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The child health programme under the National Health Mission (NHM) comprehensively integrates interventions that improve child survival and addresses factors contributing to infant and under-five mortality. It is now well recognized that child survival cannot be addressed in isolation as it is intricately linked to the health of the mother, which is further determined by her health and development as an adolescent. Therefore, the concept of Continuum of Care, that emphasizes on care during critical life stages in order to improve child survival, is being followed under the national programme. Another dimension of this approach is to ensure that critical services are made available at home, through community outreach and through health facilities at various levels (primary, first referral units, tertiary health care facilities). The newborn and child health are now the two key pillars of the Reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (RMNCH+A) strategic approach, 2013.

As per Sample Registration System (SRS), Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) in Uttarakhand is steadily decreasing since 2016. Against the target of reducing IMR to 28 per 1000 live births by 2019 set by National Health Policy, 2017, Uttarakhand was able to reduce the IMR to 24 per 1000 live births in 2020.

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