The Coverage Evaluation Survey 2009 (CES-2009), a nationwide survey covering all States and Union Territories of India, commissioned by United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) was conducted during November 2009 to January 2010. The CES shows significant increase in major indicators for maternal and child health including immunization and reaffirms the positive results of the strategies adopted by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) for the Reproductive and Child Health Programme.
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare constituted a Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) to provide oversight and coordinate various activities related to CES-2009 including sampling, survey methodology, questionnaires, quality guidance, tabulation plan, data analysis, final tabulation and data presentation. Bilingual questionnaires in local language and in English were used. The data was collected from 45,058 households, 22,604 mothers of children of age 12-23 months and 22,984 women who delivered during the last 12 months.
This fact sheet is an abridged version of the detailed report “Coverage Evaluation Report 2009”. The data for the CES 2009 was collected from mothers or care takers of child aged 12-23 months for child care services and from women who delivered during 12 months preceding the survey. The key indicators have been presented state-wise. Certain important parameters of maternal and child health have shown impressive increases -
The findings of the survey are a testimony to the positive results of the RCH –II Programme and the efforts being made under National Rural Health Mission.
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