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Table 4.3 SOCIAL SERVICE
Demographic, Socio-economic and Health profile of Kerala as compared to India
Indicator Kerala India.
Total population (In crore) (Census 2011) 3.33 121.01
Decadal Growth (%) (Census 2001) 4.86 17.64
Infant Mortality rate (SRS 2011) 12 44
Maternal Mortality Rate (SRS 2007-09) 81 212
Total Fertility Rate (SRS 2011) 1.8 2.4
Crude Birth Rate (SRS 2011) 15.2 21.8
Crude Death Rate (SRS 2011) 7.0 7.1
Natural Growth Rate (SRS 2011) 8.2 14.7
Sex Ratio (Census 2011) 1084 940
Child Sex Ratio (Census 2011) 959 914
Source: RHS Bulletin, March 2012, M/O Health & F.W., GO
Expert Committee Report on Health for 12th Five Year Plan
4.63 The State Planning Board had constituted an Expert Committee on Health under the
Chairmanship of Dr.K.Mohandas, Former Vice Chancellor, Kerala University of Health and Allied
Sciences to prepare an action plan for the Twelfth Plan. The Committee deliberated on the various
challenges faced by the State’s Health System and the strategies to be adopted during Twelfth Five
Year Plan. Expert committee held a series of six meetings and identified six priority areas in Health
Sector for the 12th Five Year Plan. The report gave primary importance to prevention of disease
& promotion of health and subsequently prioritized health management for speedy and complete
recovery. The priority areas identified are as follows.
1. Ensuring Financial Risk protection to the population
2. Prevention of Communicable and non-communicable diseases
3. Human Resource Planning In Health
4. Improving the Quality of Health Services
5. Improving services for the Elderly, Mental Health and Disability
6. Generating Evidence for Policy
The detailed report is available in the web site http://spb.kerala.gov.in/.
Major Initiatives of the Twelfth Five Year Plan of Government of
India-relevant to Kerala
4.64 Major Initiatives of the Twelfth Five Year Plan of Government of India relevant to Kerala are the
following;
1. Access to Medicines, Vaccines and Technology
2. Human Resources for Health
3. Health Service Norms
4. Management and Institutional Reforms
5. Gender and Health
The details of the above are given in the Economic Review 2013.
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