Prior to 2017, when thousands of children used to succumb to diseases such as encephalitis, the NFHS report has revealed that Uttar Pradesh is leading in many areas and that figures have improved as compared to the previous surveys.
In a major boost to the Health and medical facilities under the present Yogi Adityanath regime, full immunisation coverage in Uttar Pradesh has gone up from 51.1 per cent to 69.6 per cent. The number of children between the ages of 12 and 13 months who have been fully vaccinated has increased from 51.1 per cent (NFHS-4) to 69 per cent (NFHS-V), he said.
The health minister said that the data of the Family Health Survey-5 was testimony to the fact that Uttar Pradesh had improved more than the national standard.
The number of Women affected by anemia has come down by 5.1 per cent, whereas at the national level it is 1.8 per cent. The state has recorded a decrease of 7.4 per cent in cases of underweight children as compared to the national figures which stand at 3.7 per cent, he said