Guwahati: Assam has seen a decrease in maternity and infant 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 instances were reported between April and September of this year, compared to 3,842 occurrences at the same time last year.
Mission Director of NHM Assam M.S. Lakshmi Priya said, “We undertook a slew of proactive measures, one of them being the deployment of State teams to each district, with the aim to improve the maternal and child health scenario.”
“Each team stays and reviews the maternal and infant deaths and other health-related aspects of an assigned district for three days. This practice, in force for the last five months, has contributed to reducing the maternal and infant death rate in Assam,” she said.
Health professionals and officials now believe that Assam has the capacity to perform better if a targeted approach is followed and a plan for each block is established taking specific difficulties into account. This belief has been sparked by the drop in the mortality rates of mothers and children.