After Being Declared Polio-Free, India Has Also Eliminated Maternal & Neonatal Tetatnus

YOU! That’s right! YOU make differences in this world. India is now ‘Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus Free’.

In yet another major achievement, India has finally reached its goal of eliminating maternal and neonatal tetanus, which led World Health Organisation to indicate this as a remarkable public health milestone.

WHO had on March 27, 2014, declared India as a ‘Polio Free’ nation.

And now, they congratulated the Indian health workers on the elimination of the disease which usually occurs in newborns through infection of unclean deliveries and umbilical cord care practices.

PM Narendra Modi addressed for the first time at the 3rd Global Call to Action Summit 2015, which was attended by representatives from 24 countries and participated by over 600 delegates from across the world.

The two-day summit was hosted for the first time in India, and outside the US. The last two conclaves were organized in the US.

Paying rich tributes to the UPA government’s flagship programme the National Health Mission (NHM), Modi said:

PM Narendra Modi addressed for the first time at the 3rd Global Call to Action Summit 2015, which was attended by representatives from 24 countries and participated by over 600 delegates from across the world.

The two-day summit was hosted for the first time in India, and outside the US. The last two conclaves were organized in the US.

According to WHO, there are 24 countries that make up 36% of the world population and at the same time responsible for 70% of child and maternal deaths. Even today, the world loses about 289,000 mothers and 6.3 million under-five children every year.

India’s Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) stands at 40 while the Mother Mortality Rate (MMR) stands at 167. In 1990, the IMR was 380, and the MMR was 540.

Congratulations, India. We are a big nation and it takes time, but we achieve anything and everything.