Shri Azad Releases NRHM’s Review Mission Reports

The Union Minster of Health and Family Welfare, Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad, today released reports of 5thCommon Review Mission (CRM) and 8th Joint Review Mission (JRM) of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) at the National Dissemination workshop held in New Delhi.   As per the latest SRS, country’s IMR has reduced to 47 (SRS 2010) from 58 in 2005 and MMR declined from 254 during 2004-06 to 212 in 2007-09. Noteworthy achievements have been recorded in the High Focus States like Orissa, Rajasthan and Bihar where the IMR has dropped by 13 or more points since 2005. Fall in rural IMR has been consistently more than urban IMR for last three years. Assam Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Rajasthan have recorded the largest fall in Maternal Mortality Ratio of 90, 81, 81 and 70 points respectively. Further, TFR has reduced to 2.6 in 2009 from 2.9 in 2005.