Question : Do you think that reproductive health in our countryhas improved in the past 50 years?

Question : Do you think that reproductive health in our countryhas imp

1.	Question : Do you think that reproductive health in our countryhas improved in the past 50 years?
Answer» Solution : If yes, mentionsome such areas of improvement. Ans. In our COUNTRY, the reproductive health of the personshas improved in the past 50 YEARS as evident in the following areas: (i) Birth rate is decreasing rapidly due to acceptingof family planning measures by more and more people. Birth rate was 36 per 1000 persons in 1981,30.5 per 1000 in 1991 and only 22.2 per 1000 in 2011. (ii) Due to better health care, the average life span ofIndians has increased from 50 years in 1970-71 to 60.4 years during 1988-95 and then to 69.89 yearsin 2011. (iii) Due to control of SEVERAL bacterial and viral diseaseswith the help of more and more effective antibiotics, medicines and surgical methods, there is rapid decline in death rate from 13.8 per 1000 in 1981,8 per 1000 in 2001 and 6.4 per 1000 in 2011. (iv) Due to sincere implementation of Reproductiveand Child Health Care (RCH) programmes, both maternal mortality rate (MMR) and INFANT mortality rate (IMR) have greatly reduced.