Lok Sabha Question No. 143 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-21
Subject: Death Due to Malnutrition and Contaminated Water
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Ashok Kumar Rawat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 143 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 ST JUNE,2019

## DEATH DUE TO MALNUTR ITION AND CONTAMINATED WATER

## 143. SHRI ASHOK KUMAR RAWAT:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of people died due to malnourishment and consumption of c ntaminated water in backward and rural reas of the country so far during each of the last three years; and
- (b)the steps taken by the Government to prevent such deaths in the country?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a): No such data is maintained centrally at GoI level. However, deaths due to diarrhea as per Central Bureau of Health Intelligence (CBHI) data reported in 3 years is annexed.
- (b): Under National Health Mission (NHM), the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare i implementing various programs to reduce under -nutrition in vulnerable population across the life cycle,  such  as  micronutrients  supplementation  program,  management  of  sick  chi ldren  with severe  acute  malnutrition  in  health  facilities,  improvement  of  appropriate  Infant  and Child Feeding Practices, Vitamin A supplementation, National Deworming Day etc. Preventi of  Childhood  illnesses  such  as  Diarrhoeal  diseases  in  turn  pre vents  childhood  malnutrition indirectly. Intensified Diarrhoea Control Fortnight (IDCF) is being implemented for this p Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram (JSSK) which includes provision of free diet for the pre mothers and infants during their s tay at health facility is another strategy to provide nutrit support.

Ministry  of  Drinking  Water  &  Sanitation  has  taken  initiatives  for  safe  drinking supply to the population throughout the country including those areas with high Fluori Arsenic content in ground water, along with activities for Solid and Liquid Waste Manage (SLWM). Awareness generation activities are also being conducted among general population importance  of  use  of  safe  drinking  water  and  hand - washing  for  prevent ion  of  water  borne diseases.

Annexure - 8 (CBHI -2018)

## No of deaths caus ed due to Diarrhoea from 2016

| S No.     | State/UT          |   2016 |   2017 |   2018 |
|-----------|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1         | A & N Islands     |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh    |     11 |     52 |     72 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh |      2 |      2 |      1 |
| 4         | Assam             |    282 |    239 |    439 |
| 5         | Bihar             |      8 |     19 |      9 |
| 6         | Chandigarh        |     61 |     42 |     47 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh      |     33 |     27 |     20 |
| 8         | D & N Haveli      |     12 |     12 |      4 |
| 9         | Daman and Diu     |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 10        | Delhi             |    115 |    117 |    127 |
| 11        | Goa               |      4 |     11 |      0 |
| 12        | Gujarat           |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 13        | Haryana           |     14 |     20 |     55 |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh  |     56 |     26 |     14 |
| 15        | Jammu & Kashmir   |      0 |      5 |      2 |
| 16        | Jharkhand         |      0 |      0 |      8 |
| 17        | Karnataka         |      4 |     15 |      4 |
| 18        | Kerala            |     15 |      6 |      3 |
| 19        | Lakshwadeep       |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh    |    122 |    102 |     34 |
| 21        | Maharashtra       |     52 |     23 |     37 |
| 22        | Manipur           |     21 |     18 |     15 |
| 23        | Meghalaya         |     30 |      6 |      6 |
| 24        | Mizoram           |     16 |     11 |      4 |
| 25        | Nagaland          |      0 |      3 |      0 |
| 26        | Odisha            |    104 |    110 |     75 |
| 27        | Puducherry        |      5 |      7 |      8 |
| 28        | Punjab            |     44 |     35 |     43 |
| 29        | Rajasthan         |      7 |      1 |      1 |
| 30        | Sikkim            |      0 |      0 |      5 |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu        |      9 |      2 |      8 |
| 32        | Telangana         |     19 |      1 |      1 |
| 33        | Tripura           |      6 |      8 |      7 |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh     |    304 |    309 |    229 |
| 35        | Uttarakhand       |      7 |      4 |      5 |
| 36        | West Bengal       |    192 |    129 |    167 |
| All India | All India         |   1555 |   1362 |   1450 |

Source: -

Central Bureau of Health Intelligence  (CBHI)