Disability data will not change very fast and there is no reason to collect this data every three years, said the Health Ministry, in response to criticism over the exclusion of disability-related questions in the sixth round of National Family Health Survey which is set to begin shortly. In its two-page communication, dated June 22, the Department said that most …
The fifth edition of the National Family Health Survey confirmed signs of a demographic shift in India. However, sex ratio at birth for children born in the last five years only improved from 919 per 1,000 males in 2015-16 to 929 per 1,000, underscoring that boys, on average, continued to have better odds of survival than girls. Editorial | Measuring …
