national family health survey

Members of a boat club practising ahead of Champakulam Moolam boat race on Vembanad Lake in Alappuzha | Photo Credit: SURESH ALLEPPEY It is a well-documented fact that Kerala ranks first on many socio-economic indicators compared to other…

By PTI NEW DELHI: Doctors compensated on a fee-for-service basis in India, were more likely to perform hysterectomy surgeries, whether or not they were clinically necessary. Women in India were more likely to…

The National Family Health Survey-5 was conducted during 2019-21. The previous survey (NHFS-4) was conducted in 2015-16. Both were periods when the NDA government was in office; therefore the changes between the two surveys reflect the…

New Delhi: The fertility rate in Delhi, the average number of children per woman, saw a further decline from 1.8 to 1.6, according to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) data released by the Union health ministry.TFR at the national…

Buoyed by its success in the recent assembly polls in five states, the BJP in Gujarat has set the ball rolling on its preparations for the state elections at the end of the year. Apart from a massive ground outreach to rope in 7.5 million…

AHMEDABAD: Out of every 100 girls who started education in class I in Gujarat, only 45 reached class XII, reveal the findings of National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-5 conducted during 2019-21. It's not only girls, though. The survey…

India’s overall sex ratio — women per thousand men — is now at a level seen in developed countries. For every 1,000 men, India has 1,020 women. If that’s a reason to…

The fifth series of the Union Health Ministry’s National Family Health Survey shows a fertility rate of 1.6 in urban India and 2.1 in rural areas. (Representative image)India’s Total Fertility Rate has declined to 2.0 from 2.2 in 2015-16,…

NEW DELHI: Institutional births have increased substantially from 79% to 89% at the all-India level, the fifth round of the National Family Health Survey shows.Many states performed remarkably better with percentage of institutional births…

Results of NFHS-5 (2019-20) showed that in the majority of the States for which data were released, child stunting and child wasting increased compared to 2015-16 India was ranked 101 out of 116 countries in the recently released Global…