MAJOR FINDINGS

Maternal deaths showed an increase in MP from 2012-13, when it was 571, to 1,580 in 2015-16

HIV testing of 47.27 lakh and venereal disease research laboratory testing of 60 lakh pregnant women could not be conducted

Targets for child immunisation against seven vaccine preventable diseases could not be achieved during 2011-16 and the range of shortfall was 16% to21%

A dose of Hepatitis B Zero was to be provided up to 48 hours of birth. However, out of 69.2 lakh live births, only 39.30 lakh (57%) infants were provided Hepatitis B Zero due to unavailability of storage facility of vaccine at health centres

Total fertility rate (TFR) improved since 2012 as it reduced from 2.9 to 2.3 in 2016, but the state could not achieve the target fixed under the National Rural Health Mission (NHRM) framework of implementation (2012-17) to bring down the TFR to 2.1.