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Aanganwadi worker taking a survey PCI No Big Surprises In Family Health Survey, Feel Experts The partial survey of 18 state and 5 union territories show a rise in infant malnutrition, and decline in infant mortality Health and nutrition experts are not surprised or unduly worried by the data culled from the first phase of the fifth National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) that covered 18 states and 5 union territories. They point out that there are both positive and negative aspects to the outcomes that have come to the fore, like lowering of under 5 and infant mortality rate (IMR) in 18 states and union territories while underweight and severely wasted malnutrition levels have been risen among under 5 children in 16 of the 18 states covered so far. The complete national survey, expected early next year, will offer a clearer health picture, they say.

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