Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs) 4, 5 and 6 pertain to health sector. Progress on MDGs
4, 5 and 6 are given below.
MDG - 4: Reduce
Child mortality
The target is to
reduce the Under Five Mortality Rate (U5MR) among children by two-third between
1990 and 2015. In case of India, it translates into a goal of reducing U5MR
from 126 per 1000 live births in 1990 to 42 in 2015. India has achieved U5MR of
45 per 1000 live births during 2014 as per the latest Sample Registration
System (SRS) estimates released by the office of Registrar General & Census
Commissioner, India (ORGI).
MDG-5:
Improve Maternal Health
The
target is to reduce Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) by three quarters between
1990 and 2015. In case of India, it translates into a goal of reducing MMR
from 556 per 1,00,000 live births (as re-worked by UN Inter-Agency Expert
Group) for the year 1990 to 139 in 2015. India has achieved MMR of 167 per
1,00,000 live births during 2011-13 as per the latest SRS estimates released by
ORGI.
MDG-6: Combat HIV / AIDS, Malaria and Other
Diseases
The target is to halt by 2015 and begin to reverse the
spread of HIV / AIDS and the incidence of malaria and other major diseases.
Malaria Incidence has reduced by about 56% (from 2.09 in
2000 to 0.92 cases per 1000 population in 2015).
The
Global Tuberculosis Report, 2015 published by the World Health Organisation
mentions India having attained the Millennium Development Goal regarding
Tuberculosis.
Further, the
‘India HIV Estimations 2015’ report, prepared by the National Institute of
Medical Statistics, Indian Council of Medical Research has mentioned that India
has successfully achieved Millennium Development Goal of halting and reversing
the HIV epidemic. This is so as between 2000 and 2015, the new HIV
infections dropped from 2.51 lakhs to 86 thousand, a reduction of 66%.
Similarly, AIDS related deaths have declined to 54% from 2007-2015.
The Minister of State (Health and Family
Welfare), Smt Anupriya Patel stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha
here today.
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