Lack of access to contraceptives in 2020 is a pushback for Indiaâs population plans
Women are at the frontline of Indiaâs pandemic response, yet they suffered the most when it came to healthcare in 2020.
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One of the underplayed success stories in India has been its steady and natural move towards population stabilisation. The Census data makes clear that the population growth rate has declined from 24.7 per cent in 1971-81 to 17.7 per cent in 2001-2011. This decline has been witnessed across regions and communities.
Although some data is yet to come in, the National Family Health Survey-5 shows that 19 of the 17 states and 5 Union Territories have managed to get their Total Fertility Rate (TFR) â the average number of children born per woman â to less than 2.1. This number 2.1 is critical because it is the level at which a population exa
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India reports remarkable decline in total fertility rate, finds NFHS-5
Of the 17 states analysed in the fifth round of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5), all states except Bihar, Manipur and Meghalaya have a TFR of 2.1 or less, which implies that most states have attained replacement level fertility. December 22, 2020 10:14:21 pm
This is a remarkable development, Director of International Institute for Population Sciences, Dr KS James, said on Tuesday. (Representational)
India’s population is said to be stabilising as the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) has decreased across the majority of the country’s states. Of the 17 states analysed in the fifth round of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5), all states except Bihar, Manipur and Meghalaya have a TFR of 2.1 or less, which implies that most states have attained replacement level fertility. This is a remarkable development, Director of International Institute for Population Scienc
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Reading NFHS data: why findings of the latest round are of concern
Between 2015 and 2019, several Indian states suffered a reversal on several child malnutrition parameters. Given the all-round adverse impact of Covid-19, the data from 2020 is expected to be even worse. Updated: December 21, 2020 9:58:31 am
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The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) recently released the results from the first phase of the National Family Health Survey (NHFS). This is the fifth such survey and the first phase for which data was collected in the second half of 2019 covered 17 states and five Union Territories.