Maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT) was responsible for the deaths of an estimated two lakh adults and children every year in India. Tetanus, which majorly occurs due to an open wound in the body, is one of the biggest reasons behind maternal and newborn mortality.
- India achieved a huge success recently, when WHO declared that mothers and newborns are now free from tetanus at the time of birth in the country.
- Figures have been constantly decreasing with help of aggressive medical intervention and introduction of ASHAs (Accredited social health activists).
- India’s infant mortality rate (IMR) stands at 40 while the maternal mortality rate (MMR) stands at 167, which is far less when compared to that in 1990 .
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi made this announcement that this achievement as yet another milestone for India thatWHO declared that mothers and newborns are now free from tetanus at the time of birth in India.
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