The contribution of district prioritization on maternal and newborn health interventions coverage in rural India.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In 2001, India prioritized eight most socioeconomically disadvantaged states known as Empowered Action Group (EAG) states and in 2013, it prioritized 190 of the 718 as high priority districts (HPDs) to accelerate the decline in maternal and newborn mortality. This paper assesses whether the HPDs achieved a greater coverage of maternal and newborn health interventions than the non-HPDs and HPDs in EAG states achieved greater coverage than those in non-EAG states.

Methods

We used data from the Sample Registration System to assess rural neonatal mortality trends in EAG states and all India. We computed a co-coverage index based on seven maternal and newborn health interventions from the 2015/16 National Family Health Survey. Difference in differences (DID) analyses w

SUBMITTER: Ramesh BM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7182352 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature