Telangana excelled on health front, says Niti Aayog report

A newNitiAayog report has praisednot just for attaining universal immunisation of children, but also for its Health centres, modern operation theatres and labour rooms.

The health index of states titled Healthy States, Progressive India, has listed Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and Assam as the top three ranking states in terms of annual Growth performance.
The report analysed the health conditions in the states between 2018-19 and 2019-20 and has said that Telangana is a top performer in many aspects.

While stating that all district hospitals certified underLaQshyaandKayakalpscored more than 70%, the report added there were no vacancies of auxiliary nurse midwifes (ANMs) in sub centres and medical officers in primary health centres (PHCs).

In terms of incremental performance, Telangana made major gains with nearly half the indicators in the fully achieved, most improved or improved category.

It further said that only five larger states and two smaller states, showed good overall performance and continued to improve on their health index score from the Base Year (2018-19) to reference year (2019-20) for the analysis.