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Survival
Development
Protection
Participation
Recent survey conducted by the National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad shows a slight decline of 8.23
percent in the existing malnutrition levels as compared to NFHS-3. This means that still more than seven
lakh children continue to be grossly underfed in the state.
Alarming Facts on Child Health
8 At present 51.77 percent children in Madhya Pradesh are malnourished out of which 8.34
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percent comes under the category of severely malnourished .
8 MP ranks second with 74.1 percent children being anaemic under five years of age *.
8 State ranks second with under five mortality rate at 89per 1000 child population **.
8 Infant Mortality Rate is also highest in Madhya Pradesh with 62 per thousand live birth ***.
The concern of child health in Madhya Pradesh has been well corroborated from the findings of various
empirical studies, reports and surveys. Thus, probing into the situation of child health is urgent and
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important because of considerable size of child population in the state. Children (0-6 years) in Madhya
Pradesh, constitute about 14.5 percent of total population according to Census 2011 that comes around
10.54 million in numbers indicating a decline of 3.1 percent in males and 3.6 percent in females, over
Census 2001.
State's investment on child health is most desirable social investment for a prosperous and sustainable
society. But against the backdrop of poor health of children, state’s expenditure on child health is not
encouraging too. Analysis of state budget reveals that on an average state is spending Rs. 4095 crores i.e
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15.94 percent of the total state budget (ava for 2001-02 to 2008-09) per annum on children . Among
different sector of child budget, the proportionate constitution of child health (0.72%) and child
development (8.18%) is very minuscule.
Madhya Pradesh is positioned at lower ends in terms of per child expenditure (ava for the period 2004-05
to 2008-09) among the states like UP, HP, AP, Orissa, West Bengal and Assam. The state is spending Rs 404
on child development and merely Rs 15.02 on child health on every child every year as revealed by the
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study titled “Budget for Children in Madhya Pradesh”, 2010 by Sanket Centre for Budget Studies, Bhopal .
2. Ground Realities of Child Health in M.P. : Annual Health Survey
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Latest released data of Annual heath survey; 2010-11 depicts the shocking results in context of Infant
Mortality Rate (IMR), Child Mortality Rate (CMR/U5MR) and Neo Natal Mortality Rate (NMR). In all EAG
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Survey conducted by the National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad in 2011
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Individuals in the age group 0-18 are defined as Children in consonance with UNCRC and Juvenile Justice Act, 2000
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Budget for Children in Madhya Pradesh”, 2010 by Sanket Centre for Budget Studies, Bhopal.
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This spending, however, does not include the spending on NRHM and RCH that bypasses the state budget.
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AHS has been implemented by the Office of Registrar General, India in all the 284 districts (as per 2001 Census)
in 8 Empowered Action Group States (Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Orissa and
Rajasthan) and Assam for a three year period during XI Five Year Plan period.
*NRHS-3 **Annual Health Survey 2010-11 ***Annual Health Survey 2010-11