Reproductive health, and child health and nutrition in India: meeting the challenge.

ABSTRACT: India, with a population of more than 1 billion people, has many challenges in improving the health and nutrition of its citizens. Steady declines have been noted in fertility, maternal, infant and child mortalities, and the prevalence of severe manifestations of nutritional deficiencies, but the pace has been slow and falls short of national and Millennium Development Goal targets. The likely explanations include social inequities, disparities in health systems between and within states, and consequences of urbanisation and demographic transition. In 2005, India embarked on the National Rural Health Mission, an extraordinary effort to strengthen the health systems. However, coverage of priority interventions remains insufficient, and the content and quality of existing interventions are s

SUBMITTER: Paul VK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3341742 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature