India achieves maternal mortality target of 100

Key Points

• 1India has achieved the National Health Policy (NHP) target of a maternal mortality rate (MMR) of 100 deaths per one lakh live births.
• 2India achieved an 83% decline in MMR between 1990 and 2020, higher than the global decline.
• 3A 69% decline was observed in Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) in India during the period (1990-2020).
• 4There has been a 75% decline in the Under 5 Mortality Rate.
• 5Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda chaired the ninth meeting of the Mission Steering Group.
• 6The Minister stressed the need to translate the agendas of different health schemes into action and the importance of ground-level officers.