Agrarian structure predominated by small and marginal farmers, repeated natural calamities like droughts, floods and cyclones, poor infrastructural development in hilly terrains of western and southern Odisha have an adverse effect on the health status of the people of Odisha. As a result of which birth rate, death rate, infant mortality rate, life expectancy rate, maternal mortality ratio, total fertility ratio etc. of Odisha lags behind the national average. To improve the prevailing situation, the Government of Odisha launched the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) programme through the...
Agrarian structure predominated by small and marginal farmers, repeated natural calamities like droughts, floods and cyclones, poor infrastructural de...