Open AccessMaternal Health Situation in Bihar and Madhya Pradesh: A Comparative Analysis of State Fact Sheets of National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-3 and 4
Author(s) -
Ranjit Kumar Dehury,
Janmejaya Samal
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/19079.8404
Subject(s) - national rural health mission , medicine , childbirth , family health , reproductive health , environmental health , pregnancy , socioeconomics , population , health services , nursing , sociology , biology , genetics
Maternal health constitutes the health of women during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. Bihar and Madhya Pradesh (MP) constitute the Empowered Action Group (EAG) states under National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) and are consistently having poor maternal health indicators.