National Family Health Survey finds jump in vaccination

The Health Ministry released partial data from the fifth edition of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) claiming “considerable improvement” in the supply of vaccine for childhood immunisation from the fourth round in 2015-16.

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Key-Points

The results of 17 States and 5 UTs have been released Phase-I. Phase II covering the remaining 12 States and 2 UTs had their fieldwork suspended due to Covid-19, which has been resumed from November and is expected to be completed by May 2021.

Substantial improvement in maternal and child health indicators over NFHS-4 (2015-16) was recorded in the present survey.

The fertility rate has further declined, contraceptive use has increased and unmet need has been reduced in most phase I states.

The survey found considerable improvement in vaccination coverage among children age 12-23 months across all states and UTs.

But malnutrition indicators have worsened, with the proportion of children with stunting rising in 11 out of 18 states for which data was available, of those with wasting going up in 14, and of those with anaemia in 17.