The present paper examines the rural urban differentials and the factors influencing net change in maternal and child healthcare (MCH) indicators during the National Family Health Survey NFHS-4 (2015-16) and NFHS-3 (2005-06). The National Family Health Survey (NFHS) collected data from 28,820 ever-married women in the age group of 15-49 and 5,317 men age 15-54 (NFHS-4) and 5,919 women age 15-49 and 5,696 men age 15-54 (NFHS-3) and this paper analyses these data. This paper describes about the trends in MCH indicators by residence, early childhood mortality rates, immunization and anemic status of women and children by using bivariate analysis and chi square test. The analysis reveals that there is a progress in MCH indicators and also there exist negative performance of certain indicators. Overall, there exits rural urban differentials in MCH achievements though government have introduced many government health programs like National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), NUHM and NHM etc., The government have to take steps to reduce rural urban differentials in achieving MCH goals and to reduce early childhood mortality rates.
MCH care, Immunization, Anaemia, childhood mortality rates
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