The Union Health Ministry on Wednesday enlisted the progress registered under the National Health Mission (NHM) stating that the country witnessed decline in under 5 Mortality Rate (U5MR) from 59 in 2010 to 43 in 2015 and Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) from 178 during 2010-12 to 167 during 2011-13.
Similarly, Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) has declined from 39 in the year 2014 to 37 in 2015, Union Health Minister JP Nadda said while talking to media after the Cabinet meeting here.
The Minister said that the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 6 of halting and reversing the incidence of Malaria, TB and HIV/AIDS had been achieved.
The National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) was launched in April 2005 and it morphed into National Health Mission (NHM) with launch of National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) during 2013.
Thereafter, NRHM and NUHM became two sub-missions under the overarching NHM. Cabinet noted the progress under NHM including accelerated decline in MMR, IMR, U5MR and TFR. It also noted the progress in respect of various disease control programmes like TB, Malaria, leprosy etc.
Nadda also said that the government has spent over Rs 100 crore for maintenance of 4,560 medical devices which were not functional in various public hospitals in the country.
Amendment to the Dentists Act approved
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposed amendment in the Dentists Act, 1948 wherein it will not be mandatory for the Dental Council of India (DCI) to have as government nominees two representatives of dentists who migrated from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar in the late forties and early seventies.