Assam has seen a dip in maternity and child mortality cases as a result of special teams in each district of the state regularly monitoring health-related activities.
According to information from the National Health Mission Assam, 289 cases of maternal deaths were reported between April and September of this year, compared to 389 during the same period last year, a decrease of 25%.
Additionally, the child mortality rate decreased by 8.3%.
3,523 child death cases were reported between April and September of this year, compared to 3,842 occurrences at the same time last year.
“We implemented a plethora of proactive initiatives, one of which was the deployment of State teams to each district, with the purpose of improving the maternal and child health scenario,” said M.S. Lakshmi Priya, mission director of NHM Assam.
