Post Date: Monday, May 30, 2016
Maternal death is one of the biggest issues of concern in India. To combat the increasing maternal mortality rate (MMR), and to provide basic primary health care delivery system in rural areas, Government of India (GOI) introduced National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) in 2005 which is now National Health Mission (NHM). The main objective is to provide effective, equitable and affordable quality health care services to the rural population.
The social activists from the Human Rights Law Network (HRLN) Assam, have highlighted the gaps in health services availability and in accessing health services in the district. This report uncovers failures to implement JSY in Sonitpur district, inadequate facilities in the Community Health Centers and Public Health Centers of Sonitpur district of Assam where the required facilities of doctors, medical staff and other essential equipments are not being provided thereby violating the fundamental rights of the people under Article 21 of the Constitution of India.
The full Fact Finding report is attached here.
Contact – Pritish Borah; pritisha@hrln.org
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