Bellary District, - PRC

as a doctor, an ANM or a trained local dai. In order to improve the survival of the mother and the child,it is important that the necessary delivery care be provided, which could relatively easily be achievedgiven the fact that 76 per cent of the same mothers received ANC care during pregnancy. Needless tomention that through this, even the situation in the district regarding the post-natal care services canfurther be improved. Currently only 26 per cent of mother who had delivered during the year precedingthe survey reported post-natal care compared with 32 per cent in the state as a whole.It would be a most welcome development in the district administration if it attempts to elevate thedistrict performance to at least the state average, and try to better the state in areas where it has almostequalled the state averageREFERENCESDepartment of Women and Child Development and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). 2001.Multiple Indicator Survey – 2000, Karnataka.Guilmoto Z. Christophe and Rajan S. Irudaya. 2002. District Level Estimates of Fertility from India’s2001 Census. Economic and Political Weekly. Vol. 37, No.7, pp.665-672.International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and ORC Macro. 2001. National Family HealthSurvey (NFHS-2), India, 1998-99, Karnataka. Mumbai:IIPSKarnataka State AIDS Prevention Society (KSAPS). 2002. Karnataka Meets the Challenge ofHIV/AIDS. KSAPS, Bangalore.Registrar General of India (RGI). 1997. District Level Estimates of Fertility and Child Mortality for1991 and Their Interrelations With Other Variables. Occasional Paper 1 of 1997. RGI, New DelhiUnited Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). 1997. Facts for Life: A Communication Challenge.15