Uttar Pradesh Government lays down scheme to improve children’s health

Children between the ages of 12-13 months being fully vaccinated have reached 69 per cent (NFHS-V). Owing to the efforts of Yogi Adityanath’s government in the state of Uttar Pradesh to promote the health of children and infants, it has seen substantial improvement in maternal and child health indicators as revealed by the NFHS V (National Family Health Survey 5) released on Wednesday.

Before 2017 when thousands of children used to succumb to such diseases, NFHS V has revealed Uttar Pradesh leading in many areas and that figures have improved as compared to the previous survey. With decreasing number of malnourished children, there is an increase in vaccination providing a boost to the health facilities under the present scheme, full immunization coverage in Uttar Pradesh has gone up to 69.6 per cent.

Survey done in Uttar Pradesh

The statistics of the National Family Health Survey-5 is evidence of the fact that UP has improved more than the national level. The proportion of women suffering from anaemia has decreased by 5.1 percent. In comparison, the national figure is 1.8 percent. In the state, there has been a 6.6 percent reduction in cases of children with stunted growth, compared to 2.9 percent nationally. The state has seen a 7.4 percent decrease in the number of underweight children. In comparison, the national figure is 3.7 percent.

Schemes launched by the government in the last few years to enhance the health of children have paid off at the grassroots level, resulting in an increase in the graph of children from breastfeeding to their vaccination. Due to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s planned and phased strategy to combat childhood diseases, there has been a 75% reduction in meningitis-like illness and a 95% reduction in deaths from this disease. The Gorakhpur division has also received national and international recognition for its work in infectious disease control.

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