Maternal and Child Health — Flashcards

Flashcard 131: 1. Government-distributed brand of male condom: _____ 2. Non-contraceptive benefit: _____

Answer: Nirodh

Flashcard 132: Infant mortality rate (IMR) in India (as per SRS 2020) is _____ per 1000 live births

Answer: 28

Extra: Latest SRS data (2020, released in 2022) reports India's IMR as 28 per 1000 live births. NFHS-5 (2019-21) reports an IMR of 35.2 per 1000 live births.

Flashcard 133: duration of daily IFA tablets for pregnant female is _____

Answer: 6 months before delivery and 6 months after delivery

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Flashcard 134: The _____ aims to achieve single-digit Neonatal Mortality Rate (NMR) and Stillbirth Rate (SBR) by the year 2030.

Answer: India Newborn Action Plan (INAP)

Flashcard 135: ICDS type growth charts contain _____ no. of curves

Answer: 3

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Flashcard 136: focus of RMNCH+A programme is _____

Answer: to have a healthy adolescent

Extra: The RMNCH+A strategy (Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent health) was launched in 2013. It uses a life-cycle approach, recognizing that the health of an individual at one stage of life affects their health at later stages. The addition of the '+A' (Adolescents) reflects the focus on this age group as the starting point for a healthy life cycle.

Flashcard 137: Under the Anemia Mukt Bharat strategy, Pregnant Women receive a single dose of _____ mg Albendazole, usually in the 2nd trimester.

Answer: 400

Flashcard 138: Strategy proposed by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF): **GOBI-FFF** G: _____ O: ORS (for diarrhoea and dehydration) B: Breastfeeding I: Immunization F: Family planning and birth spacing F: Food supplementation F: Female literacy promotion

Answer: Growth monitoring

Flashcard 139: Under Anemia Mukt Bharat scheme, pregnant women and lactating mothers, should take the _____ tablet daily, starting fourth month of pregnancy continued throughout, containing 60 mg elemental iron + 500 mcg folic acid

Answer: red

Flashcard 140: Attaining a _____% CPR would mean restricting all third or higher order births.

Answer: 60