24.9 (NFHS-5).

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