Narayanpur among best performing districts in India in health sector

 

 

Chhattisgarh has done many remarkable works have in the field of health and education under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel in the last four years. Recently, the Central Government has given approval to State Government’s decision of including millets in the mid-day meal of school children. The Mukhyamantri Suposhan Abhiyan has achieved appreciable success in eliminating malnutrition in children and freeing adolescent girls and women from anaemia. After this campaign, there has been a 48% fall in rate of malnutrition.

Chhattisgarh Government is continuously laying more stress in the field of health and nutrition. The Government is conducting innovative schemes like Haat Baazar Clinic, Dai-Didi Clinic, Chief Minister Slum Swasthya Yojana, Hamar Lab, Malaria-free Bastar, and Malaria-free Chhattisgarh Yojana in State. Through these, people living in both urban and rural regions are getting better healthcare services. Under the Dr Khoobchand Baghel Swasthya Yojana, people are being given medical treatment facilities worth up to Rs 5 lakh. Moreover, under the Chief Minister Vishesh Swasthya Yojana, medical treatment facilities worth up to Rs 20 lakh are being provided. At the beginning of the Mukhyamantri Suposhan Yojana, about 4,33,000 children in State were malnourished according to the statistics. At present, more than about 2,11,000 children are free from malnutrition in State.

There has been a 48 per cent drop in the number of malnourished children. In the last four years in State, there has been a 5.61 per cent decline in the rate of malnutrition. According to the National Family Health Survey, the rate of malnutrition in the State is 31.3 per cent, which is lower than the national average of 32.1 per cent. So far, about 1 lakh women have been free from anaemia. Under this scheme, the anaemia-affected are being provided with iron, folic acid, and anthelmintic tablets. In the NITI Aayog report of Aspirational Districts issued in December 2022, in the Champion of Change Delta ranking, the performance of Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district has been appreciable. Narayanpur district is in the fourth position amongst 112 Aspirational Districts under the overall performance category and in the third position in the health and nutrition category