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Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus has been eliminated from India: PM

 

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The Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the two-day “Call to Action Summit-2015-ending preventable child and maternal deaths”, organized by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India and the Ministry of Health, Government of Ethiopia.

In his inaugural address, the Prime Minister said India has made several notable achievements in the health sector especially in maternal and child health in the recent years.

India has achieved under-five mortality rate decline at an accelerated pace compared to the global rate of decline and India is likely to reach close to achieving the MDG target, if the current trend of annual decline is sustained, as per the Prime Minister

He said, after the victory over Polio India has achieved another major milestone recently. India has eliminated maternal and neonatal tetanus, he announced. The validation for this has happened much before the global target date of December 2015 and it gives us the confidence to achieve other targets well before the target date, the Prime Minister noted.

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi delivering the keynote address at the Global "Call to Action" Summit 2015, in New Delhi on August 27, 2015. 

The Prime Minister stated that while every country present here has something to offer, India also has a wealth of experience. India has done well in many ways and would be extremely happy to share its experience with other countries. He said that India would be happy to assist any country with technology, systems strengthening and programme implementation capsules. He added that we could train personnel and skill them for better management of child sickness in our Special Newborn Care Units (SNCUs) as well as share our experience at home based new born care. India’s rich experience in Universal Immunization and particularly its experience this year with the “Mission Indradhanush” could be shared with all the countries. He further added that we had offered this to SAARC countries earlier. He said, “Today I repeat this offer to all countries present here. This will be apart from our offer of support for Polio eradication”.

Speaking at the occasion, Shri J P Nadda, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare drew attention to the impressive practices India can share with other countries. He renewed India’s pledge and commitment to ending preventable mother and child deaths. The Health Minister stated that the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has guided the country towards bolder targets in Reproductive Child Health (RCH).


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