Maharashtra ranks second in the country for efforts to bring down the maternal mortality rate

Maharashtra recently secured the second spot in the country after Kerala in terms of bringing down the maternal mortality rate. The state also ranked among the top states for achieving targets as per the National Health Mission’s `LaQshya’ initiative on ensuring that labor rooms and operation theatres at rural and district hospitals are oriented to the latest protocols, quality improvement processes, and respectful maternity care.

Dr. Bharati Pawar, Union Minister for State for Health and Family Welfare, gave away the awards at a workshop held on December 14 in New Delhi while Maharashtra health minister Tanaji Sawant felicitated the team of health officials led by Director of Health Dr. Nitin Ambadekar, Joint director Dr. Raghunath Bhoye, Dr. Ramchandra Hankare, assistant director and others while on a visit to Pune on December 15.

Dr. Aniruddh Deshpande, assistant director of, the State Family Welfare Bureau, and nodal officer-maternal health told The Indian Express that Maharashtra had done significant work in bringing down the maternal mortality rate from 38 per one lakh live births to 33 per lakh live births.